PRESEIl^TED
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
CATALOGUE
LEPIDOPTERA PHAL^ENyE
BIUTISH MUSEUM
VOLUME V.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
1905.
{All rigJiis reserved.)
€)? \ CATAT.OGUE
V.6
r,J\jl OF THE
NOCTUID^
IN THE
COLLECTION
OF THE
BRITISH MUSEUM.
■ AUG 1 1 1987
Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, BaV-
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PREFACE.
Thf, subject of Vol. V. of the 'Catalogue of Moths' is the
classification of the HadeniiKr, the second of the fifteen subfamilies
of the Noctiiiche, 940 species belonging to 78 genera being described
in it. The subfamily is characterised by its trifid neuration of
the hind wing combined with the hairy clothing of tho eyes, and
forms an extremely natural and well-marked group of species.
Sir George Hampson has again to thank all those who have
helped him with the earlier Volumes of the Catalogue, for the loan
of specimens, and assistance with the present Volume, and, in
addition, Dr. Wm, Barnes, of Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A., for the
gift of a very large number of species of N. American Noctaidcv,
new to the British Museum Collection, and Dr. A. G. Mayer, of the
Brooklyn Institute, has again sent drawings, made by Mr. H. B.
Judy, of types in the Neuraoegen Collection. Plate XCVI. will
appear with Vol. VI. of the Catalogue.
E. HAY LANK ESTER,
Director,
British T\riiseii!u (Natunil Historj),
February 24th, I'JUO.
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Pam. NOCTUID.E
Subfam. Hadenin^
Tliyrestra, Hmpsn
1127. liyalophora, Hmpsn
Erana, ll'lk
1128. gTaminosa, JVlk. . .
Trichestra, I£inpsn
1129. nig-ropuncta (Druce)
1130. arbuticolens {Biitl.)
IL'il. anlliophila {Butl.)
Barathra, HiUm
1132. contigurata ( W7A;.)
1133. curialis [Smith) ,
1134. brassicfB (Linn.) .
Tiichorbiza, Hmpsn. . . .
1135. peterseni [Christ.)
Discestra, Hmpsn
1136. fioiida {Smith)...
1137. chartaria ( ^rVofe) .
1138. eremistis ( P»?j_i7. ) .
1139. arenaria, Hmjfsn.,
Craterestra, Hmpsn
1 140. lucina {I)ruce) . . .
1141. mYeo\nciA (Butl.)
1142. terranea (AVi/.) .
1143. media (Wlk.) . ..
1144. boplites (Stand.) .
1145. y&cuua. {Smitli) .
1140. bit'ascia, Hm/isn. .
1147. albicosta, Hmpsn.
114^. subterminata, Hinps
1149. seniifusca, Hmpsn
1150. subvflata [If'/k.) .
1151. detinions ( fl7/i.) .
Scotog;ramma, Smith . . .
1152. arniata (.S'te^/r/.) .
1153. dianthi (TauHh.).
1154. nana [Hiifn.) . . .
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1155. isoloma {Pimg.) ....
1156. submedianata, Hmjjsn
1157. ptilodonta, [Grote)
1158. trifolJi {Eott.) . . .
1159. impolita (Morr.) .
1160. hadeuitbrmis [Smith)
1161. stigniosa [Christ.)
1162. agrotiformis (-Hm^wn
1163. sodaj {R)nbr.)
1164. defessa (Grote) . . . .
1165. repeiitiiia (Morr.)
116tj. orida [Smith) ....
1167. implexa [Hilbn.) . .
1168. peculiaris [Sfaud.)
1169. submarina [Grote)
1170. nieudosica Hmpsn.
Catepliiudes, Hmpsn
1171. ziielana (Schaus) . .
Anarta, Ochs
1172. trisema, Mab. . . .
1173. staudingeri, Avriv.
1174. richardsoni [Cart.)
1175. quadrilunata, Grote
1176. leucocycla, Staud.
1177. etacta, Smith ....
1178. membro.^a, Morr.. .
1179. myrtilli (Linn.) . .
1180. cordigera [Thnnb.)
1181. mimuli, Behr
1182. iuipingens, ll'lk. ..
1183. phaea, Hmpsn
1183 a. Jaeita, S/ni'h ....
1184. melanopa [Thimh.)
1185. mimida, Grote ....
1186. luaiisi, Pibif/
1 187. zemblica, Hnips)i. . .
Lasiestra, Hmpsn
1188. montaiia (Leech) . .
1189. siibdita [Mdschl.) . .
1189 a. albinuda (6';»j^/i)
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SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Laaiestra (con.). Page
1190. phoca (Mosrll.) 48
1191. promulsa (Morr.) .... 49
1192. unifonuis (<SWf/0 50
1193. dovrensis (Stuud.) .... 50
1194. elvesi, Hmpm 51
1195. deliciosa {Alph.) 51
1196. perplexa {Smith) 52
1197. persa (^/;_^7«.) 52
Lasionj'Cta, Avriv 53
1198. rainieri {Smith) 54
1199. inconcinna (Smith) .... 54
1200. conjugata (Smith) .... 55
1201. brvoptera (P««r/.) 55
1202. lurida (.4//^/(.) 56
120-"i. sci'a;lingia(//('?-r.-»S'c7ir7^.) 56
1204. subfuscula (Grote) .... 57
1205. sedilis (Smith) 57
1206. altaica (Ban</-Haas) . . 58
1207. arietis (Grote) 58
1208. ochracea {Riley) 59
Polia, Ochs GO
1209. culta (Moore) 60
1210. arscliaiiica (Alph.) .... 61
1211. subarschanica (Stand.) . 62
1212. parvula (Herr.-Schuf.) . 63
1213. cervina (Smith) 63
1214. lustralis (Grote) 64
1215. nfevia (Smith) 65
1215 «. biliuea ( Wi/em.) 603
1216. detracta (W/k.) 65
1217. neoterica {>S'?»/V//) .... 66
1218. discalis ( Grote) 67
1219. imbrifera ( Giieii.) 68
1220. nugatis (S?nitJ/) 68
1221. laiiguida (Smith) 69
1222. juncimacula (Smith) . . 69
1223. purpurissata (Grote) . . 70
1224. crotch i (Grote) 71
1225. proxima (Hilbn.) 73
1226. griseata (Smith] 74
1227. orientalis (Alph.) 75
1228. oriza (Druce) 75
1229. rubeus (Druce) 76
1230. lepidula (Smith) 77
1231. distincta (Hilhn.) 77
1232. literata (Fisch.) 78
1233. luteago (Sehiff.) 79
1234. canities, Ilmpsn 80
1235. discolor (Sinith) 80
1236. determinata (iS'm/;'//) .. 81
1237. Columbia (Smith) 81
1238. meditata (Grote) 82
1239. leucogramma (Grote) . . 82
1240. mohosa (Dofjn.) 83
1241. orizabena (Scham) .... 83
1242. bracbiola (Hctrv.) 84
1243. nwnhiaa. IImp,vi 85
1244. iiinbrosa (Smith) 85
1245. plicata (Smith) 86
124(5. gnata (Grote) 86
1247. selama (Strcck.) 87
1 248. tenebra, Hmpm 87
1249. pusilla (Fiim/.) 88
1250. serratilinea '( 7'rai!.) . . . . 88
1251. spalax (Alph.) 89
1252. insolens (Grote) 89
12.53. peregrina (yVeiV.) 92
1254. contigua (Schif.) 93
1255. grandis (5o/6y/.) 94
1256. w-latinum (Hiifn.) 95
1257. invalida (Smith) 96
1258. thalassina (Eott.) 96
1259. mh]nnct^ (Grote ^- Hob.) 97
1200. nevadse (Grote) 98
1261. altaica (Led.) 99
1262. 'siiasa (Schif.) 99
1263. aliena (Hiibu.) 100
1204. passa (Morr.) 101
1265. ptochica (Pibuf.) 102
1266. vau-orbicLilaris (Smith). 102
1267. consangiiis (Giien.) .... 102
1268. fuscirufa, Hmjmi 103
1269. venata, Hmpm 104
1270. luortua (Styr.) 104
1271. persicariaj (Linn.) .... 105
1272. glaucopis, linqmi 106
1273. cristifera ( JF/A-.) 106
1274. ruaniestrina (Butl.) .... 107
1275. ingravis (Smith) 108
1276. nagaensis (H}iipsn.) . . . . 108
1277. ferrisparsa (ifwp.w.) .. 109
1278. costigera (Muorei .... 109
1279. mongolica (Stand.) 110
1280. adveua (Schif.) 110
1281. tiucta (L'rahm) Ill
1282. latex (Guen.) 112
1283. rogenhoferi (J/o.sc/j/.) ..113
1284. nebulosa (Hiifn.) 114
1285. nimbosa (Guen.) 115
1286. nivstica (Smith) 115
1287. scotofhlora, Koll 116
1288. goliatli (Oljerth.) 116
1289. adjiincta (Boisd.) 117
1290. diiatata (Smith) 118
1291. variolata (Smith) ] 18
1292. glaciata (Grote) 119
1293. pennitarsis ( Wlk.) 119
1294. prtedita (Hiihn.) '. 126
1295. prndenitbrmis (-SW^/i). . 127
1296. fiircula (Stand.) 127
1297. eversiuanni (Stand.) .. 128
1298. scbiieideri (Stand) .... 129
6ISTEM.VTIC INDEX.
1209
1300
1301
1302
1303
1303
1304,
1305.
1306.
1307.
1.308.
1309.
1310.
1311.
1312.
1313.
1314.
1315.
1316.
1317.
1318.
1319.
1320.
1321.
1322.
1323.
1324.
1.325.
1325
1325
1326
1327,
1328,
1329
1330
1331
1332
1333
1334
1335
1336,
1337
1338
1339
1340
1341
1342
1343
1344
1345
1346
1347
1348
1348
1.349,
1350
P.nge
pordentata (Ilinpsn.) . . 129
iarnhanii [Grate) 130
furca {Ev.) 131
siuivis {StauJ.) 131
liquida i^Grute) 132
a. iiuitata (Mssn.) 603
radix (JF/A-.) 132
atlantica (Grote) 133
. \iAivA (Stand.) 134
splendens (Hilhn.) .... 134
oleracea (Linn.) 135
pisi (Lmn.) 136, 603
tacoma (St reck.) 137
satanella (Alp/i.) 138
quadrata {Smith) 138
softa (Stmid.) 139
sutrina (G'roi'e) 139
dentina (/SV/i^j?:) 140
glauca (Kleem.) 141
gasiva (Schaus) 142
paranica {Sc/uins) .... 142
cuueata (Grote) 143
ano-uina (Grote) 144
vicina (Grote) 144
pensilis (Grote) 145
segregata (Smith) .... 146
cnivetti (Htnps7i.) .... 146
albomarginata (Druce) . 147
a. albifluviata (Druce) . . 603
h. hieroglyph era (Mssn.) 604
luista (Stand.) 147
mutilata (Smith) 148
beaiii (Grote) 148
legitima (6Vo^e) 149
AnAi (Smith). .'. 150
, lilaciua [Harv.) 150
, illoba (Butl.) 151
. dictyota (Loiver) 151
, calberlai [Stand.) .... 152
, gavisa [Scha?/s) 153
goodelli (Grote) 153
, sadales (Drnce) 154
. chalcia, Ilmp^tn 154
ectypa [Morr.) 1 55
noverca ( Grote) 155
bolteri (Smith) 156
mania (6'//vW>;.) 156
6\}scur& (Smith) 157
nioerons (lint I.) 157
. atrirena, llinpsii 158
as,sinjili.s (Marr.) 158
aya [Doyn. ) 159
nervina [Do'jn.) ICO
a. canosticta (Druce) . . ''i()5
panno.sa (Moore) 160
. diptorigidia (//«;/As».). . 161
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1351. xanthocosma (Turner) . 161
1352. mesoglauca (Hmpsn.) . . 162
1353. speyeri (Feld.) 162
1354. cuprescens, Hmpsn 163
1355. mesonielana (Hmpsn.) . 163
1.356. furviliiiea (Hmpsn.) . . 164
1-357. magellana (Mab.) 164
1.358. lebruni (MalK) 165
1359. densa (Smith) 165
1360. stretchi [H. Edw.) 166
1.361. palilis (Harv.) 166
1362. longiclava (Smith) .... 167
1363. doira (Strec/c.) 167
1364. stenotis, Hmpsn 168
1365. cappa (Hnlnt.) 168
1366. dysodea (Sehif.) 169
1367. maderaj (Baker) 170
1368. sereiia (Schiff.) 170
1369. olivocincta (Guen.) .... 171
1370. mare.\ (Schaus) 172
1371. subjecta ( Wlk.) 173
1372. coufiisa (Leech) 173
1373. ■psittacus (Herr.-Schilf.) 174
1374. pictula ( White) 174
1375. spiculo.sa (Grote) .... 175
1376. reuigera (Steph.) 176
1377. stricta ( Wlk.) 176
1378. ferrealis ((TrVo^'e) 177
1379. lorea (Guen.) 178
1.380. olivacea (Morr.) 178
1381. van-media [Smith) .... 180
1382. subpicta (Schaus) 180
1383. poliastis (7/w,/;.5?z.) .... 181
1384. laudabilis (Guen.) .... 181
1385. mnvmii^ii (Schaus) .... 182
1385 a. Iteta (Misn.) ........ 605
1386. quadrilineata (Grote) . . 183
1387. vittula (Grote) 183
1388. inciirva (Smi/h) 184
1389. inteutata (Smith) 184
1390. ciiiiva (Schans) l85
1391. hodeva (iJrwr) 185
1392. alboguttata (Grote) 186
1393. erecta (7T7/.-.) 1H(5
1394. datis (Druce) 187
1394rt. hwohu-Ui (Smith) 605
1395. rugosa (Morr.) 188
139(). marinitiiK-la (Harr.) . . 188
1397. mediana (Moore) 189
1398. fasciata (Leech) 189
1399. roseosuHusa (Smith) . . 189
1400. renisigna (Jilk.) ...... 190
1401. goniojihora (6t7t«i<s) .. 191
1402. rndh(U'lk.) 191
1403. esojii.s (Druce) 192
1404. boliemanni (.SY«H(/.).... 192
SVSTEMAnC INDEX.
Polia (co?i.).
1405. socedeus ( 1J7/:.) . . .
1400. cucubali (Schif.) . . .
1407. bicruris (Hiifn.) . . .
1408. carpophaga (L'oikJi.)
1409. lypra {Pun//.)
1410. niagno'ii (Boisd.). . .
1411. filigramma (^s/).)
1412. tei)hi()k'uca {lioisd.)
1413. pumila (Stand.) . . .
1414. albimacula (Borkh.)
1415. conspersa [Schiff.) .
1416. com pta (>Sc/«^;) ...
1417. gueiiei [Staud.) . . .
Piichetra, Gve7i
1418. leucophiBa {Schiff.) .
Odontestra, Hmp.m
1419. vittigera, Hmpsn. .
1420. albivitta, Ilmpsn. .
1421. siniilliina {Moore) .
1422. potanin: (A//>Ji.) '. ..
1423. siibmaiginalis [Wlk.)
Hadena, Sclirank
1424. groiiiinea (iSe/iaits) .
1425. prociiicta [Grofe). . .
1420. graminivora {Wlk.).
1426 ff. elrtjistis, Drnce . . ,
1426 6. wmai'is, Drnce ...
1427. iiieridioiialis, Ihnjisn
1428. di.ssecta ( Wlk.) . . .
1429. reticulata (J'il/.) . ..
1430. textiirata {A/ph.). . .
1431. uucifera (zl/.s.sw.) ...
1431a. calographa, Mssn..
1432. bul-eri {ludd.)
1433. niptilinea {Wlk.) .
Tliolera, Hillm
1434. popularis {Fabr.) . . .
1435. americana {Smith) .
1436. cespitis (.SWajf:) ...
Odoutelia, llnipsn
1437. margiaua {Pi'my.) .
Tbargelia, Pwkj
1438. distincta {Christ.) .
1439. fissilis (Christ.) ...
Ilvpobaratbra, Hmpsn. . . .
1440. icterias {Fr.)
1441. repetita (Bufl.) . . .
Onycbestra, Hmpm
1442. siccannruni (Stand.)
Proiiotestra, Hnip.s}!
1443. silenides (Stand.) .
Aglossestra, Hmpsn ;
1444. desei'ticoiti, Hmjisn. .
Epia, Ililhn
1445. pictuiMta (Alph.). . .
1446. in-egularis [Riifn.) .
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Piipje
1447. aberrans (Ed.) 229
1448. capsiilaris (Guen.) .... 229
1449. iniuorata {Smith) 230
1450. ectrapela {Smith) 230
1451. Bisus (Germ.) . 231
1452. circumvadis (Smith) . . 2-"5l
1453. mendax (Stand.) 232
1454. renati (O/w;-/*.) 233
1455. silenes (Iliibn.) 233
1456. christopbi (Miischl.) . . 234
Oardepia, Hmpsn 234
1457. iriisor ( Ersch.) 235
1458. nova (Smith) 235
Tricboclea, Grote 230
1459. U-scripta (Smith) 237
1460. artesta (Sinifh) 237
1461. albicolou (Scpp) 238
1462. atalantica, Hmpiv 239
1463. cbolica, Hmpsn 239
1464. fuscolutea (Smith) 239
1465. sociabilis (Grccs.) .... 240
1466. decepta, Grate 240
1467. deniotica (P'nng.) 241
1468. antica, Smith 241
1469. postica, Smith 242
1470. edvardsi (Smith) 242
Iladiila, Stand 243
1471. tancrei (Grres.) 243
1472. corgbos>i (Alph.) 244
1473. turpis {Stand.} 245
1474. oi^tima (Alph.) 245
1475. pra3cipua (Stand.) .... 246
1476. Inngicornis (Grccs.). . . . 246
1477. sabulorum (Alph.) .... 247
1478. insolita, Staud 248
1479. inipia (Pum/.) 248
1480. unica (Leech) 249
1481. incomnioda (Staud.) . . 249
Nephelistis, Hmpsn 250
1482. congeuitalis, J/w^;,-:?;. .. 250
1483. claiida (Schans) 251
1484. furva {Schan.s) 252
1485. differens (Drnce) 252
1486. velk'rea (Sehaus) 253
1486 «. couservulodes, X)r?/re . 608
Ilydra'ciodes, Hmpsn 253
1487. xautbina, Hmpsn 254
1488. pexa (Schans) 254
1489. alala (Drnce) 255
1490. azteca (Schans) 256
1491. cauta (Schans) 256
1492. leucopis, Hmpsn , 257
1493. leucogramma, Hmpsn. . 257
Tiracola, Moore 257
1494. pl.cigiata {Wlk.) 258
Chabuata, Wlk 259
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
1405. notata (Sfreck.) . ..
1490. signata ( Wlk.)
1497. fistula [Ilarv.)
1498. mutina (Scfiaus) . . .
1498 a. chipeta (Barnes) .
1499. iuconspicua {Grote).
loOO. carneago (Guen.). . .
1501. distincta (iMoore) . . .
1502. olDscura (Moore) . . .
1503. punctosa ( TF/A.) ...
1504. couigera (Schiff.) . . .
1505. angulifera (Moore) .
1506. vefutina {StnitJi) . . .
1507. albicosta (Moore) .
1508. fratema (Moore) . ..
1509. inauis (Oberth.) . ..
1510. ruiipeuiiis (Bull.). . .
1511. ociosa (Doyn.)
1512. amceba, Hrnpsn. . . .
1513. albimargo (Guen.) .
1514. dulcinea (Bufl.) . . .
1515. subsocia ( Wlk.) . . .
1616. albirena (Giie7i.) . . .
1517. ampla, Jf7Z;
1518. major (Guen.)
1519. rectilinea, Hmpsn. .
1520. uoctuiformis (Guen.)
1521. satellitioides (Guen.)
Lasianobia, Hmpsn
1522. lauta {Puny.)
1523. decreta (Pilny.) . . .
Manobia, Stand
1524. xena, Stand
1525. grisea (But I.)
Hyssia, Guen
1526. griseipennis (Feld.).
1527. inconstans (Bufl.) ,
1528. cucuUina (Gum.)
1529. moderata ( JFlk.) . . .
1530. siuinthistis, Hmpsn.
1531. millifera(W7/.-.) ...
1532. senatoria (Smith). . .
1533. gussata (Smith) . . .
1534. compsias (Meyr.)
1535. nipbadopa (Meyr.) .
1636. anthracias (Meyr.) .
1637. caveruosa (Er.) . . .
1538. violascens, Hmpsn. .
1539. mode.sta (Morr.) . . .
1540. di.sticLa (Morr.) . . .
1541. dilecta (7/. iV/w.) .
1642. fasciata (-S'»/////) . . .
1543. niveiguttata (Grote)
1544. orbiculata (Smith) .
1545. musciilina (StaiuJ.) .
Proteinania, Hmpsn
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1546. acbatioides (Guen.) 290
1547. vigasia (Schaus) 291
Evio^ygn, Guen 291
1548. crocosticta (Schaus). . . . 292
1549. fea (Druce) 293
1550. mulina (Schaus) 293
1551. tersa (Druce) 294
1552. baruna (Schau.s) 294
1553. mediorufa (Schaus) .... 295
1554. contempta {Schaus). . . . 295
1555. CLirtica (Smith) 296
1556. acaliis [Streck.) 296
1557. incincta (Morr.) 297
1558. perfusca, Hmpsn 297
1559. oviduca (Guen.) 298
1560. melanopis, Hmpsn 299
1561. orobia (Harv) 299
1562. utahensls (Smith) 300
1563. ochrota (Schaus) 300
1564. obtiisa (Smith) 300
1505. planalis {Grote) 301
1566. agrotiformis(G/-c)<e) . . . . 302
1567. perforata (Grote) 302
1568. rufula {Grote) 303
1509. reliqua {Smith) 303
1570. trifascia (Smith) 304
1571. culea (Guen.) 304
1572. consopita (Grote) .... 305
1573. diplogramma {<S'f7(rt«.y). . 305
1574. euryte (Druce) 305
1575. turca (Linn) 306
1576. grandis (But!) 307
1577. divergens (L'utJ.) 308
1578. curva'ta (Leech) 308
1578 a. fuliginosa ( Wilem.) . . 609
1579. rliodotricliia, Hmjjsn. . . 309
1580. pallescens {Schaus) 309
1581. fuscibarbata, Hmjjsn. . . 310
1582. vinobarbata, Hmpsn. . . 311
1583. melanogaster (Guen) . . 312
1584. secedens (Schaus) .... 312
1585. excaxata, Hmpsn 312
1586. lamptera (i>/-we) 313
1587. macrolepia (ILnpsn.) . . 314
1588. gigantea (Schaus) .... 315
1589. fiavigora (Guen) 315
1590. fulvida, Druce 31(5
1591. friburgensis ((?««;.) .. 316
1591 a. hueca (Bar7ies) 609
1592. carneigera (Guen.) .... 317
1693. lodebar (Druce) 317
1594. orbica, Hmpsu 318
1595. lanaris (Bull.) 319
169(). moderata (Wlk.) 319
1507. creniilata (ButI) 320
1598. jamaiconei?, Hmpsn. . . 321
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Eriopyya (c(»i.). Pupfe
1599. braehia, de Jotin 822
IGOO. rhadata (I)ruce) 322
1601. crista ( Wlk.) 323
1602. nicesta ( Wlk.) 324
1603. niveipuncta (Schaus) . . 325
1604. lindi<ii (Feld.) 325
1605. subolivacea, Hmpsn. . . 325
1606. melanosttcta, Hmpsn. . . 326
1607. purj)urigera (Guen.) . . 327
1608. nigripars (Sc/ians) .... 327
1609. ditissima ( Wlk.) 328
1610. janeira {Schaus) 329
1611. punctula (Guen.) 329
1612. nionilis [Guen.) 330
1613. glaucistis, Hmpsn 331
1614. azucara (Schaus) 331
1615. lobata, Hmpsn 332
1616. mesostiigata, Hmpsn. . . 333
1617. cynica (Guen.) 333
1618. curvirena {Guen.} .... 334
1619. intractata (Morr.) 335
1620. goniostigma (Schaus) . . 335
1621. albipuncta (Schaus) 336
1622. d^^schoroides (iS'c/<aMs) . . 337
1623. riibi'ipuncta (Schatts) . . 338
1(''24. conH liens (Druce) 3o8
1625. intirma (Guen.) 340
1626. violascens (Schaus). . . . 340
1627. ropilla (Doi/)i.) 341
1628. inorata (Smnh) 341
1629. virgula (Gro(e) 342
1630. pyropis, Hmjjsn 342
1631. ignescens (Schaus) .... 343
1632. iole (Schaus) 343
1633. veeors (Grnrn.) 344
1634. puerilis (Grate) 344
1635. rubor (Guen.) 345
1636. leucopera (Schaus) .... 345
1637. Diarginalis (Schaus) . . 346
1638. coiitrahens ( Wlk.) 347
1639. conar (Streck.) 348,610
1640. perbninnea (Grote) 348
1641. hyposcota, 7/?«7JS?? 349
1642. uiiiforinis (Smith) .... 349
1643. coiuniunis (l)i/ar) ..350,610
1644. iiufurata {(rrote) 350
1645. oroba (Druce) 351
1646. therm istis, Bruce 351
1647. polioti&, Hmpsn 352
1648. unicolora (3/8.W.) 352
1649. viuda (Doi/n.) 352
1650. terUilia (Dof/n.) 353
1651. adone;i (Druce) 353
Eriopyg'odes, Hmpsn 353
1652. imbecilla (Fabr.) 354
1653. iinpar (Staud.) 355
Piipe
1654. euclidias (Meijr.) 355
Neplielode.s, Guen 356
1655. asiatica (Alph.) 356
1656. infaiis (Alph.) 357
1657. tei'tialis, Smith 357
1658. pectinata (Smith) 358
1659. emmodonia (Cram.) . . 358
Poliodestra, Hmpsn 359, 610
1660. flavidentiila (Schaus) . . 360
1661. violasceus (Mssn.) .... 36l
1662. viola, Druce 361
Trichopolia, Grote 361
1663. ursina (Smith) 3(52
1664. deiitatella, Grute 362
1665. seri-iita, Smith 363, 610
Stretch ia, H. Ediv 363
1666. murieina (Grote) 363
1667. plu.siiieformis, H. Ediv. . . 364
1668. variabilis, Smith 365
1669. inferior (Smith) 365
1670. saxea (Leech) 366
Morrisouia, Grote 3(56
1671. plena (Wlk.) 367
1672. insignis ( Wlk.) 368
1673. niutans ( Wlk.) 369
1(;74. paracausta (Mei/r.) .... 370
1675. broniias (Meyr.) 370
1676. agorastis (Mei/r.) 371
1677. mucens (Hiihn.) 371
1678. sectilis (Guen.) 372
1679. bisulea (Grote) 373
1680. evicta (Grote) 374
1681. intidelis, Grote 375
1682. vitiosa (Butl.) 375
1683. infensa ( Wlk.) 375
1684. rubescens (Bull.) 376
1685. ustistriga ( Wlk.) 377
1686. lithias (Mei/r.) 378
1687. homoscia ( 3Ieij r.) .... 378
1688. stipata ( Wlk.) 379
1689. dotata ( H7/.-.) 380
1690. ociithistis (Mo/r.) 380
1691. tartaraia (Butl.) 3,81
1692. omoplaca (Jlet/r.) 382
1693. coufusa (Hiibn.) 382
1(;94. li^nana ( Wlk.) 383
1695. niorusa (Butl.) 384
1696. prionistis (Meyr.) .... 384
1697. temperata ( Wlk ) 385
1698. phricias (Meyr.) 395
Persectauia, Hmpsn 386
1699. evingi ( Westw.) 386
1700. aiilauias (Meyr.) 387
1701. steropastis (Aleyr.) .... 388
1702. atristriga ( Wlk.) 388
Xylonuiuia, Hmpsn o89
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
XIU
Tnge
1703. behrensiana (rV/o/c) .. 8!)0
1704. erytlirolita (drofe) 890
1705. hienialis {Grotc) 390
1700. pallidior {Smith) .'591
1707. peritali-s {Smith) ;392
1708. cojrnata {Smith) 392
1709. riibrica (Harv.) 393
1710. simplex { Wlk.) 394
1711. indurata {Smith) 395
1712. curialis {Grote) 395
1713. Candida {Smith) 390
1714. dolosa {Grote) 396
1715. perlubens {Grote) .... 397
1716. couspicillaris {Linn.) . . 398
1717. pulchella {Smith) 399
1718. bella {Butl.) 399
1719. alternans ( Wlk.) 400
1720. patalis {Grote) 400
1721. norma {Saalm.) 401
1722. natalensis {Butl.) 401
1723. v-album, Hinpsn 402
Periu-rapha, Led 403
1724. circumducta {Led.) 403
1725. I-ciucta {Schiff.) 404
1726. prima, Smith 404
1727. normalis (G.wte) 405
1728. pulchella {Harv.) 406
1729. terminata (Smith) .... 406
1730. pectinata {Smith) .... 407
1731. prgeses, Grote 407
1732. trauspareiLS, Grote .... 408
1733. ducinfieldi [Schuus) 408
Monima, Hilbn 409
1734. ca.rnipenni8 {Butl.) .... 410
1735. eriza {Sivinh.) 410
1736. rorida {Friv.) 410
1737. porosa {Er. ) 412
1738. fasciculata (Hmj)sn.) . . 413
1739. gothica {Linn.) 413
1740. castaneipeniiis (jff??j/jsM.) 4l5
1741. ferrcsticta {Unipsii.) . . 415
1742. numda {Schijf.) 416
1743. lizetta {Btdl.) 41(5
1744. popnleti {luibr.) 417
1745. miniosa {Schiff.) 418
1746. ferri'rera {Smith) 418
1747. stabilis [Schifl.) 419
1748. stenoptera (Stand.) 420
1749. rubrescens ( Wlk.) .... 420
1750. cruda {Svhif.) 420
1751. faiista (Zcrr//) 421
1752. tlaviannula (Smith) 422
1753. aunulimacula {<S'wi///<). , 422
1754. addenda {Smith) 422
1755. carminala (Smith) .... 423
1756. niys {LJi/ar) 423
Page
1757. odiosa {Bidl.) 424
1758. niprorenalis (Hmpsn.). . 425
1759. artlirolita (Harv.) 425
1760. revicta (3/on-.) 426
1761. garmani (Grote) 426
1762. incerta {Ililhn.) 427
1763. opima {Iliibn.) 428
1764. paromoea, ILmp.v/ 4^9
1765. pacifica (Harr.) 429
1766. aiurina {Smith) 430
1767. alia {GiieJi.) 430
1768. gracilis {Schif.) 431
1769. cinnamomea (Moore) . . 432
Palponima, LLmpsn 432
1770. orthosioides {Butl) 432
Clavipalpiila, Stcmd 433
1771. auraiias {Oberth.) 433
Perigonica, Smith 434
1772. fulminans, Smith 434
1773. tertia, Uyar 435
1774. angulata, Smith 436
Sideridis, Riihn 436
1775. limbata (Butl.) 437
1776. lithargyria (£^y).) 437
1777. albipiincta (Schiff.) 438
1778. vitellina {Hiibn.) 440
1779. rosea {Harv.) 440
1780. evidens (milm.) 441
1781. normani {Grote) 441
1782. congermana {Morr.) . . 442
1783. rubefacta (Morr.) 442
1784. cajsia (Schif.) 443
1785. exiiuia (Staud.) 444
Physetica, 3Iei/r 444
1786. cferiilea (Giieri.) 445
1787. \iudemialjs (Gue/i.). . . . 445
1788. miorasta [Mei/r.) 446
Ceramica, Guen 446
1789. picta {Harr.) 446
Brithys, Hiibn 447
1790. pancratii {Ci/r.) 447
1791. crini (Fabr.) 448
1702. encausta (Hiiln.) 449
Aspidifrontia, Hmpsn 450
1793. radiata, Hmj).m 450
1794. semipallida, //myw«. .. 451
1795. glance.'^cen^, Hmp.'^n. . . 451
1796. axylides, Hmpsn 452
1797. rufe.scens, Hmpsn 452
Melo])iora, Meyr 452
1798. sangiiinata {Luca.s) .... 453
Diaplione, Hiibn 453
1799. eumela (Sioll) 453
Polvtelodes, Hmpsn 454
18()0. fiorifera [Wlh.) 455
Polytela, Guen 456
SYSTEMATIC INDEX.
Polytela (co7i.). Page
1801. orientalis (Hmpsn.) .... 450
1802. p-loriosse {Fabr.) 457
1803. florigera, Gnen 458
1804. chrysospila, JVlk 458
Xanthopastis, Iliibn 458
1805. timais (Cram.) 45i)
Adaphajuura, Hmpsn 4(j0
1806. niinusciila {Bull.) .... 4U0
Panolis, Hiibn 4()1
1807. flammea {Schif.) 461
Cerapteryx, Curt 462
1808. graminis (Linn.) 4()2
1809. albiceps {Hmpsn.) 4(>3
Scriptania, Hmpsn 464
1810. syzygia, Hmpsn 464
1811. nordenscjoldi (<SYaw,/.). . 465
1812. michaelseni [Staud.) . . 465
Strigania, Hmpsn 466
1813. lithopliilus (Butl.) 466
1814. scripta (Mssn.) 467
1815. calligrapta (5m</.) 468
Graphania, Hmpsn 468
1816. disjungens {Wll-.) .... 469
1817. atavistis, Hmpsn 470
Tmetolopliota, Hmpsn 470
1818. propria ( Wlk.) 471
1819. polygona, Druce 471
Conisania, Hmpsn 472
1820. leiueri {Frr.) 472
Dasygaster, Gtien 473
1821. eugraplia, Tvrner .... 473
1822. ligniplena ( Wlk.) 474
1823. acontosema ( Turner) . . 475
1824. nephelistis, 7/-w;).w 475
1825. hollandi;B, Guen 476
1826. epundoides, Guen 477
1827. revevsa {Moore) 477
Cirpbis, Wlk 478
1828. eboriosa {Guen.) 479
1829. costal is, Wlk 479
1830. obusta [Guen.) 479
1831. pilipalpis (Grofe) 480
1832. pseudargyria {Gnen.) . . 481
1833. multiliut-a ( IVlk.) .... 482
1834. comuiiiides {Guen.) .... 482
1835. phragmilidicola (^Z !«'«.). 483
1836. roseola {Smith) 484
1837. farcta {Grote) 484
1838. fasciata {Moore) 485
1839. naiiiica {Moore) 486
1840. insularis {Bufl) 486
1841. promiueus ( rf//,-.) 487
1842. diah-ecta {Butl.) 488
1843. uda {Gueyi.) 488
1844. abdominalis ( 177/.-.). . . . 489
1845. adjnncta ( Wlk.) 4X9
Pae;e
1846. leucosta {Loiver) 490
1847. leucosplienia (Beth.-
Baher) 490
1848. lasiomera, Hmpsn 491
1849. ptvoDopbora, Hmjjsn. . . 491
1850. loreyi {Dup.) 492
1851. dasuta, Hmpsn 493
1852. pyrrhias (Mei/r.) 494
1853. macrosaris {lileyr.) 494
1854. typblodes {Mei/r.) 495
1855. amblycasis {Meyr.) .... 495
1856. laniata {Hmpsn.) 496
1857. inframicans (7/?/ip*7i.). . 497
1858. pryeri (Leech) 498
1859. hamifera ( Wlk.) 498
1860. crvptargyrea {Beth.-
Baker) 499
1861. decisissima ( If 77c.) 499
1862. nebulosa (Hmpsn.) 500
1863. congrua (Hubn.) 501
1864. usta (Hmpsn.) 501
1865. iufrargyrea {Saalm.) . . 502
1866. subsignata {Moore) .... 502
1867. simplex {Leech) 503
1868. proxima {Leech) 504
1869. 1-album {Linn.) 504
1870. albivenata (S^vinh.) .... 505
1871. rufipennis {Hmpsn.) . . 506
1872. duplicata {Bull.) 506
1873. albicosta (Moore) 507
1 874. polyrabda, Hmp.m 507
1875. micacea {Hnpsn.) .... 508
1876. circulus (Saalm.) 508
1877. flavostignia (i>'/T;H.). . . . 509
1878. inornata {Leech) 510
1879. tangala (Feld.) 510
1880. goniosigiiia, Hmpsn. . . 515
1881. dharma {Moore) 516
1882. rutistrigosa {Moore) . . 516
1883. salebrosa (Butl.) .. 517
1884. ignita, Hmpsn 517
1885. pvrastis, Hmpsn 518
1886. formosana (Butl.) 518
1887. clarescens (Moschl.) .. 519
1888. imperfecta {Smith) 519
1889. velutina (Ev.) 520
1890. comma {Linn.) 520
1891. insueta {Guen.) 521
1892. dia {Grote) 522
1893. diagramma(7)VM.-i>'rt7.-er) 522
1894. bi fasciata (J/ooiv) 523
1895. atrinota, Hmp.';n 523
1896. roseilinea { ll'lk.) 523
1897. polemusa (S)ri//h.) .... 524
1898. Fecta {Herr.-Srhiif.) . . 524
1899. albifasciata, Hmp.^n. . . 525
SYSTEMATIC IN'DEX.
Page
1900. abdomiiialis (Moon-) . . 'y2'i
1901. lineatipes {Moore) .... r>25
1902. anteroclara (/Swu'M). . . . 526
1903. oregona (Smith) 526
1904. polysticlia ( Turner) . . 527
1905. rivorum (Gucii.) 527
1900. sarcistis, Hmpsn 527
1907. calgai-iana {Smith) 528
1908. .sarcopbtea, Hvipsn 528
1909. jaliscana (Schans) .... 528
1910. polystrota, Hmpxn 529
1911. micros ticba, Hmpsn. . . 529
1912. palliseca {Sjiiith) 529
1918. bumidicola (Gmm.) .... 530
1914. insulieola {Guen.) .... 531
1915. compta {Moore) 531
1916. meoaproctis, Hinpsn. . . 532
1917. juncicola {Gum.) 532
1918. microgouia, Ilmpsn. . . 533
1919. riparia (Ramh.) 533
1920. deserticola (Bnrtel) 534
1921. insecuta ( Wlk. ) 534
1922. postica ( Wilem.) 535
1923. sinuosa {Mooi-e) 535
1924. andereggi (L'oisd.) 536
1925. lineata {Hv.) 536
1926. alboradiata, Rmp.m. . . 536
1927. pblebitis {l'iln<i) 5,37
1928. prdana (Bartel) 537
1929. "sicula {Treit.) 537
1930. alopecuri (Boit^d.) 538
1931. irregularis ( Wlk.) 538
1932. cinereicollis ( Wlk.) 539
1933. punctosa {Treit.) 539
1934. putrescens (Geyer) .... 540
1935. berricbi (Berr'.-SchUff.) 540
1936. plia?a {Hmpsn.) ...... 541
1937. leiicosticba, Hmpsn. . . 541
1938. latiuscula(//e;v.-.Sc/uV^:) 542
1939. tritonia, Hmpsn 542
1940. atriuiacula {Hmpsn.) . . 543
1941. albistigma (Moore) 543
1942. putrida (Stuud.) 544
1943. zeas (Dup.) 544
1944. scirpi {l)up.) 545
1945. ciliata (W/k.) 545
1946. fragilis (Bufl.) 546
1947. opaca (Stand.) 546
1948. crenulata, Hmpsn 546
1949. niesotrosta (I'unq.) .... 547
1950. unipuncta (Han\) 547
1951. corrugata {Hmpsn.) . . 549
1952. arcupuuctata (Ms.m.) . . 549
1953. denticula (7/jH/),s«.) 549
1954. pastea, Hmpsn 550
1955. yii {Guen.) 550
I'nge
1956. semiusta {Hmpsn.) .... 551
1957. modesta (Moore) 551
1958. metapbiea, Hmpsn 552
1959. placida (But I. ) 552
1960. hypopbaja, Hmps?i 553
1961. rubrisecta, Hmpsn 553
1902. brantsi {Snell.) 553
1963. iucoiispicua {Herr.-
Schiiff.) 554
1964. mocoides (iJiujn) 554
1965. falclandioa (yywi'/.) 554
1966. remota {Stand.) 555
1967. quadrannuLata (Murr.) . .5,55
Piorolia, Moore -556
1968. levini (Bntl) .556
1969. interciliata (Hmjtsn.) . . 557
1970. apparata ( Wihjrn.) .... 557
1971. ameus (Guen. ) 5.58
1972. rbabdopbora (Hm/xn.) . 5.58
1973. leiicogranima, Hmjisn. . 559
1974. albivitta {Hmpsn.) .... 559
1975. melianoides (.l/o.vr/,/.). . .562
1976. tacium (Feld.) 562
1977. rubrescens. Hmpsn 563
1978. operosa {Saahn.) 5()3
1979. citrinotata, Hmjisn 563
1980. melanostrota, Hmpsn. . ,5()4
1981. percussa {Butl) .504
1982. cruegeri {Thitl.) 565
1 983. stellata, Hmpsn 565
1984. radiata (Brem.) 566
1985. aspersa ( Snell.) 566
1986. liiiita {Guen.) 566
1987. veiialba {Moore) .567
1988. torrentiiim (Guen.) .... 567
1989. tincta {Wlk.) 568
1990. ineaiia {Siiell.) 568
1991. byssina (Sninh.) ,569
1992. acrapex, Hn)psn 569
1993. steniptera, Hmpsn 569
1994. sarcostriga, Hmpsn. . . 570
1995. nigrisparsa (Hmpsn.) . . 570
1996. extincta {Gnen.) 570
1997. rbodoptera, Hmpsn. . . 571
1998. flabilis {Grote) 571
1999. leucostigma (Snell.) 572
2000. pbaeocbroa, Hmp.'<n. . . 572
2001. fasciata, Moore 572
2002. ferrilinea {Leech) 573
2003. diopi>', Hmpsn 573
2004. persecta, Hmpsn 574
2005. melanopasta ( 7'H>7/rv) . . .574
2006. niicropis, Hmpsn 574
2607. cupveata, Hn,psn 575
2008. bilineata, Hmpsn 575
2009. .sesamiodes, Hmpsn. . . 575
SYSTEMATIC INDEX..
3Icliana, Curt fuV)
'2i)\0. poctiiiata, Hnqhm oTH
2011, nibripennis {Ovate S;
Roh.) 577
2012. flammea (Curt.) 578
20 lo. longipeiniis, Hmpsn. . . 578
2014. vana {Siviiih.) .''BO
2015. atrifura, Ihrqisn 580
201(5. exsul ( Wik.) 580
2017. vittata {Hmpsn.) 581
2018. sarca {Hmpm.) 581
2019. scotti (Butl.) 582
2020. curvilinea {Hmpsn.) . . 582
2021. uniformis (Moore) 583
2022. albilinea {Hiibn.) 583
2023. suffusa (Schaus) 584
2024. limitata (*;«/M) 585
2025. stolata (S^nith) 586
2026. patricia {Grote) 585
2027. bicolorata (Grate) 586
2028. bertha, Schaus 586
2029. rosea (Moschl.) 586
2030. niveicosta (Smith) 587
2031. tenebra, Hmpsn 587
2032. citronelk (/S'wjiV/0 588
2033. rubra, Hinpsn 588
PfinfO
2034. piviogracilis (Grotc) .... 588
Zostero])oda, Grote 588
2035. hiitipes, Grote 589
Leucania, Ochs 590
2036. ceraunias (Meyr.) 590
2037. dione (Hudson) 590
2038. toroueura, Mei/r 591
2039. iinica, Wlk 591
2040. dunedinensis (Butl.) . . 591
2041. seniivittata, W/k 592
2042. blenheimeiisis, Frdi/. . . 592
2043. sulcaua, Frdi/ 593
2044. littoralis, Curt 594
2045. f avicolor, Barrett 595
2046. rubripallons, Smith 595
2047. fuligiuosa (Haw.) 596
20-lS. oxjgalii (Grate) 597
2049. albiradiosa, Uv 597
2050. minorata, Smith 597
2051. straminea, Treit 598
2052. palleiis (Linn.) 598
2053. impuncta, Gium 599
2054. obsoleta (Hnhn.) 599
2055. pudovina (Schif) 600
2056. lanp-uida, Staud 601
2057. niveilinea (Schaus) .... 601
CATALOGUE
LEPIDOPTERA PHALiENiE.
Family NOCTUID^E.
Subfamily HADENIN^.
Proboscis usually well-developed, sometimes aborted ; palpi
usually short, upturned or porrect ; frons often with rounded
prominence with corneous plate below it, or with corneous processes
of various forms ; eyes hairy, sometimes overhung by long cilia ;
antennae usually ciliated, often pectinated or serrate ; thorax clothed
with hair and scales when there are usually crests on the pro- and
metathorax or a ridge-like dorsal crest, or clothed with hair only ;
tibise without spines, the fore tibia I'arely with terminal spine ; the
proximal joints of fore tarsi sometimes with curved claw-like
spines ; abdomen usually with series of dorsal crests or one crest at
base. Wings usually broad, the termen rounded or crenulate,
rarely slightly angled at middle ; fore wing with vein 1 a weak,
not anastomosing with 1 6, 1 c absent ; 2 from middle of cell ; 3
and 5 from near lower angle ; (5 from ujjper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, in Erana with 7, 8, 9
stalked ; 10 from cell. Hind wing with veins la & h present,
1 c absent ; 3, 4 from lower angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from or
from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or
shortly stalked ; 8 arising free, then bent down and touching the
cell, then again diverging.
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In several genera the males often have secondary sexual tufts of
hair or fans of scales on thorax, legs, or abdomen, and in the
genus Eriopyga patches of androconia on the wings of very diverse
forms ; in Cirphis the underside is sometimes clothed with silvery
metallic scales. The species of the genus Monima all appear in the
early spring.
Larva smooth, the warts with 1 hair; all the prolegs present,
the 12th somite with more or less developed dorsal hump. In the
ffarmodia -grou^ of Polia the larvae all feed on CaryophyUacece,
Silene, Lychnis, Dicmtlws, etc., mostly in the seed-pods, and the
females have the ovipositor long and exserted for penetrating the
tissues of the plants ; in Leucania and allied genera the larvae all
feed on Graminece.
Key to the Genera.
A. Eyes small, reniform.
a. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales ... Anakta, p. 37.
h. Thorax clothed with hair only Panolis, p. 461.
B. Eyes large, rounded.
a. Fore tibia with terminal claw.
a^. Frons with rounded prominence with corneous
plate below it Thargeua, p. 220.
b^. Frons without prominence.
a-. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests Barathea, p. 11.
b-. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment
only Hypobarathka, p. 221.
b. Fore tibia without terminal claw.
a'. Fore tarsus with long curved claw-like spines
on outer side of 1st joint.
a^. Fore tibia with spine on outer side near
extremity Conisania, p. 472.
b^. Fore tibia without spine.
a^. Frons with truncate conical prominence
with vertical ridge at middle and corneous
plate below it Pronotestha, p. 224.
P. Frons with truncate conical prominence
with corneous plate below it.
a^. Proboscis aborted, minute Aglossestra, p. 225.
/)'. Proboscis fully developed.
a\ Frontal prominence occupying lower part
of frons Epia, p. 226.
6'. Frontal prominence reniform, in middle
of frons Cardepia, p. 234.
c'. Frons with rounded prominence with- cor-
neous plate below it TiucitocLEA, p. 236.
(P. Frons without prominence.
a'. Eyes overhung by long cilia Lasianobia, p. 274.
b2
KOCTUID^.
b*. Eyes not. overluiiig by cilia.
a^. Thorax clothed with hair aud hair-like
scales and with spreading crests Manobia, p. 276.
b^. Thorax clothed with hair only and without
crests Thysetica, p. 444.
!**. Fore tarsus with short thick claws on ] st three
joints ; frons with rounded prominence with
curved corneous plate below it from middle
of frons and a plate below frons produced to
lateral wings Omychestra, p. 223.
r^ Fore tarsus without claw-like spines on outer
side of Ist joint. ,
a^. Eyes overhung by long cilia.
a^. Proboscis aborted, minute Triciiopolia, p. 3(il.
b'^. Proboscis fully developed,
w*. Tegulie dorsally produced into a ridge.
«\ Abdomen with dorsal series of crests Pomodestra, p. 359.
6\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment
only.
«". Palpi fringed with long hair in front ... Stretchia, p. 363.
¥'. Palpi f ringed with short hair in front ... HvnKOiCioDES, p. 253.
b^. Tegulffi not produced into a ridge,
rt'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.
a". Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.
a^. Thorax with ridge-shaped dorsal crest. Tuyrestra, p. 6.
b'' . Thorax with spreading crests Tricuestra, p. 8.
b^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
scales Lasionycta, p. 53.
c". Thorax clothed with hair only Lasiestra, p. 47.
¥. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment
only ScRiPTANiA, p. 404.
c\ Abdomen without dorsal crests Strigania, p. 466.
1r. Eyes not overhung by long cilia,
a'. Proboscis aborted, minute,
a*. Abdomen witli dorsal crest on 1st segment,
a'. Frons with disk-shaped prominence with
central truncate prominence Aspidifrontia, p. 450.
i\ Fruns with rounded prominence with
corneous plate below it Odontei-ia, p. 219.
c'. Frons without prominence.
a'^. Pro- and metatliorax with spreading
crests TiioLERA, p. 216.
b*^. Pro- and metathorax without crests Britiiys, p. 447.
//. Abdomen without dorsal crest.
a\ Frons \\\\\\ disk-shaped prominence with
central truncate process Metopiora, p. 452.
i''. Frons with prominence with lateral walls
and roughened or convoluted centre Diaphone, p, 453.
c''. Frons with rounded roughened promi-
nence with corneous plate below it.
«". Head and thorax clothed chiefly with
scales PoEYTELonE.s, p. 454.
//. Head and thorax clothed with hair
only PoLYTEi/A, p. 456.
d''. Frons without prominence Xanthopasti.s, p. 458.
b^. Proboscis fully developed.
«'. Frons with truncate conical prominence.
a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.
«". Frons with semilunar corneous promi-
nence Discestra, p. 14.
J", Frons with circular prominence Craterestua, p. 17.
HADENIN^. i
6'. Abdomen witli dorsal crest on 1st segment
only,
a". Thorax clothed with liair and liair-like
scales ; palpi with the ord joint short . Grapiiania, p. 488.
6". Thorax clothed with hair onlj' ; palpi
with the 3rd joint long and dilated at
extremity Palponima, p. 432.
6*. Frons with rounded prominence excised
below above the corneous phite TuicnoRiiiZA, p. 13.
C*. Frons with sliglit rounded prominence
with corneous plate below it.
a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests,
a^. Head and thorax clothed chiefly with
scales.
a''. Palpi upturned, the 3rd joint long ... Catepiiiodbs, p. 36.
h''. Palpi oblique, the 3rd joint short Scotogeamma, p. 25.
b^. Head and thorax clothed with hair and
hair-like scales Dasygaster, p. 473.
i\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment
only.
a^. Thorax clotlied chiefly with scales.
a~. Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of
head Nbphelistis, p. 250.
b''. Palpi short, oblique Odontestra, p. 205.
b^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
scales.
«'. Tegulae dorsally produced into a ridge. Peesbctania, p. 386.
b'^. TeguliE not dorsally produced into a
ridge Hadula, p. 243.
c'. Abdomen without dorsal crest Meliana, p. 576.
d^. Frons without prominence.
a\ Tegulte dorsally produced into a ridge.
a*^. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ... Moertsonia, p. 336.
b''\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg-
ment only,
a^. Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest ... Perigrapiia, p. 403.
b''. Pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests Xylomania, p. 389.
c®. Abdomen without dorsal crest Monima, p. 409.
P. Tegulaj not produced into a ridge.
a^. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.
a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.
a'^. Fore wing narrow ; veins 7, 8, 9
stalked Erana, p. 7.
h'^. Fore wing broad, triangular ; vein 9
from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole Polia, p. GO.
6'. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg-
ment only Hahe-va, p. 20S.
i". Thorax clothed wicn hair and hair-like
scales, sometimes with a few scales on
upper edge of patagia.
cf. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests,
a**. Prothorax with triangular ridge-like
crest TiRACOLA, p. 257.
b"*. Prothorax with spreading crest PACnBTRA, p. 203.
b''. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg-
ment only,
a'*. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and
porrect Proteinania, p. 290.
) NOCTUIDJi;.
6*. Palpi with the 3rd joint short,
a". Prothorax with dorsal ridge-likc
crest ., CnABUATA, p. 2')0.
6". Prothorax with spreading crest.
a^". Thorax clothed chielly with hair-
like scales Hyssia, p. 278.
i'". Thorax clothed almost entirely
with hair Cirphis, p. 478.
fp. Abdomen without dorsal orests.
a."*. Thorax clothed chiefly witli hair-like
scales; fore wing with the termen
erect, rounded Eriopyga, p. 291.
b^. Thorax clothed almost entirely with
hair ; fore wing with the termen
obliquely curved Bouolia, p. 555.
c". Thorax clothed with hair only,
a'^. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.
«■*. Pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests Nepiielodes, p. 356.
h'^. Pro- and metathorax without crests... ADAPiiyENUKA, p. 460.
b''. Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist seg-
ment only,
o*. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and
dilated at extremity Clavipalpula, p. 433.
J^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short,
a". Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest... Peeigonica, p. 434.
b". Prothorax with divided crest Tmetolophota, p. 470.
e". Prothorax with spreading crest Sideridis, p. 436.
d^. Thorax without distinct crests,
a'". Fore wing with the apex produced
and acute Ceeamica, p. 446.
a^°. Fore wing with the apex truncate . Cekapteryx, p. 462.
c''. Abdomen without dorsal crests.
a**. Palpi with the 3rd joint long Zosteeopoda, p. 588.
b'^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. ,
a^. Fore wing with the apex not produced,
the termen rounded Eriopygodes, p. 353.
i". Fore wing with the apex produced
and acute, the termen obliquely
curved Leucania. p. 590.
Genus THYRESTRA, nov.
Type, T, hyalopliora.
Proboscis i'uUy developed ; palpi upturned, fringed with hair in front, the
3rd joint porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round, overhung by long cilia ;
aatenna> of male almost simple; head and thorax clothed with rough scales,
the prothorax with ridge-like dorsal crest, the metathorax with crest ; abdomen
with dorsal series of crests, paired lateral tufts of very long white hair ])ro-
trusible from the lateral stigmata of male. Fore wing i-ather long and narrow,
the apex produced and the termen oblique ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only ; male with a patch of hyaline membrane in, below, and beyond cell.
1127. Thyrestra hyalopliora.
E^.iplcxia hyalopliora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. si. p. 442 (1897).
fS , liead and thorax olive-green mixed with rufous and dark
THYRESTRA. — ERANA. 7
brovrn ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen rufous, the crests and
anal tuft green, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with black.
Fore wing olive-green, the area just before the anteraedial line and
the medial area suffused with brown ; the subbasal line represented
by double black striic from costa and cell ; antomedial line double,
filled in with green, oblique from costa to vein 1, then incurved ;
claviform very indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reni-
form green, defined by white at sides, oblique oblong and almost
forming a V-shaped mark ; postraedial line double, filled in with
green, strongly bent outwards below costa, straight to vein 4, then
Fig. 2. — Thijresira Itijalophom, (^ . \,
oblique and bent outwards to inner margin, some violaceous beyond
it except towards costa and inner margin, followed by some brown
and slight black streaks on the veins and some pale points on costa ;
subterminal line pale, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins
4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, the area beyond it suffused with
brown ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown inter-
sected with whitish. Hind wing brown, with a largo hyaline patch
in, below, and beyond lower part of cell ; cilia pale, with a brown
line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown ;
a black spot at upper angle of cell, a sinuous postmedial line
obsolete at middle, and some terminal lunules.
Hub. Assam, Khasis, 1 S type. Exp. 32 raillim.
Genus ERANA.
Type.
Erana, Wlk. xi. 605 (1857) graminosa.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned and fringed with hair;
frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenntc of male almost simple ; head and
thorax clothed with rough scales, pro- and nietathorax with spreading crests ;
tibiie fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on proximal segments and
lateral fringes of hair, the claspers of male large. Fore wing narrow, tlie
termen obliquely rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell, vein .5
slender ; the upper discocellular absent ; 6 from upper angle of cell ; 7, 8, 0
stalked; 10, 11 from cell ; male with a fringe of very long hair below basal
half of costa on underside. Hind wing of male very broad, tlie costal area
greatly expanded and lobcd ; veins 3,4 from angle of cell ; the disoocelhilars
and vein 5 almost obsolete ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with liie
coll near base only.
NOCTUID.T:.
1128. Erana graminosa.
Erana graminosa, Wlk. xi. 605 (1857).
Emna vigens, Wlk. xxxiii. 743 (1865).
d . Head and thorax golden green ; tegulae with rather darker
medial line ; tibise and tarsi with dark bands ; abdomen ochreous,
dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crests reddish, Foi'e wing golden
sap-green sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented
by double black strioe from costa and cell, the antemedial line by
double black strise from costa and from submedian fold to inner
margin ; claviform and orbicular absent : traces of a waved medial
line ; reniform pale greenish, slightly defined by black and with
brown spot on its lower part ; postmedial line double, bent out-
wards below costa, exourved to vein 4, then strongly angled
Pig. 3. — Erana graminosa, J' . \.
inwards in submedian fold and excurved again, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line diffused, pale, oblique from
costa to vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in sub-
median fold ; a terminal series of pale and dark strite. Hind wino-
red suffused with fuscous brown, leaving the termen green from
costa to vein 2 ; a terminal series of brown striae ; the underside
with the basal half pale, an indistinct curved postmedial line.
5 . Hind wing witli less green on termen.
Hah. New Zealand {J. J. Wall-er), 1 <S , Otago {Hidton), 1 J ,
Dunedin (Purdie), 1 J, Wellington {Churton, Oxleg), 2 J', type
and type vkiens. Exp. 34 millim.
Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths and Butterflies, p. 28, pi. 3. f. 8.
Bright green, darker in front; dorsal, subdorsal', and lateral
white lines ; eight series of shining black warts, each Avith several
stout black bristles ; head yellowish brown, with some black dots.
After the last moult it is pale green marbled with dark green, often
with white lateral line and indistinct series of oblique green stripes ;
often pinkish brown, with two or three rows of pale spots. Food-
plant, Melicytus ramijioriis. 4-10.
Genus TRICHESTRA, nov.
Type, T. arhuticolens.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair
in front, the 3rd moderate ; irons smooth ; eyes large, overhung by cilia ;
antenna ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and
TEICHESTKA. 9
uietatborax with spreading crests ; tibia' fringed with hair ; abdomen with
dorsal crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 Irom near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
A. Fore wing with black spot in discal fold beyond subterminal
line nig ropuncia.
B. Fore wing without black spot beyond subterminal line.
a. Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved from cell to
inner margin ; . . . arbuticolens.
b. Fore wing with the anlemedial line oblique, waved
throughout anthopMla.
1129. Trichestra nigropuncta.
CelcBna nigrojnmcta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 479, pi. 93 f. 25
(1898).
S . Head and thorax pale purplish red-brown irrorated with
black ; sides of palpi and frons black ; antennae blackish ; patagia
olive-green on outer edge ; legs banded with black ; (abdomen
wanting). Fore wing rufous ; the basal area olive-green, the base
itself suffused with black ; stibbasal line ill-defiued, double, black
filled in with white, waved from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line indistinct, double, waved ; claviform and orbicular
absent ; reniform a rather irregular white bar defined by black ; a
black medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then
sinuous ; postmedial line double, the two parts widely separated,
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7, then
incurved, and with a verj^ prominent black lunule on its outer edge,
then excurved, approximated to termen, somewhat dentate and
defining the slight black terminal lunules ; cilia olive-green, mostly
black at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous M'ifh
a dark line through them ; the underside pale red-brown irrorated
with dark brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial
line.
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (^Trujillo), 1 d type, Godman-Salvin Coll.
Ex/). 26 millim.
1130. Trichestra arbuticolens. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 23.)
Celana arhiticolens, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 121.
2 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black ; tarsi with
pale rings; abdomen grey with fuscous irroration. Fore wing red-
brown with some dark irroration ; the cell suffused with purple-
brown ; the veins with dark streaks and some white irroration ;
subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and
median nervure with an oblicjue ochreous striga across the cell just
beyond it ; antemedial line double, bent inwards in cell, then
10
NOCTUID.E.
excurved ; claviform small, obscurely defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform small, the former round with ochreous annulus, the
latter narrow with white annulus or sometimes obscured by fascous
suffusion ; traces of an oblique waved line from lower angle of cell
to inner margin ; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct,
with black and white points at the veins, bent outwards below
costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique and somewhat sinuous
below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
pale, with traces of dentate dark marks on its inner side, irregu-
larly dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of black points and a series of pale rufous points at
base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale, with a
fuscous line through them ; the underside pale, tinged with rufous
and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved post-
medial line,
Ilah. Chili (Edmonds), 3 5 type. Kvp. 26 millim.
1131, Trichestra anthophila.
Cclisna anthophila, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 122.
2 • Brownish grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; some black scales
near tips of teguloe and upper edge of patagia ; tarsi banded with
black. Fore wing irrorated and partly suffused with fuscous ; a
waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct
Fig. 4. — Trichcstra anthopJiUa, $. \.
double waved antemedial line; claviform with its extremity slightly
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, very incompletely
defined by black and open above and below ; postmedial line rather
ill-defined, black, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,
strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond
it ; subterminal line represented by a series of small white and black
dentate marks, slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal
series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia
ochreous white with a dark line through them ; the underside
greyish irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and diffused
curved postmedial line.
llab. Chili (Edmonds), 1 $ type. iiay>. 24 millim.
BAKATHRA. 11
Genus BARATHRA. ,„ ^
Type.
Barafhra, Hiibn. Verz. p. 218 (1827) brassicce.
Copimamestra, Grote, A. M.N. H. (5) xi. p. 54 (1881^) hransicce.
Proboscis fully develcpecl ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2ncl joint fringed
■with hair, the ^rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round, not ciliated;
anteniite of male minutely ciliated ; tibia; fringed with hair, the fore tibia with
long curved claw on outer side ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales,
the pro- and uietathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with doi'sal series of
crests, the one on basal segment large. Fore wing with the termen crenulate ;
veins 3, .5 from close to angle of cell ; (5 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto-
mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4
from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base.
A. Fore wing with the subterminal line prominently defined by
whitish on inner side conjigurata.
B. Fore wing with the subterminal line not defined by whitish
on inner side.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular indistinct and ill-defined ... cvrialis.
b. Fore wing with the orbicular distinctly defined by black... brassies.
1132. Barathra configurata.
Mamestra configurata, Wlk. ix. 234 (1856) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.
i. p. 272, pi.' 26. f. 20.
Copimmmstra occidenta, Grote, A. M. N. H. (5) xi. p. 54 (1883) ; Smith,
Cat. JN'oct. N. Am. p. 113.
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi with whitish
rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests darker. Fore wing
grey-brown irrorated with fuscous, the inner area and the area just
before subterminal line pale olive-brown; a small white-tipped dark
fan of scales at base ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to
submedian fold ; antcmedial line double, waved, nearly erect ;
claviform rather small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
large, defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, with brown
centre and jjale annulus, the latter with brownish centre and white-
spotted annulus; postniedial line indistinct, double, minutely
dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold
and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line strong, wliite, angled outwards at vein 7 and
dentate at veins 4, 3, some black stria; belbre it on the olive band,
especially between veins 3 and 1, the area beyond it with blackish
streaks in the interspaces; a terminal series of black lunulos ; cilia
blackish, with white line at base and intersected with white.
Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area fuscous brown ; a
dark terminal line ; cilia whitish, with brown line near base ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,
a dark discoidal spot.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, 1 2 , Durango (Oslar), 1 d" ,
3 2 5 J^cw Mexico ; ]\Ikxico (Doiibledaij), 1 S type, Mexico City
(Hocge), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll, Kqi. 40-44 millim.
12
NOCTUID^.
1133, Barathra curialis.
(Plate XC. fig. 1.)
p. 470 (1887);
Coynmamestra curialis, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus,
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 113.
2 . Dark fuscous. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial areas
tinged with reddish, also the discal fold iu medial area ; the ante-
medial inner area with a faint greenish tinge ; subbasal line
double, indistinct, interrupted ; antemedial line erect, hardly trace-
able ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular almost obsolete, very
faintly defined ; reniform moderate, white, with irregular dark
central lunule and black outline ; postmedial line single, black,
strongly dentate, bent outwards belosv costa and incurved below
vein 4 ; postmedial area paler than ground-colour, with dark
striation and irroration, darker towards costa ; subterminal line
whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ;
terminal area with pale irroration, a terminal series of small black
lunules. Hind wing fuscous, darker towards termen ; the under-
side grey with darker irroration, a discoidal spot and postmedial
line.
Hah. Canada, Orilla (Btish), 1 $ ; U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point,
New Hampshire, Franconia. Exj). 43 millim. ,
1134. Barathra brassicae.
Noctua brassies, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 516 (1758) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. f. 88 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 37, pi. 102. f. 5 ; Steph. 111. Brit.
Ent., Haust. ii. p. 194 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.
Nocfua albidilinea. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 191 (1809) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eut.,
Haust. ii. p. 195.
Mamestra andalusica, Staud. Cat. p. 90 (1871).
Mamesfra decolorata, Staud. Stett. eut. Zeit. 1889, p. 34.
Mamestra scotochroma, Kober, Iris, i. p. 340, pi. 12. f. 13 (1884).
Mamestra straminea, Failla, Nat. Sic. x. p. 30, pi. 1. f. 5 (1890).
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi black with
whitish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, with the dorsal crests darker.
Fig. 5. — Barathra hrassic(B, cf. \.
Fore wing dark brown irroratcd with grey, a rufous tinge in discal
and submedian folds and above inner margin before antemedial
line ; a small dark white-tipped fan of scales at base ; the sub-
basal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; the
BARATHRA, TP.ICHORniZA. 13
antemedial line double, waved, nearly erect ; claviform defined by
black, short ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the
former round, the latter with white spots on its inner and outer
sides, or wholly filled in with whitish ; a waved medial shade
angled outwards on median nervure ; postmedial line dentate and
produced to points on the veins, double towards costa, bent out-
wards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly
below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; siibterminal
line white, dentate outwards at veins 7, 4, 3, the area beyond it
rather darker ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia
intersected with whitish. Hind wing brown, paler towards base ;
a slight whitish mark on vein 2 near termen ; cilia wliite, with
brown line through them ; the underside ochreous white, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and
waved postmedial line.
Ab. 1, scotochroma. Melanic.
Ab. 2. andalusica. Paler, the fore wing yellowish grey and
without rufous tinge. — S. Europe.
Ab. 3. decoJoraia. Much paler, fore wing whitish grey. —
W. Turkestan.
JIah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Leech Coll. ; Germany, Zeller
and Leech Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain; Italy; Sicily;
NoRAVAY, Zeller Coll.; Kussia; Armenia; Asia Minor, Bithynia,
Pontus ; Persia ; W. Turkestan, Fergana, Issyk-kul ; Siberia ;
Amtjrland, Blagoveschensk, 6 J , Ussuri ; L^^pan, Hakodate, 1 cJ ,
Yokohama {Jonas, Fryer), G cj' , 1 $ , Tokio (Maries), 1 (^ , 1 2 ;
W. China, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 c? , Wa-ssu-kou, 1 (^ , Pu-tsu-fang,
1 (S ; Kashmir, Xarkundah (McArthur), 2 S -, Nubra (McArthur),
1 d", Scind Valley (Leech), 1 §, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 .^ ;
Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 c? , Thundiani (Yerhury),
] c? > 2 2 , Simla (SwinJioe), 1 c? , Dalhousie, 1 § , Dharmsala
(Hoclinq), 2 cJ, 1 $; Tibet, Yatung (LJobson), 1 §. E.vj^.
40-52 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 8G ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 210, pi. 160. f. 2.
Brown to dull green, sometimes marked with blackish ;
dorsal line dark ; spiraeular line yellowish ; somite 1 1 dorsally
humped ; head yellowish brown with dark markings. Food-plants :
Lirassica, liumex, Che^iopodium, etc. 6-9.
Genus TRICHORHIZA, nov.
Type, T. peferseiii.
Proboscis liiUy developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with liair
in front ; t'rons with rounded prominence excised below, above the corneous
plate ; antenna; of n)ale ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiel3y w ith scales,
the prothorax with divided cres^t ; abdomen with dorsal series ot crests. Fore
wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (> Ironi u])per angle ; !• from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell, llind w'ing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; /> obsolescent from middle of discocellulurs ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell uear base only.
14
noctcidj:.
1135. Trichorhiza peterseni.
Hhhogmmma peterseni, Clii-ist. Rom. Mem. iii. p. 76, pi. iv. f. 3 (1887) ;
Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 183.
S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; tegulce brown at
tips ; abdomen grey irrorated Avith brown. Fore wing grey
irrorated with reddish brown ; subbasal line represented by brown
striag from costa and median nervure ; a black streak with slight
brown suffusion below it below the cell from base to the antcmedial
line, which is indistinct and angled outwards in submedian fold
and above inner margin ; claviform defined by a slight brown line
above ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by brown, the former
oblique elliptical ; postmedial line unusually near termen, very
minutely waved, double, slightly bent outwards below costa,
Fig. 6. — Trichorhua peterseni, J. f.
oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique ; subterminal line angled
outwards at vein 7, retracted to postmedial line at vein 5, dentate
to termen at veins 4, 3, then retracted to postmedial line at sub-
median fold, the area beyond it brown except at apex and inner
margin ; a lunulate terminal black line ; cilia intersected with
whitish, Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged
with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
slightly irrorated with brown, a postmedial series of points on the
Veins.
Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 c5' , Issyk-kul ; "W. Siberia,
Altai, 1 (5 ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 c? • J^^rp. 38 millim.
Genus DISCESTRA, nov.
Type, B. chart aria.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair
in front ; frons witb seiuilunate corneous prominence with raised edges ; a
corneous plate below frons; eyes large, rounded; antenna; of male ci hated ;
head and thorax clothed chiefly with seale.<, the pro- and nietathorax with
divided crests ; abdomen with doi-sal series of crests. Fore wing with
veins 3, f^ from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 ana.sto-
mosing with 8 to ibrin the areole ; 11 from cell. Hmd wing with veins 3, 4
from ano-le of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
di.scj:stka.
15
A. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish ; the claviform
large, filled in with brown.
a. Fore wing white, slightly tinged with yellowish florida.
b. Fore wing whitish, distinctly tinged with brown chartaria.
B. Fore wing tinged with ochreous ; the claviform small, not
filled in with brown.
a. Fore wing with the reniforni defined by black below .. eremislis.
b. Fore wing with the reniform not defined by black below ... arena-ria.
*l\m. Discestra florida. (Plate LXXXVI. tig. 1.)
Mamestra florida, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 465 (1900) ; Dyar,
C&£. Lap. N. Am. p. 156.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white, slightly irroratcd with
yellowish and fuscous scales. Fore wing white, slightly irrorated
with yellowish and fuscous scales ; subbasal line represented by
double black striae from costa to median nervnre ; antemedial line
double, black, angled outwards in submedian fold and excurved
below vein 1 ; claviform moderate, filled in with black ; orbicular
a very small black annulus ; reniform filled in with black, ill-
defined ; median shade oblique from costa to lower angle of cell,
then less distinct ; postmedial line double, the inner dentate, the .
outer even, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-
terminal line white, defined by fuscous on inner side and with
blackish patches before it at costa and discal fold, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
blackish lunules. Hind wing white, a punctiform postmedial line,
difi'iised subterminal band, and terminal line fuscous.
Hah. U.S.A., Florida, Biscayne Bay. Exji. 32 millira. This
species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in
U.S. Nat. Mus.
1137. Discestra chartaria.
Mamestra chartaria, Grote, Bull. Buff". Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. liiS, pi. iv. f. 12
(1873) ; Smith, Cat. Nuct. N. Am. p. 122.
S . Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; tegitUx; with
black medial line ; patagia with black line near upper edge ; tarsi
Fig. 7. — Disceaira chartaria, (^ . \.
with black bands ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally suffused with
brown. Fore wing white, more or less strongly irrorated and
suff'uscd with pale reddish brown and fuscous ; subbiisal line
double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line doulilo, waved.
10 KOCTUIDiE.
oblique; claviforra well developed, brown defined by black; or-
bicular and reniform defined by black, the former elongate elliptical,
incompletely defined, the latter with its lower part or almost
entirely filled in with black ; a curved, waved, medial line ; postmedial
line dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
white, defined by dark marks on inner side, dentate, angled
outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus, a dark patch
beyond it in discal fold ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia
chequered ochreous and fuscous. Hind wing white ; the vjeins and
terminal area suff'used with fuscous brown ; a terminal series of
dark lunules ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial
series of stria) on the veins showing through to upperside.
Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Colorado, California, 2 c5' l^ype. Exp.
38 millim.
1138. Discestra eremistis. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 24.)
Mamestra eremistis, Piing. Soc. Ent. xix, p. 130 (1904).
c? . Grey-white tinged with brown and mixed with fuscous ;
patagia with a few black scales near upper edge ; tarsi banded
with black ; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing
whitish, tinged with reddish brown and slightly irrorated with
black ; subbasal line represented by double black strise from costa
and cell ; antemedial line with double black striiE at costa, then
indistinct, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; hardly a trace of a
minute claviform ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish, very
ill-defined, the former round, the latter prominently defined by
black below ; medial line represented by a dark striga from costa,
then indistinct, oblique ; postmedial line with double black strife at
costa, bent outwards below costa, dentate, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side
by minute dentate fuscous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing white tinged with fuscous, especially on the, veins and
terminal area ; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line ; cilia white ;
the underside white slightly irrorated with black, a discoidal lunula
and some small lunules on termen.
Ab. 1. Whiter and less tinged with brown. — Hi.
JJab. W. Turkestan, Merv, type t in Coll. Piingeler, Transcaspia,
1 (5 ; E, Turkestan, Hi. Exjj. 32-38 millim.
1139. Discestra arenaria, n. sp. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 25.)
Head whitish ; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with pale
ochreous brown ; tarsi ringed with fuscous. Fore wing whitish,
tinged with pale ochreous brown and irrorated with fuscous ;
subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line
indistinct, double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;
CRATERESTEA. 17
orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous centres defined by-
black, the former round ; traces of a medial line ; postmedial line
dentate, bent outwards below costa, escurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
pale, slightly defined by fuscous, minutely waved, angled outwards
at vein 7, slightly dentate on veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to
tornus ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white,
the veins and termen tinged with brown ; some dark terminal
points : the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with
brown, a small black discoidal spot.
Hah. SiND, Karachi (Swinhoe), 2 c? , 1 $ , type. Ex2). 30-32
miUim.
Genus CRATERESTRA, nov.
Type, C. hicina.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair
in front, the 3rd moderate, oblique ; frons with truncate, conical, corneous
prominence with corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; antennte
ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales and hair, the pro- and meta-
thorax with spreading crests; tibijE fringed with rather long hair; abdomen
with dorsal series of crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with veins
3 and .'i from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from
angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
A. Fore wing with the medial area darker than the ground-
colour.
a. Fore wing with the pale postmedial area extending to inner
side of the postmedial line and obscuring the reniform . lucina.
h. Fore wing with the pale postmedial area not extending to
inner side of the postmedial line.
o}. Fore wing with whitish annuli to the stigmata.
d^. Fore wing with subterminal series of wliite points... niveopicta.
b"^. Fore wing without subterminal series of white
points terranea.
h^. Fore wing without whitish annuli to stigmata media.
B. Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the
ground-colour.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular oblique ; veins 4, 3 defined
by dentate whitish marks extending to near termen.
«'. Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish ... hoplifes.
fA. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish yacima.
b. Fore wing with the orbicular round ; veins 4, 3 nut
defined by dentate white marks.
a'. Fore wing with the orbicular indistinct.
a^. Fore wing with the costal area wiiiti.sh.
a^. Fore wing with the inner area whitish bifaxcia.
P. Fore wing with the inner area not whitish albicoata.
b'^. Fore wing with the costal area not whitisli subterminata.
h^. Fore wing with the orbicular well-defined.
a^. Fore wing without rufous streaks in discal and
submedian folds.
a*. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas
pale brown semifusca.
b^. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas
concolorous suhrelata.
h'^. Fore wing with rufous streaks in discal and sub-
median folds dejhiiens.
VOL. V. C
18 NOCTUIDJ;;.
1 140. Craterestra lucina.
Stibera lucina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 296, pi, 27. f.27 (1889).
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish ; tarsi banded
with black ; abdomen red-brown, dorsally suffused with black.
Foi'e wing pale grey-browu suffused in parts with purplish brown,
the area between the antemedial and medial lines strongly suffused ;
a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a
double antemedial line angled outwards below costa, then strongly
excurved ; claviform defined by black, very short and broad ;
orbicular and reniform with pale brownish centres and grey annuli,
the former defined by black, rather pointed above and dilated
below, the latter very indistinct ; a waved medial line ; postmedial
line indistinct, double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below
Fig. 8. — Cratcredra lucina, J. }•
costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on
costa beyond it ; subtermiual line pale, defined on inner side by a
series of slight dark marks, and with some fuscous suffusion beyond
it; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous
brown ; the underside ochreous whitish irrorated with dark brown,
the basal area suffused with fuscous except towards costa, a black
discoidal lunule, a diffused fuscous subterminal band.
Hah. Mexico, Tabasco, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 1 $, Teapa (FT. If.
Smith), 1 (3*, type, Godman-Salvin Coll. E.i'23., d 36, 2 40
millim.
1141. Craterestra niveopicta. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 26.)
Perigea niveopicta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 124, J.
Periffea florinda, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 125, d".
Head and thorax purplish brown mixed with some black, some
of the scales tipped with grey ; tarsi black with whitish rings ;
abdomen brown, whitish at base. Fore wing brown irrorated with
black and grey, and with a purplish gloss ; subbasal line double,
waved, from costa to vein 1, but interrupted in cell : antemedial
line double, irregularly waved, oblique ; claviform short and broad,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter open
above and below and with some blackish streaks from it to post-
medial line ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line defined
CRATERESTRA. 19
by grey on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented
by a series of minute black streaks with white points on them ;
a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, the
veins and terminal area broadly suffused with brown, in female
wholly suffused with brown ; cilia white with a brown line at
base ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with brown, in female uniformly irrorated, a black discoidal lunule
and minutely waved postmedial line.
Hab. Chili (Edmonds), 1 c5' , 2 5 , type and type florlnda. Exp.
32-36 millim.
1142. Craterestra terranea. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 27.)
Perigea terranea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 123.
(S . Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with black,
some of the scales tipped with grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi
black with pale rings ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing reddish
brown irrorated with black ; subbasal line double, waved, from
costa to vein 1, but interrupted at cell; a double, waved, oblique
antemedial line ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, the
latter open above and below and with slight dark streaks from it to
postmedial line ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line
arising from double black striae on costa, bent outwards below
costa, then minutely dentate and defined by grey on outer side,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous
and black dentate marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing
whitish ; the veins and terminal areas suffused with brown with a
yellowish gloss ; cilia whitish, with a brown line at base ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,
a discoidal point and postmedial line on costal half.
IJah. Chili {Edmonds), 1 S type. Exj). 34 millim.
1143. Craterestra media. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 28.)
Hadena media, Wlk. xi. 7.^6 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 19i).
Apamea latlfasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 34.5.
Apamea viriata, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 450.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black or fnscous brown ;
tegulae with medial black line ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen
ochreous brown. Fore wing fuscous brown, the area below the
cell before the antemedial line and the postmedial area except
towards costa ochreous more or less tinged with l)rown ; a waved
subbasal line from costa to submediau fold ; antemedial line defined
by ochreous on inner side, waved, strongly angled outwards above
inner margin ; claviform moderate, defined by black and with some
c2
20 NOCTUID^.
blackish between it and postmedial line : orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former round ; an indistinct waved medial
line ; postmedial line dentate, indistinctly double, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal lino
pale, defined on inner side by a series of slight dentate rufous
marks, angled oiitwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the
area beyond it dark except at apex ; a terminal series of black
points ; cilia intersected with rufous. Hind wing white or
ochreous white, the veins and terminal area more or less tinged
with fuscous ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with fuscous, a postmedial series of slight dark streaks on
the veins.
Hah. Mashon ALAND, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 S ; Punjab, Kulu,
Sultaupore {G. Young), 2 (5* , 2 $ , Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 $,
Jubbulpore, 2 5 , Manpuri, 1 5 » type latifasciata ; Bombay, Poena
(Sivinhoe)mi. 5 , type viriata ; Canaea ( Ward), 1 c? type ; Nilgiris
{Hampsonf, 4 c^ ; Burma, Mandalay (Bingham), 1 5 ■> Thayetmyo,
(Watson), 1 2 • ^^T- 34-36 millim.
1144. Craterestra hoplites. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 29.)
Mamestra hoplites, Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160 (1901).
Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and black ;
frons with black bar ; tegulie and patagia edged with black, the
former with medial black line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen
grey-brown. Fore wing greyish, almost entirely suffused with
pale red-brown ; subbasal line represented by oblicjue black striae
from costa and cell, interrupting a black streak below base of cell ;
an oblique black streak from inner margin before the antemedial
line, which is double, very strongly angled inwards on median
nervure and vein ], and outwards in submedian fold and above
inner margin ; claviform defined by black, very large, and extending
to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open
above ; the terminal halves of median nervure and vein 1 above
and vein 3 on both sides defined by white streaks ; postmedial line
double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, incurved at
discal fold to the reniform, incurved below vein 4, some whitish
points beyond it on costa ; the veins of terminal area streaked with
black ; subterminal line represented by some whitish streaks on
each side of veins towards costa, dentate to termen on veins 4, 3,
and defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and
middle ; cilia brown, intersected with white. Hind wing pale
suffused with brown, the terminal half fuscous brown with a pale
mark above tornus ; the underside brownish white, a discoidal
point and waved postnaedial line.
Hah. Russia, Urals ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Tekke, 1 6 ,
1 $ . E.rp. 34 millim.
CRATERESTRA.
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1145. Craterestra yacima. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 30.)
Mamestra yakima. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 4G4 (1900) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
^ . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown and
black ; antennae ringed with white ; tegulas with ill-defined black
line near upper edge; patagia with black scales near upper edge;
tarsi ringed with wdiite ; abdomen whitish mixed with reddish
brown and black. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with
fuscous ; an iU-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal
and antemedial lines represented by double black stri* from
costa ; elaviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform indistinctly defined by black, the former somewhat
oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower part filled in with
fuscous ; postmedial line very indistinct, with slight black streaks
on the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa and incurved
below vein 5, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal
line very indistinct, whitish defined by obscure dentate dark marks
on inner side and the area beyond it darker, angled outwards at
vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black
lunules; cilia chequered white and fuscous. Hind wing pure
white, the terminal area suff'used with fuscous from apex to vein 2 ;
the underside with terminal series of black lunules.
Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Utah, 1 d . Eccp. 34 millim.
1140. Craterestra bifascia.
Axylia bifascia, Hmpsn. 111. Ilet. B. M. ix. p. 91, pi. IGl. f. 6 (1893) ; id.
kothslud. ii. p. -ISl.
S . Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on
vertex of head and metathorax ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally
fuscons except at extremity. Fore wing ochreous tinged with
rufous, and slightly irrorated with brown ; a fuscous fascia extending
from discal to submedian fold and from base to termen, towards
which it expands to below apex ; the veins whitish except on the
dark area ; a small black discoidal spot and white point at lower
angle of cell ; the antemedial line represented by a striga at inner
margin ; a minutely waved postmedial line excurved from costa to
lower angle of cell, then oblique ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing ochreoiis brown tinged with fuscous ; the underside
paler, irrorated with brown on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal
lunule, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of black points.
llah. Ceylon, I'undaloya {Green), 3 S , type. Exp. 32 millim.
1147. Craterestra albicosta.
Axylia alhicosta, Hinpsii. 111. Ilet. B. M. viii. p. 70, pi. 144. f. 20 (1891).
Leucania proleuca, Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. '281 (1894).
Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on
vertex of head and base of tegulce ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally
U-: Js'OCTtTJTt.'K.
tinged with fuscous. Fore wing suffused with fuscous ; the costal
nrea ochreous whitish to middle of cell, narrowing towards apex ;
orbicular and reniform represented by small ill-defined black spots ;
a white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line represented
by a series of black points excurved from costa to vein 4, then
oblique ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous
whitish suffused with fuscous except at base, the underside Avith
discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial line.
Hah. ]\[adras, Nilgiris (Hamj^son), 2 c? , 4 $ , type ; Travancoke,
Pirmad (Fer(/usson), 1 c? . E^vp. 32-36 millim.
1148. Craterestra subterminata, n. sp. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 31.)
5 . Head and thorax brownish grey ; tegulaj with black medial
line ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Pore
wing grey tinged with reddish brown ; the postmedial area except
towards costa, the area beloAV the cell from before middle, and the
inner margin from base suffused with fuscous ; an ill-defined black
streak below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by a blackish
mark below costa; antemedial line indistinct, dentate, oblique;
claviform absent ; orbicular very indistinct, ratlier elongate ; reni-
form with brown and fuscous centre and greyish annulus, somewhat
angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct,
double filled in with greyish, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; sub-
terminal line pale, diffused, angled outward at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; a terminal series of points ; cilia whitish intersected
with browu. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the veins
and termen brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a
discoidal spot, indistinct sinuous postmedial line with dark stripe
on the veins, and some terminal lunules.
JIab. SiKKiM (Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Ecqy. 34 millim.
1149. Craterestra semifusca, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 2.)
5 . Head and thorax fuscous mixed with pale grey-brown ;
abdomen pale grey-brown slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing
pale grey-brown, the costal area to subterminal line and the cell to
postmedial line suffused and irrorated with fuscous, the terminal
area fuscous except at apex ; the veins irrorated with fuscous ;
antemedial line indistinct, angled outwards below costa and cell
and inwards on median nervure and vein 1 : orbicular and reniform
moderate, with fuscous centres and pale brown annuli defined by
fuscous, the former rather elongate rounded ; postmedial line pro-
duced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; siibterminal line slightly
defined by rufous on inner side and by the fuscous suffusion beyond
it except at apex, somewhat excurved at middle ; a terminal series
of small black lunules ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing
white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a dark
CRATEKESTEA. 2'3
terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
fuscous, a discoidal point, and postmedial series of shght striae on
the veins.
Hah. Uganda, Ketoma, 5000 feet (Dor/gett), 1 ? typo. Ex2i.
32 millim.
1150. Craterestra subvelata. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 32.)
Apamca subvelata, Wlk. Melliss' St. Ilelena, Ins. p. 184 (1875).
Head and thorax dark rufous brown mixed with some grey;
tegulse with blackish medial line ; fore coxae of male clothed with
long ferruginous scales ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen greyish
brown, the anal tuft more rufous. Fore wing dark reddish brown
tinged with greyish fuscous ; a waved black subbasal line from
costa to vein 1 with a point beyond it on costa ; a waved ante-
medial line ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and
reniform defined by black, the former round and with greyish
annulus, in one specimen they are open and confluent above, some-
times with pale patches, between, beyond, and below them ; an
indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, waved,
with fuscous dentate marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein
7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black
lunules. Hind wing dark reddish brown, rather paler towards
base; cilia pure white. Underside whitish, the terminal area
suffused with fuscous, the basal area suffused with ferruginous in
male ; fore wing with discoidal lunule ; hind wing with discoidal
spot and curved postmedial line.
Hab. St. Helena ( WoUaston), 2 c? , 1 ? . Exjp. 34-36 millim.
1151. Craterestra definiens. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 1.)
Heliothis definiens, Wlk. xi. 689 (1857).
Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey and some black scales ;
tegula) with medial blackish line ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing
grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the discal and submedian folds
and inner margin with rufous streaks ; the subbasal line repre-
sented by double black stria3 from costa and cell ; the antemedial
line double at costa, then waved ; claviform small, defined by black;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, some-
times filled in with whitish, the latter with its lower part filled in
with fuscous ; an indistinct, waved, medial shade ; postmedial line
dentate and produced to grey and black points on the veins, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale
points on costa beyond it; subterminal line formed by a series of
pale and rufous dentate marks, with slight dark dentate marks
before them at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at
veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing
24 KOCTtJIDiE,
pale ochreous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; cilia
■whitish. Underside whitish with some brown irroration ; both
wings with discoidal spot, curved punctiform postmedial line, and
diffused fuscous subterminal band.
Hah. Namaquaiand, O'Okiep (Lightfoot), 1 d ; Cape Colony
(Dr. Smith), 1 $ type, Deelfontein {Col. Sloc/jett), 1 $, Rosmead,
1 J . £a'2). 36-38 millim.
Genus SCOTOGRAMMA, nov.
' Type.
Scoiogramma, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887) aubmariua.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in
front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frous with rounded prominence with slight
vertical ridge and corneous plate below it ; ej-es large, rounded ; antennje of
male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and
nietathorax with spreading crests ; tibiee fringed with hair ; abdomen with
dorsal series of crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with veins 3 and
5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with cell near base only.
A. Fore wing with vein 2 defined by a dentate pale mark on
medial area.
a. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate to termen on
vein 6 armata.
h. Fore wing with the subterminal line not dentate at
vein 6.
a}. Fore wing with the inner medial area pale above and
below vein 1 dianthi.
h^. Fore wing with the inner medial area concolorous ... nana,
B. Fore wing with veins 4, 3, 2 defined by pale streaks isoloma.
C. Fore wing with vein 2 not defined by a dentate whitish
mark on medial area, or pale streaks.
a. Fore wing with black streak below cell.
a}. Fore wing with tlie claviform obsolete submedianata.
b^. Fore wing with the claviform large, defined by black . ptilodonta.
h. Fore wing without black streak below cell.
a^. Fore wing with distinct ^-mark on subterminal line
at veins 4, 3.
a^. Fore wing broad, triangular.
o^. Fore wing grey sufi'used in parts with brown or
fuscous trifolii.
P. Fore wing grey almost wholly suffused with
black impolifa.
b"^. Fore wing narrow, elongate hadeniformis,
6'. Fore wing without distinct ^-mark on subterminal
line.
a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below
vein 4.
a^. Fore wing with the medial area whitish stigmosa.
b^. Fore wing with the medial area not whitish,
a*. Fore wing with whitish patch beyond the
claviform agrotiformis,
b*. Fore wing without whitish patch beyond the
claviform.
a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-
brown.
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a". Tegulaj with dark medial line &od<B.
b'\ Tegulaj without dark medial line defessa.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.
a^. Fore wing with the medial area luscous ... repentina.
b^. Fore wing with the medial area con-
colorous orida.
c'. Fore wing with the ground-colour ferru-
ginous, tlie stigmata defined by white implexa.
b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique below
vein 4.
a"*. Fore wing with the lines defined by white pecuiiaris.
b^. Fore wing with the lines not defined by white.
ft*. Fore wing ochreous whitish suh7narina.
c*. Fore wing reddish brown mendosica.
*1152. Scotogramma armata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 2.)
Mamestra armata, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 15 ; id. Oat. Lep. pal.
p. 16U.
cJ . Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; tegulae
with dark lines at middle and near tips ; patagia with some black
scales near upper edge ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen
reddish brown mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey mostly
suffused with brown, the medial and terminal areas with dark or
reddish brown ; the veins dark defined by whitish streaks, on base
of vein 2 forming a dentate mark ; subbasal line represented by
double oblique black stria3 from costa and cell ; a slight black streak
above inner margin before the antemedial line which is double,
angled outwards below costa, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous
to vein 1, then angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform
elongate and acute at extremity, defined by black and with pale
streak at middle ; orbicular and reniform narrow with white
annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; post-
medial line double, filled in with whitish, bent outwards below
costa, angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved to vein 2 ; sub-
terminal line white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks
below costa and at middle, angled outwards to termen at veins 8,
7, 6, 4, 3, 2. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous brown, especially
on the veins and terminal area ; the underside whitish, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with brown, the veins streaked with
brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul ; E. Tttrkest^^jn,
Kuldja, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 40 millim,
1153. Scotogramma dianthi.
Noctua dianthi, Tausch. Mem. Mosc. 1809, ii. p. 316, pi. 20. f. 2; Hiibn.
Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 587; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. pi. G5. f. G; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.
Hadena dentigera, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, p. 35.
Uadena actinobola, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, p. 38, & 185(;, ii. p. 32,
pi. 3. f. 6.
Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with dark brown ; tcgulic
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with dark lines at middle and near tips ; tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen whitish tinned with fuscous. Fore wing pale ochreous
mostly suffused with brown and tinged with purple ; subbasal line
represented by oblique double stria) from costa and cell ; the sub-
costal and median nervures defined by ochreous streaks in cell ; a
leaden-coloured patch in submedian fold before the double ante-
medial line which is angled outwards below costa and above inner
margin and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, brown defined by
black and Mith pale streak through it, a bidentate whitish patch
above and beyond it ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and
whitish annuli defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical;
postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal
fold, below vein 4 oblique and minutely waved, some pale points on
costa beyond it ; subterminal line pale, with prominent dentate
black marks before it below costa and at middle, angled outwards
at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to
tornus, the area beyond it suffused with brown except at apex ; a
terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged
with brown, the terminal area fuscous, with more or less whitish on
termen above tornus ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated
with fuscous, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused
subterminal band.
JIab. Hungary; S.E. Russia, Sarepta, 2 <5 , 1 $ , Zeller & Leech
Colls. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Turkestan, Turco-
mania, Ferghana, Saisan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi, Kuldja,
1 c? . Exp. 36 millim.
1154. Scotogramma nana.
Phal(Bm nana, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 398 (1767).
Nocttia viarmorosa, Bork. Eur. Schniett. iv. p. 424 (1792) ; Frey, Beitr. i.
pi. 4 ; Dup. L6p. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 193, pi. 18. f. .^) ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. f. 65 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.
Noctua odontites, Boisd. Inrl. Meth. p. 71 (1829).
Hadena tnicrndon, Guen. Noet. ii. p. 96 (1852).
Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; teguloe with black
medial line ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown.
Fore wing grey mostly suffused with brown ; a slight black streak
in-base of submedian fold ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa
to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform
moderate, tinged with fuscous and defined by black, a bidentate
pale mark beyond it below the cell ; orbicular and reniform with
fuscous centres and pale annuli defined by black, the former round
or oblique elliptical ; medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then
dentate ; postmedial line double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards
below costa. oblique to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side
by dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7, and dentate to
near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; cilia intersected with grey. Hind wing pale sufl'used
SCOTOGEAMMA. 27
with brown, the terminal area fuscous ; an indistinct pale line near
termen between veins 5 and 1 ; cilia ochreous white ; the under-
side grey irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule, curved
postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.
Ab. mirrodoa. Much darker.
Hnh. France, Pyrenees ; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. :
Austria, Styria, Leech Coll. ; Hungary ; Switzerland, Leech
Coll., Dombreson, Frey Coll. ; Spain, Aragon ; S.W. Russia ;
W. Turkestan, Sarawschan ; E. Turkestan, Kashgar ; Mongolia,
Urga ; Tibet, Kuku-Nor. Exp. 30-36 millim.
Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 225.
Dark bluish with two lateral yellow stripes. Food-plants, Hi^po-
cre^yis comosa and Coronilla tninima. 7.
*1155. Scotogramma isoloma. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 3.)
Mamestra isoloma, Piing. Iris, 1903, p. 286, pi. vi. f. 2.
(S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous ;
tegul* with dark lines at middle and near tips; patagia with some
black scales near upper edge ; abdomen grey-brown mixed with
fuscous. Fore wing grey-brown, suffused with reddish brown
especially on medial and terminal areas, the costa darker ; the
veins with dark streaks ; the subbasal line represented bj- two very
oblique black strigte below cell ; an oblique black striga above
inner margin before the auteraedial lino which is obsolete on costal
area, then waved ; the median nervure and veins 4, 3, 2 defined by
Avhitish streaks from antemedial to subterminal line ; claviform
very elongate, brown defined by black and with pale streak in
middle ; orbicular and reniform small and very narrow, brown
with greyish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical,
the latter bar-shaped ; postmedial line very indistinct, bent out-
wards below costa, incurved to upper angle of cell, angled outwards
at vein 5, and bent inwards to lower angle of cell, then erect, some
pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line prominent,
whitish, strongly defined on inner side by dentate blackish marks
below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, and dentate
to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a fine terminal lino and line through the
cilia. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown,
the cilia pale ; the underside pale, suffused and irrorated with
fuscous brown, especially on costal area and terminal half.
Jlab. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, type t in Coll. Piingeler.
E.vp. 40 millim.
115(1 Scotogramma suhmedianata, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig, 4.)
5 . Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and with a few
black scales ; tegula; with medial black line ; melathoracic crest
fuscous ; abdomen brownish white, the basal crest blackish. Fore
28
NOCTTTir.T;.
wing ochreous whitish irrorated with brown ; a black streak below
basal half of cell ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved ;
orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by brown, the former
elongate elliptical ; traces of a carved medial shade ; postmedial
line very indistinct, produced to short streaks on the veins, bent
outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ;
subterminal line pale, defined by rich brown on inner side, the area
beyond it fuscous, arising from apex and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a
terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing semihyaline
white, with fine brown terminal line except towards tornus ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown and with some
dark terminal points.
Hah. Br. E. Afkica, Machakos {Grawsliay), 1 $ type. Exp. 36
millim.
1157. Scotogramma ptilodonta. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 5.)
TrichopoUa ptilodonta, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 77 (1883) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 164.
c? . Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous, tarsi
banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale
brownish ochreous, thickly irrorated with brown and fuscous,; a
black streak below base of cell : subbasal line represented by two
black strife from costa; antemedial line represented by two black
striae from costa, then verj^ indistinct, oblique, waved ; clavifofm
large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by
black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous
in its lower part ; faint traces of a medial line with more distinct
striga at costa ; postmedial line indistinct, double, with prominent
dark striae from costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and
produced to black and white streaks on the veins, incurved at
discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; subterminal line very
indistinct, pale, waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle, defined on inner side by some dark dentate marks most
prominent at discal fold, the area beyond it suflused with fuscous ;
a terminal series of black points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing pure white, with some black striae on termen ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated with
black, a small discoidal spot, and postmedial series of short black
streaks on the veins.
Hab. U.S.A.., Arizona, Phoenix, 1 S • Exp. 34 millim.
1158. Scotogramma trifolii.
Noctua frifulii, Eott. Naturf. ix. p. 131 (1776) ; Hiiipsn. Moths Iiid. ii.
p. 198;*Staucl. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158; Smitb.Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 119.
Noctiia chcnopodii, Schifl. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins.
p. 156 (1787) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 181 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct.
f. 86; Dup. Lep. Fr. tH. p. 31, pi. 102. f . 3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent.,
Haust. ii. p. 1*05.
Nodua vcrna, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 117 a. ff. 5, 6 (\1S&).
SCOTOaRAMMA.
21)
Koctiia saiicia, Esp. Sclniietfc. iv. pi. 152. f. 5 (1786).
Hadena trcitschkii, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Linn. Paris, 18"27, p. Ill, pi. G. f. 2 ;
Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 40, pi. 103. f. I ; Herr.-Sehaff. Scbmett. Eur., Noct.
ff. 68, 69 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.
I^'octua treitsckkei, Hubn. Eur. Sclmiett., Noct. f. 850 (1827).
NoctiM jn(<)na.r, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 726, 727 (1827).
Nocftca farkasii, Treit. Sclnnett. Eur. x. 2, p. 74 (1835).
Hadena intermissa, Wlk. xi. 587 (1857).
Apamea inquieta, Wlk. xi. 730 (18.57).
Hadena albifnsa, Wlk. xii. 753 (1857).
Apamea glaucovaria, Wlk. Can. Nat. & G-eol. v. p. 255 (1860).
Mamestra cancscens, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 233 (1878); id. 2nd
Yarkand Mission, p. 9, pi. 1. ('. 1.3.
Mamestra oregonica, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 230 (1881).
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; tegulfe with medial
black line, patagia edged by some black scales above ; tarsi banded
black and white ; abdomen pale ochreous mixed with brown.
Fore wing grey, suffused and irrorated with pale reddish
brown ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to vein 1 :
a double, oblique, waved antemedial line ; claviform small to
large, defined by black ; orbicular and rfniform defined by
Fig. 9. — Scotogramma frifolii, (j". '.
blackish, the former rounded or oblique elliptical, the latter ex-
tending to below cell and with its lower part suffused by fuscous ;
an indistinct irregular medial line oblique from costa to vein 2 :
postmedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below costa, ex-
curved to vein 4, then incurved ; the veins of terminal area slightly
streaked with fuscous ; subterminal line defined by rufous on inner
side and usually witli some small dentate dark marks before it at
middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4,
3, the area bej'ond it rather darker ; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish, the
veins and inner area tinged with pale reddish brown, the terminal
area suffused with fuscous; the underside white, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal luuulo and
postmedial series of striae on the veins.
Ab. 1. farcasi. Fore wing darker and more variegated.
Ab. 2. oref/onicct. Grej er ; fore wing more thickly irrorated
with pale brown.
Ab. [i. trtitschei. Fore wing with the medial part of subterminal
line defined by prominent dentate black marks on inner aide.
Ab. 4. aUnftisa. Fore wing tinged with rufous and with white
30 XOCTUIDiE.
suffusion on costal area and beyond postmedial line, the subterminal
line with prominent dentate black marks on inner side at middle.
Hah. Canada (Norman), 2 S ■, Nova Scotia (Eedman), 2 (5' , 1 2 ,
type alhifusa, Calgary ( Wolley Dod), 1 c? ; U.S.A., Massachusetts,
Beverly, 1 cJ , New York (Fuchs), 2 c?, 2 $ , Kansas, 2 § , Oregon
1 ^,3 $ type orego7uca, Arizona, Prescott (Kunze), 2 (5,2 $,
Phoenix, 1 c? , Pinal Mts., 2 J , Globe, 1 $ ; Chili, 1 S type
intermissa; Britain, Leech Coll. ; Franc k ; Germany, Zeller & Frey
Colls. ; Spain ; Italy ; Greece, 2 (^ ; Algeria {Mrs. JS'icholl), 1 $ ;
Scandinavia ; Russia, Livonia, 1 S ; Syria, 1 5 ; W. Siberia,
Altai, 1 S ; W. Turkestan, Transcaspia, 3 S ; Kashmir (PilcJier),
1 J , Scinde Valley (Ze^c7t), 1 cJ ; Punjab, Carapbollpur (J>/-i«r?/),
1 (S , Ferozpur (A'ttrae), 1 S ; hab. ign. 1 $ type inquieta ; Sikhim ;
Tibet. Yatung (Hobson), 1 c? ; Sokotra, Hadibu Plains (TF. E. 0.
Grant), 1 d" . Exp. 34-38 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 82 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 202, pi. 159. f. 2.
Head luteous, darker reticulate. Body green or brown, finely
blackish streaked ; dorsal line fine, pale yellow, dark-edged ; sub-
dorsal line broader, black-bordered above ; substigmatal line broad,
vellowish on the edges, red filled, dark-edged above. Feet green ;
spiracles white. Food-plants, Chenopodium and Atriplex. 7-9. —
H. G. D.
*1159. ? Scotogramma impolita.
Mamestra impolita, Morr. Pr. Bost. See. N. H. xvii. \). 140 (1874); Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129.
c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, tegulie
grey with black medial line. Fore wing whitish, almost wholly
suffused except the stigmata and postmedial area by black and
fuscous shades ; the scaling rough ; the lines interrupted ; subbasal
line present ; antemedial line single, irregular, ol)solete below the
claviform, which is large, rounded, whitish defined by black ; orbi-
cular and reuiform large, whitish with grey centres and defined by
black, the former oblique elliptical ; medial shade blackish, suffused,
irregular; postmedial line single, dentate, bent outwards below
costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; postmedial area whitish,
especially below costa and before middle of subterminal line, which
is whitish defined by black shades before and beyond it, interrupted,
dentate on veins 4, 3 ; some white points on costa towards apex
and at base of cilia. Hind wing dark fuscous, paler towards base ;
cilia whitish ; the underside whitish, with discoidal point and post-
medial line.
Hah. Canada, Quebec. Exp. 36 millim. This species is un-
known to me.
*1160. ? Scotogramma hadeniformis. (Plate LXXXVL fig. 3.)
Mamestra hadcniformix. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 55, pi. t. f. 4
(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 155.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale luteous grey irrorated with
SCOTOGRAMMA. 31
Wack ; tegulae with broad ill-defined luteoiis baud ; patagia with
blackish scales near edges. Fore wing pale yellowish grey irroraled
with black, a deeper ashen shade on inner margin and on terminal
area ; subbasal line double, filled in with paler colour, angled on
median nervure ; antemedial line very indistinct, double, exenrved
in interspaces ; claviforni rather short and broad, indistinctly defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with slight grey annuli in-
distinctly defined by black, the reniform with rather darker centre ;
a diffused medial shade ; post medial line double at costa and inner
margin, defined by whitish on outer side, crenulate, incurved below
vein 4 ; subterminal line white, angled outward at vein 7 and
dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; a
fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white tinged with
fuscous, the veins and terminal area darker especially in female ;
cilia white with a dark line through them ; the underside whitish
irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and intercepted post-
medial line.
Uah. U.S.A., Colorado. Eap. 32 millim. This species is un-
known to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.
Mus.
1161. Scotogramma stigniosa.
Mamestra stigmosa, Christ. Rom. Mem. iii. p. 70, pi. o. f. 12 (1887) ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with pale brown ;
tibise and tarsi banded with black. Uore wing white irrorated
with brown, the costa darker ; the subbasal line interrupted, waved
from costa, to submedian fold, the antemedial line rather ill-defined
and irregular, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner
margin, the claviform represented by some black scales on its outer
edge; orbicular and reniform brown incompletely defined by black ;
the former round, the latter rather constricted at middle ; traces
of a medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; ])ost-
medial line somewhat dentate and produced to black and white
points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, and incurved below
vein 4, the area beyond it rather darker ; the subterminal line
represented by a series of small whitish marks, defined on inner
side by a dark patch on costa and two slight dentate marks at
middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate at veins 4,
3; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia chetiuercd brown
and white. Hind wing white ; the veins irroraterl with brown ; a
diffused brown subterminal band ; the underside witli the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule.
Hah. S. Russia, Sarepta, 1 S ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania,
Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Tokkkstan, Kashgar. Exp. 32 millim.
1102. Scotogramma agrotiformis. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 0.)
Iladena arp-otiformis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 508 (189fi).
S . Head and thorax fuscous mixed with white ; abdomen
32 NOCTUID^.
brownish grey, the dorsal crests blackish tipped with white. Fore
wing whitish suffused with fuscous and pale brown ; subbasal line
waved, from costa to submedian fold, with a slight black streak
beyond its extremity ; antemedial line waved ; claviform well-
developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by
black, the former round with pale annulus, the latter large, filled
in with fuscous ; postmedial line dentate and produced to wbite
points on the veins which are streaked with black beyond it, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct,
white, dentate, with slight dentate dark marks before it at middle ;
a terminal series of white points and small black lunules. Hind
wing white ; the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Ceylon, Putlam {J. Pole), 2 c? type. Exp. 30 millim.
1163. Scotogramma sodae.
Hadena sodcB, Embr. Ann. Sei. Obs. 1829, p. 250, pi. 6. f. 7 ; Geyer, Eur.
Schmett., Noct. f. 851 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 274, pi. 25. f. 4 ;
llerr-Schiiif. Schmett. Eur., Noct. ff. 60, 66-7 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 158.
Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown ; tegulaj with
black lines at middle and tips ; patagia edged with black above ;
tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen grey tinged with
brown or fuscous. Fore wing grey, slightly irrorated with fuscous
and often tinged with rufous ; subbasal line indistinct, double,
waved, from costa to submedian fold ; claviform small or moderate,
fuscous defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black,
the former small, round, with fuscous centre, the latter filled in
with fuscous except above ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line
dentate and produced to black and white streaks on the veins, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, defined on inner
side by a fuscous patch at costa and dentate marks at middle, angled
outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, some fuscous suffusion
beyond ir except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia brownish intersected with fuscous. Hind wing grey suffused
with fuscous ; the terminal area fuscous with a pale patch on
termen at submedian fold ; cilia whitish or ochreous ; the under-
side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,
a discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line, and some lunules
on termen.
Hah. S. France, Leech & Zeller Colls. ; Spain ; Italy ; Greece ;
Algeria; ? Armenia ; ?W. Turkestan, Turcomania. Exp. 32-
3() millim.
SCOTOGRAMMA. OO
1104. Scotogramma defessa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 7.)
Mamesfra defessa, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 88 (1880) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p.' 122.
2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish ochreous with
slight dark irroration ; tarsi with dark bauds. Fore wing very-
pale brownish ochreous with slight dark irroration ; the subbasal
line represented by double brown striae from costa and cell ; the
antemedial line rather indistinct except at costa, double, waved,
oblique ; claviform small, defined by black, orbicular and reniform
incompletely defined by black, the former round, opeu above and
below, the latter with fuscous patch in lower part ; an indistinct
waved medial line angled on median nervure ; postmedial line
double at costa, then indistinct, strongly dentate and produced to
points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line represented by a series of somewhat dentate dark marks angled
outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus ; a terminal
series of small black lunules. Hind wing white ; the veins brownish ;
the terminal area suffused with brown narrowing to a point at
tornus ; a terminal series of dark lunules ; cilia white ; the under-
side wilh the costal and terminal areas irrorated with pale brown,
a dark discoidal lunule, and postmedial series of striaj on the veins.
Nab. IJ.S.A., California, Santa Clara (Osten Saden), 2 2 type.
Exp. 30-40 millim.
*1165. ? Scotogramma repentina.
Mamcstra re/pentma, Moi-r. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II. xviii. p. 118 (1875);
Siuith, Cat. Noct. N. Am p. 123.
2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey ; tegulae with black
medial line ; patagia with black lines near edges. Fore wing pale
grey, the medial area fuscous ; subdorsal line double, filled in with
fuscous; antemedial line double, erect, waved; claviform obsolete;
orbicular large, pale, round ; reniform pale with a fuscous tinge,
ill-defined ; medial line strongly dentate ; postmedial line double,
waved, incurved below vein 4, with a dark shade beyond it indis-
tinct except at costa ; subterminal line yellowish fuscous, defined on
inner side by a dark shade, sinuous ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing fuscous, paler at
base ; the underside paler with the termen fuscous.
Hah. U.S.A., New Jersey, W. Hoboken. Exp. 33 millim. This
species is unknown to me.
*1166. Scotogramma orida. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 8.)
Mamcstra orida, Smitli, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. 12 (1903).
Head and thorax white, thickly irrorated with black and dark
brown ; abdomen less thickly irrorated ; tarsi ringed with white.
Fore wing white, thickly irrorated with fuscous black ; the subbasal
VOL. v. i>
34 noctutd.t;.
line represented by slight striae from costa and cell ; traces of a
waved antemedial line with two more prominent points at costa;
clavitbrm slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with
fuscous centres and white annuli defined by fuscous, the former
small, round, the latter with fuscous patch in its lower ])art ; post-
medial line indistinct, dentate, with more prominent points at the
veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
the subterrainal line white, with a fuscous patch beyond it at middle,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with
fuscous ; a terminal fuscous-black band narrowing to tornus ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a diffused
Bubterminal band.
Ilah. U.S.A., Utah, Stockton, co-type t c? 2 in Coll. Eothschild.
Eay. 34 millim.
11 07. Scotogramma implexa.
Nocfuaimplexa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 414(1827); Alph. Eom.
Mem. V. p. 233, pi. xii. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.
Apameafaiiuv), Oberth. Et. Ent. i. p. 45, pi. 4. f. 2 (1876).
Head and thorax ferruginous red- brown mixed with a few white
scales; abdomen greyish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing
ferruginous red-brown irrorated with white scales, especially on
the costal area and veins ; an indistinct waved white subbasal
line ; antemedial line waved, white, somewhat oblique ; claviform
absent ; orbicular and reniform moderate, brown prominently
defined by white, the former round, the latter somewhat constricted
at middle ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,
minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line tine, waved, white, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a fine waved white terminal line. Hind wing
pale, suffused with reddish brown ; a curved whitish postmedial line
and a slight waved whitish terminal line ; the underside whitish
irrorated with red-brown.
Hah. HuNGAKY ; S. Ktjssia ; Algeria, tj^ie t faJIovi in Coll,
Oberthlir ; Armenia ; Syria ; Transcaucasia, Geok Te^je, 1 d .
Exji. 34 millim.
lirjS. Scotogramma peculiaris.
Mamesfra peculiaris, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. Ifi; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 159.
(^ . Fore wing grey-white mixed with some blackish ; frons
with blackish bar above : tegulas with black medial line and tips ;
patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen
oehreous white irrorated with yellow-brown. Fore wing whitish,
suffused with yellow-brown and irrorated with blackish ; subbasal
line double, filled in with white, Avaved and extending to vein 1 ;
an oblique black striga above inner margin near base; the ante-
SCOTOCRAMMA. 'Ao
medial liue double, filled in with white, angled outwards below
eosta, then oblique and waved ; claviform moderate, defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with brown centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter with
some black in its lower part ; an indistinct, curved, diffused medial
line ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, minutely
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique ; some white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal
line white, defined on inner side by slight dentate blackish marks at
middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a
terminal series of small black lunnles ; cilia intersected with white.
Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the
cilia white ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal spot, slight sinuous postmedial line, and
diti'used subterminal band.
Hab. W. TuEKESTAN, Sarawschan, 1 J . Exp. 38 millim.
1109. Scotogramma submarina. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 10.)
Anarta submarina, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 4 (1883) ; Smith. Cat. Noet.
N. Am. p. 129.
Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark brown ; tarsi
with dark bands; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally tinged witli
brown : the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing ochreous white thickly
irrorated with brown ; a dentate subbasal line from costa to sub-
median fold; a waved antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1,
with two points at costa ; a slight medial shade ; reniform repre-
sented by a slight dark lunule ; postmedial line highly dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some
pale points beyond it on costa ; faint traces of a subterminal line
angled outwards at vein 7 and e.xcurved at middle ; a terminal
series of slight dark lunnles ; cilia chequered brown and white.
Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the terminal area suffused
with brown ; a slight discoidal point and postmedial series of striae
on the veins.
Hah. U.S.A., Montana, Oregon, xirizona. Black Hills, 1 9 •
E.vp. 32 miliim.
1170. Scotogramma niendosica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 11.)
§ . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and a few flesh-
coloured scales ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen grey mixed with
dark brown and ochreous. Fore wing brownish tlcsh-colour thickly
irrorated with black ; the subbasal line represented by dark points
below costa and cell; the antemedial line indistinct, oblique from
costa to submedian fold, then erect ; claviform represented by a
slight dark spot ; orbicular and reniform obsolete ; traces of a dark
medial shade ; jjostmedial line indistinct, strongly dentate, slightly
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub-
terminal line represented by an indistinct series of pale points
d2
8G
noctuid.t:.
defined by slight dentate dark marks on inner side, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
dark points ; a flesh-coloured line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale,
suffused with fuscous brown especially towards termen ; cilia pale,
with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irroratod
with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved post-
medial line.
Hah. xiHGENXiNA, Aconcagua {Fitzgerald), 1 5 type. Exp.
36 millim.
Genus CATEPHIODES, nov.
Tjpe, C. zuelana.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi ujiturned, the 2nd joint nearly reaching
vertex of head and smoothly scaled in fronr, the ^rd obliqne, long ; f'rons with
slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes lai-ge, rounded;
antennte of female ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales, the pro- and
metathorax with spreading crests ; tibia slightly fringed with hair, the inner
spurs very long; abdomen with dorsal crests. Fore wing broad, ti-iangular,
the termen retracted towards toruus ; Teins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6
from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 obsolescent from just below
middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
1171. CatepModes zuelana.
Hadena zuelana, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 143 (1898).
Mdia trinidadensis, Kaye, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 123, pi. T). f. 3.
2 . Head ochreous more or less tinged with rufous ; thorax red-
l)rown, with some black on extremity of patagia and metathorax ;
tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen black-brown, dorsally irrorated
with rufous, ventrally with grej- ; the anal tuft ochreous. Fore
wing dark brown suffused with rufous, the terminal half m.ore or
less suffused with whitish and with some bluish white below costa
and between veins 5 and 3 ; subbasal line represented by black
Fig. 10. — Catepliiodes suelnna, §.
stria? from costa and coll ; antemedial line black, irregularly sinuous,
inwardly oblique ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black,
the former round, the latter indistinctly defined except on inner
side ; a waved medial line or dark shade ; postmedial line minutely
and irregularly dentate, very strongly bent outwards below costa,
incur\ed at discal fold, below vein 4 incurved to below angle of
CATEI'HIODES. ANAKTA. 'A7
cell ; subterminal line slight, white defined bj black on inner side,
angled outwards at vein 7, bent inwards at discal fold, incurved
below vein 3 and defined by white on outer side ; a terminal series
of small black lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white, the costil
and terminal areas broadly and the inner area narrowly black -brown ;
some white marks on lower half of termen and a striga above
tornus ; cilia intersected with white ; the underside with the costal
and terminal areas suffused with grey, a small dark discoidal spot
aud postmedial line with dark striae on the veins.
Hab. Teinidad, Arima, 2 $ type trinidadensis ; Venezuela,
1 2 5 Aroa, type t $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 28-34: millim.
Genus ANARTA.
Type.
Anarta, Ochs. Schuiett. Eur. iv. p. 9U (ISKJ), non descr. ; Treit.
Schmett. Eur. v. (.3) p. 200(1826) miirtUli.
ISlagcllana, Staud. Hamburg. Magalhaens. iv. p. 77 (1899) irhcina.
Probos<;is fully developed ; palpi upturned, short, fringed with iiair ; fVoiis
with slight rounded proiuinenc-e with small corneous plate below it; eyes small,
reniforin, not ciliated ; antenii£e of male typically minutely serrate and ciliated ;
thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, pro- aud metathorax with slight
spreading crests ; tibijE fringed with hair; abdomen clothed with rough hair, a
dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with tlie
termen evenly curved ; veins 3 and 5 i'rom near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 11 from cell. Hind
wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle
of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base.
Sect. I. {Magellana). Antenn;\? of male strongly serrate and fasciculate ; fore
wing very narrow.
*n72. Anarta trisema.
Anarta trisema, Mab. Bull. Soc. Pliilom. (7) ix. p. 64 (1885) ; id. Miss.
Sci. Cap Horn, vi. p. 20, pi. 1. f. 9.
c? . Head and thorax black mixed with grey and some dark red
hairs ; abdomen black above, with some grey hair at base on ventral
¥\g. 11. ^Anarta trisema, c^ . \.
surface. Fore wing grcy-whito irroratcd with black, blackish basal
marks on costa and below cell ; the medial area black irroratcd
with red, defined on inner side by the antemedial line, which is
oblifiue from costa to cell, where it is angled inwards, then angled
3S
xocTuin.T;.
outwards on vein 1 to near ])ostme(lial line and with a diffused
black and red patch before it on inner area ; clavit'orm an elongate
Avhite streak extending from near the antemedial to across the
postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform small, whiti.sh, the 1st
oblique oblong, the latter an oblique bar angled inwards on median
nervure ; postmedial line outwardly oblique from costa to discal
fold, where it is angled, then very oblique, a scries of short red and
black streaks beyond it -with a longer black streak on costa and on
veins 4, 'A, and 2 extending to termen ; some dentate black and red
marks on termen from below apex to middle ; cilia chequered black
and white. Hind wing grey, suffused with black on inner and
terminal areas.
Ilab. TiEERA DEL FtJEGO, type t (5 in Mus. Paris. Eaji. 20
millim.
Sect. II. Antenna? of male minutely serrate and fasciculate.
A. Hind wing wliite.
a. Fore wing with the subterniinal line angled inwards iu
disc-al fold ^taialiiigeri.
b. Fore wing with the subterniinal line not angled inwards
ill disi-al fold.
ft\ Foro wing with prominei t series of dentate black
marks before subterm inal line richardsoiiL
6'. Fore wing without series of dentate black marks
before subterniinal line qiiadrilunaia.
B. Iliud wing yellowish kncocycla.
C. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous.
a. Fore wing with the stigmata not filled with blue-grey... ctacfa.
h. Fore wing with the stiumata filled with blue-grev inemhrosa.
1173. Anarta staudingeri. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 12.)
Aiiarfa staudingeri, Auriv. Nord. Fj;lr. p. 17'>(lSyi); Stand. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 219.
Anarta mceschleri, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. "219 (1901).
Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white; tarsi black
ringed with white ; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey. Fore
wing black-brown irrorated with white, and often with some olive-
yellow in submedian fold and on inner margin ; subbasal line
indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold, some whitish on
its outer edge: antemedial line oblique, waved, with some whitish
on its inner side ; claviform a small black mark ; orbicular and
reniform small, white defined by black, the former round ; post-
medial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, defined by white on outer side and with white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line \\bitish or yellow, defined by
a series of more or less conjoined black marks on outer side, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
black points ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white,
tlie basal and inner areas suffused with fuscous ; a dark diseoidal
lunulo ; a more or less prominent waved ])ostmedial line ; a broad
terminal band with difi'used inner edge; cilia white.
ANARTA.
;«
Ab. 1. moeschleri. Fore wing more distinctly marked with grey. —
Labrador.
Hah. Canada, Labrador, IJ d" , 1 $, Zeller & Fray Colls.; Nmc-
WAY, mountains, Lapland 3 c? , 2 5 , Zeller & Leech Coils. Kcj^).
28-30 millim.
1174. Anarta richardsoni.
Hadena richardsoni. Curt. Ross' Narr. 2nd Voy., App. p. 72, pi. A. f. 11
(1834); Auriv. Bih. K. S. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1890, p. 18, pi. 1. 1' 12 &
pi. 3. f. 4 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 ; Smith, Cat. ISoet. N. Auk p. 2U3.
Anarta aJ.gida, Let. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. v. p. 395, pi. x. f. 5 (1836) ; Diip.
Lep. Fr. iii. Suppl. pi. 49. f. 6 ; Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur., JSoct. f. 4U0.
Anarta sept en tr ion is, Wlk. xi. 700 (1857).
Anarta lannginosa, Smith, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 492 (1900).
Anarta dovrensis, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 (1901).
Anarta asiatica, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 (1901).
Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with grey-white ;
tegulte white at base and tips; patagia with white fascia; t;iisi
black with white bands. Fore wing black-brown slightly irroniled
with white, and with some olive-yellow in discal and submedian
folds and on inner margin ; subbasal line black, waved from cosla
to submedian fold, strongly defined with white on outer side and
with a black spot beyond it below the cell; antemedial line black,
waved, interrupted, defined by white on inner side ; claviform
moderate, black, with yellow spot on it and a white spot beyond it ;
Fig. 12. — Anarta richardsoni, J. \.
orbicular and reniform white with some yellow on them, defined by
black and with some black at centre, the former small and rounded
or large and quadrate, open above and below : the postmedial lino
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
strongly incurved, defined by white on outer side and with white
points beyond it on costa, the area beyond it more or less strongly
suffused with grey; subterminal line white, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined on inner side by a series
of dentate black marks, strongest at middle and submedian fold ;
a terminal scries of small black lunules ; cilia chequered white
and black-brown. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas
suffused with black : a black diseoidallunule ; a more or less visilib;
waved ]iostraedial line ; a broad terminal band with rather diffused
inner edge ; cilia white ; the underside with the terminal ])aiid
obsolescent.
40
NOCTUID.^?.
Ab. 1. dovrensis. Fore winsi: witli slight frrcy markings ; hind
wing almost whollj- suffused with fuscous. — Dovretcld.
Ab. 2. asiatica. Fore wing fuscous or grey-brown with slight
grey markings, sometimes almost imiform in colour. — E. Siberia.
Hah. Grinnell Land (Feilden), 1 J ; Gketinland, 1 $, Zeller
Coll. ; Canada, Hudson's l^ay, Eepulse Hay (Rea), 1 6 , shore of
Arctic Ocean (Sir T. RicIiardson\ 1 c^' > 2 5 , type septentrionh-,
Labrador, ZoUer & Frey Colls., 5 c? , 8 2 ; Alaska ; Scandinavia,
Dovreficld, Lapland, 1 J ; Novaya Zembla, Schubert Bay, 1 $ ,
Grote Coll. E.iy. 34-38 millim.
1175. Anarta quadrilunata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 13.)
Anarta quadrilunata, Grote, Proc. Eost. Soc. xvi. p. 244 (1874) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293.
2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with white, brown, and
blaclv hair : tarsi black ringed with white ; anal tuft yellow. Fore
wing whitish thickly irrorated with pale brown ; subbasal line
indistinct, dark, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled, then erect
and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform and orbicular obsolete ;
reniforra represented by a dark lunule ; postmedial line indistinct,
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then
strongly incurved ; traces of a subterminal line, more prominent
towards costa and angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of
dark spots. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas suffused
with fuscous ; a black discoidal lunule and broad terminal band
Avith sinuous inner edge ; cilia white.
Hob. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
1176. Anarta leucocycla.
Anarta leucocycla. Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1857, p. 296 ; Moschl. Wien.
ent. Mon. 1860, p. 367, pi. 9. f. 6 ; Auriv. Bih. K. S. Vet.-Ak. Haiidl.
1890, p. 19, pi. 1. f. 11 & pi. 3. f. 3; Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 219 ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293.
Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tarsi black
ringed with white ; abdomen grey-l)rown. Fore wing black-brown
sparsely irrorated with white ; an ill-defined waved white subbasal
line from costa to vein 1 ; an ill-defined waved white antemedial
line ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by white, the former
round ; postmedial line white, strongly dentate, bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa
beyond it ; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and
inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurvcd at middle ; a waved
white terminal line ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous white.
Hind wing yellowish irrorated with black-brown, the lower part of
cell and inner area suftused with black-brown ; a black discoidal
ANARTA. -11^
lunule ; the terminal aru;i broadly black-brown, narrowing to tornws ;
cilia yellowish white, brown at base ; underside similar, traces of a
curved postmedial line, the terminal band narrower and with waved
inner edge.
Uah. Greenland, 1 J , 1 $ • Exp. 28 millim.
*li77. Anarta etacta. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 4.)
Atmrta etacta, Smith, Proe. Wasli. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 493 (1900) ; Dyar, C:it.
Lep. N. Am. p. 159.
5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish largely mixed with
fuscous ; tegulae whitish at base, then blackish and with grey tips ;
patagia with blackish line near margin. Fore wing grey mixed
with fuscous and irrorated with moss-green ; the lines white edged
with black scales and with double black spots at costa ; subbasal
line bideutate ; antemedial line oblique, somewhat dentate and bent
outwards above inner margin ; claviform well developed, defined by
pale moss-green ; orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined
by black, the former moderate, round, the latter large ; postmedial
line bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some
white points beyond it on costs ; subterminal line somewhat dentate,
only defined by the fuscous shade on its inner side and by the area
beyond it being greenish ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia
chequei-ed white and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous with terminal
series of blackish lunules preceded by whitish ; the underside rather
paler, with small discoidal spot.
Uah. Alaska, Kukak Bay. Exp. 36 millim. This species is
unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.IS. Nat.
Mus.
*li78. Anarta nieml)rosa.
Anarta memhrosa, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N.Y. xi. p. 101 (1875);
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 294.
2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black mixed with grey ; tegular
grey, with a terminal black baud. Fore wing dark grey, with the
markings black ; the lines defined by clear blue-grey ; the subbasal
line strong, uneven, followed by a blue-grey tinge extending to
apex ; antemedial line distinct, strongly excurved in the inter-
spaces ; claviform represented b\' a dift'used black patch extending
to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform filled in with clear blue-
grey and defined by black, a black medial shade passing between
ihem; postmedial line fine, dentate, incurved below vein 4, dilated
into a spot at submcdian fold ; terminal area bluish grey with a
blackish patch on costa with three blue-grey points on it ; sub-
terminal line pale defined by blackish shades most prominent
towards costa, dentate on veins 4, 3 ; cilia chequered black and
white. Hind wing fuscous with indistinct discoidal point and
42
UOCTUID-E.
curved postmedial line ; cilia black and white ; the underside with
discoidal spot and prominent waved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., New Kampsliire, White Mts. Exp. 33 millira.
This species is unknown to me.
Sect. III. (Anarta). Antennae of male ciliated.
A. Hind wing bright yellow.
a. Fore wing witli the ground-colour deep red mi/rtil'i.
b. Fore wing witli the ground-colour blackish.
a^. Fore wing with the reuiform filled in with whitish ... cordigera.
h^. Fore wing witli the reniform not filled in with white ... mimuli.
B. Hind wing yellowish, tinged with brown impingens.
C Hind wing uniform brown phaa.
D. Hnid wing white, sometimes completely sufi'used with fus-
cous on upperside.
a. Fore wing broad, triangular.
a^. Fore wing without whitish aimuli to the reniform onelanopa.
b^. Fore wing with whitish annuli to the reniform mimula.
h. Fore wing nari-ow, elongate.
«'. Fore wing pale olive-grey mausi.
b\ Fore wint; fuscous semblica.
1179. Anar t a my r tilli .
Noctua myrfilU, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 311 (1746); Esp. Schmett. iv.
pi. 165. fi". 1-3; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 98; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii.
p. 286. pi. 118. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit.Ent., Haust. iii. p. Ill ; Curt. Brit.
Ent. pi. 145 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218.
Anarta acadiensif, Beth. Tr. Nov. Soc. Ins. IN'at. Sci. ii. p. 84 (1869) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 292.
Anarta alj^ina, Eaetzer, Mitth. Scliweiz. ent. Ges. viii. p. 224 (1890).
Head and thorax deep red, jialpi black at tips, lower part of
Irons, base of tegulae, middle and tips of patagia, and metathoracic
crest white, the vertex of head, tips of tegulaj, and greater part of
Fig. Vd.— Anarta my rtiUi, J.
thorax ochreous ; tarsi black banded with white ; abdomen black-
brown with ochreous segmental lines, the dorsal crest and anal
tuft red, the lateral hair ochreous, the ventral surface ochreous and
reel. Fore wing deep red, pale olive-brown in parts; the subbasal
line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, filled in with
white; the antemedial line double, oblique, waved, filled in with
olive-brown and white, the claviform a minute spur on its outer
side ; the medial area with more or less white suffusion and promi-
nent triangular spot on median nervure ; orbicular and reniform
AN ART A. 43
small, olive-brown dcfliunl by deep red, the former roniid ; an
indistinct medial line angled at median nervure ; postmedial line
minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, angled outwards on vein 1, defined by olive-brown
on outer side, the veins beyond it more or less streaked with white,
some white points on costa ; subterminal line prominent, white,
angled outwards at vein 7 and middle and excurved to tornus ; a
tine dark terminal line ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing
orange-yellow, the base, costal area, and a broad terminal band
black-brown, a black fascia on vein 1 ; cilia yellowish white ; the
underside with the costal area red traversed by a black line at inner
edge of terminal band, a small black discoidal huiule.
Ah. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing with the red almost entirely
replaced by black. — Hyeres.
Ab. 2. alphia. Pore wing obscure red- brown with the markings
almost obsolete ; hind wing with the orange reduced. — Germany,
Switzerland, Spain.
Hah. Canada, Nova Scotia; Bkixaix, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand
Coll., Hyeres {Yerhtiry); Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Switzer-
land ; Spain; Italy; Russia, Livonia. Exp. 24-28 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 226, pi. 251. f. 1.
Green, sometimes tinged with brown and with scattered pale
yellowish or whitish marks, and dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular
series of whitish spots. Food-plant, Erica. 8-9.
1180. Anarta cordigera.
Noctua cordiqera, Thiuib. Miis. Nat. Ac. Ups. Diss. p. 72, pi. vi. f. 4 (1788) '
Esp. Schniett. pi. 18!). f. 2; Diip. Lep. Fr. vii. pi. 118. f. 2; Hiibn. ]^\\v-
Scbniett., Noct. ff. G74-5 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218; Smith, Cat.
Nijct. N. Am. p. 292.
Isoctua alhirena, Hvibn. Eur. Schniett., Noct. f. 99 (1827).
Anarta luteola, Grote & Rob. Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 493, pi. iii. ff'. 5, G
(1865).
Anarta cethiops., Lloff'm. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 128.
Anarta svjfum, Tutt. Brit. Noct. iii. p. 130 (1892).
Anarta carhonaria, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92(1893); Alph. Eum. Mem. ix.
p. 219, pi. 14. r. lU.
Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown slightly irrorated with
grey. Fore wing black-brown, the basal and terminal areas suffused
with blue-grey, the median area slightly irrorated with grey ; a
slightly-waved black subdorsal line from costa to submedian fold ;
an oblique slightly-waved antemedial line; clavit'orm moderate,
defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black; the
former small, round, the latter large, filled in with white, and with
a dark lunule on its uj)per part; an indistinct medial shade; post-
medial line minutely dentate, bent outward below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; a subterminal interrupted dentate black
lino, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of small black lunules ; cilia black intersected with grey.
Hind wing orange-yellow; the base with diffused black streaks;
the costal area black; a broad terminal black band; cilia whitish.
44 NOCTUIDJS.
Underside of fore wing black-brown, with large curved yellowish
discal patch.
Ab. 1. cethio/js. Fore wing almost entirely black except the
reniform stigma.
Ab. 2. carhonaria. Like cethiops, but the underside of fore wing
yellow with the marginal areas dark. — S.E. Siberia.
Huh. Canada, Labrador; U.S.A., Colorado ; Britain, Scotland,
Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller Coll.; Switzerland, Frey
Coll.; Spain, Aragon ; Norway, Zeller Coll.; Kussta, Finland,
Leech Coll., Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals ;
N.E, Siberia ; Amukland. Exp. 26-28 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 223, pi. 2.50. f. 3.
Purplish brown mixed with black ; dorsal line whitish ; sub-
dorsal line indistinct ; subspiracular line brownish ochreous marked
with red. Food-plant, Vaccininm. 7-8.
*1181. Anarta mimiili.
Anar/a mhnidi, Behr. Cal. Ac. Sci. 18S5, p. G2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Amer.
p. 2U5.
Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish. Fore wing blackish : the
lines indistinct and slightly defined by whitish ; the subterminal
line expanding into a spot at tornus. Hind wing yellow, with
prominent black terminal baud.
Hah, U.S.A., California. Exp. — ? Tliis si)eciesisunknowntome.
Larva. Similar to that of A. myrt'dli. Food-plants : Eunanus
tolmuei, Antirrliiniun Icingii, and MimuJus scropliularia.
1182. Anarta impingens. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 14.)
Anarta impingens, Wlk. xi. 700 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 294.
Mamestra carta, M(jrr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. % (187-5).
Anarta nivaria, Grote, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 107 (1875).
Orthosia perpura, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 6G.
c? . Head and thorax lilacine grey irrorated with fuscous ; abdo-
men reddish brown. Fore wing lilacine grey irrorated with brown ;
subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line rather oblique, waved, strongly excurved at sub-
median fold ; claviform represented by a slight blackish mark ;
orbicular and reniform very indistinctly defined, the former round,
a strong diffused medial shade passing between them ; postmediul
line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, theu
strongly incurved ; sul)terminal line pale, defined on inner side by
a brown shade and an ill-defined series of small dentate dark marks,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of dark lunules. Hind wing yellowish, suffused with reddish
brown, and with a diffused terminal brown band broad at apex,
narrowing to tornus ; a dark discoidal lunule ; cilia yellowish ; the
underside yellower, the discoidal luuulc prominent, a terminal scri(.'s
of dark striffi.
2 . Much darker.
ANARTA. 45
Hah. Canada, S. Br. Columbia {Lord Derby), 2 S type ; U.S.A.,
Colorado, 2 (^ , 1 $ , type nivaria, Grote Coll. Ex^t., J 30, $ iJ-t
millim.
1183. Anarta phsea, u. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 15.)
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi
ringed wntli white. Fore wing dark brown suffused with grey and
irrorated with white ; subbasal line represented by black striae from
costa and median nervure ; a slight black streak in base of sub-
median fold; traces of a waved antemedial line; claviform rather
small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, whitish,
incompletely defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line
indistinct, incomplete, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line represented by
whitish points with obscure dentate black marks on their inner
side. Hind wing pale brown with a greyish tinge, the cilia white,
brown at base ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown,
a discoidal point and curved postmedial line.
Ilab. Arctic America, Victoria Land, Cambridge Bay (CoIUnson),
1^,1$ type. Ea'2). 34 millim.
1184, Anarta melanopa.
Koctua 7nelanopa, Thunb. Diss. Ent. ii. p. 42 (1791) ; Herr.-Scliaff. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. ff. 433-4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 292.
Noctun alpicola, Quens. Acerbi's Trav. N. Cape, ii. p. 253, pi. 1. ft". 5, G
(1802).
Nocfua vidua, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 403 (1827).
Noctua iristis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 44(5 (1827).
Noctua rupesiris, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 644-5 (1827).
Pyralis rupestralis, Hiibn. Schmett. Eur., Pvr. f. 138 (1827).
Anarta uiyro-lunata. Pack. Proe. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 40 (1867).
Anarta wistrbmi, Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. 1885, p. 81.
Head and thorax black, clothed with grej' and olive-yellow hair ;
abdomen black, clothed with white hair, the dorsal crests olive-
yellow. Fore wing grey, irrorated with dark brown and largely
suffused with olive-yellow except on terminal area ; a waved black
subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line waved, nearly
erect, angled inwards in cell; claviform small, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round or
rather irregular, the latter large ; traces of a medial shade ; post-
medial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by a series
of dentate dark marks on its inner side and a more prominent ])atch
with pale points on it at costa ; a terminal series of black stri;e ;
cilia white intersected with brown. Hind wing Avhite, the inner
half suffused with fuscous ; a large black-brown discoidal lunule
and a broad terminal band with sinnous inner edge ; cilia ])uro
white. Underside of fore wing white, with black discoidal lunule
and excurved postmedial line ; hind wing with the costal and inner
46 NOCTUTD.IC.
areas slightly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad
terminal band.
Ab. 1. vistroemi.' Fore ■\viug without grey irroration, the under-
side with dark terminal band.
Ab. 2. rupesiraUs. Hind wing entirely or almost entirely suffused
with fuscous.
Hah. Canatia, Labrador, Frey & Grote Colls., 4 J' , 4 2 ; U.S.A.,
New Hampshire, Mt. Washington (Dimmoch), 1 c? , Colorado, 1 c? ,
1 2 , Natt Canon (Oslar), 3 c? , 1 2 , B. Park, New Mexico, Taos
Peak, 2 c?, Grote Coll.; Britain, Shetland, Leech Coll., llannock
(Salvage) ; Switzerland. Frey Coll. ; Italy, Alps ; Norway, Bergen,
Zeller Coll., Dovrefield, Lapland, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Saveden.
Exp. 20-30 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 219, pi. 250. f. 2.
Rosy purple ; dorsal line ochreous-brown edged with dark grey
and marked with reddish spots; subdorsal lino yellowish, black-
edged, with series of black marks above and below it ; spiracular
line pale yellow marked with red. Food-plant, Vaccinium. 6-7.
*1185, Anarta mimula.
Anarta mimula, Grote, Trans. Kans. Ac. Sci. viii. p. 48 (1883) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 295.
(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black. Fore wing blackish
tinged with olive ; the lines blackish, interrupted ; orbicular a minute
annulus ; reniform with dark centre and yellowish-white annulus ; a
white mark in submedian fold before the postmedial line ; subterminal
line with interrupted white marks ; some white points on costa
towards apex ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous
with the cilia white, the discoidal spot and band of underside show-
ing through ; a terminal series of black points.
Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico. Exp. 25 millim. This specic« is
unknown to me.
11 80. Anarta maiisi. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 1(5.)
Anarta mausi, Pi,ing. ined.
Head and thorax pale olive-grey ; abdomen black clothed with
white scales, dorsally tinged with olive. Fore wing pale olive-grey
slightly irrorated with fuscous : an indistinct olive-brown subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold : a strong waved antemedial line ;
reniform a small blackish lunule ; an indistinct antemedial line
angled inwards in submedian fold ; a minutely dentate postmedial
line excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards
again above inner margin ; subterminal line diffused on inner side,
interrupted below vein 7, somewhat dentate, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a slightly darker waved olive
terminal line; cilia white, with a dark line through them. Hind
wing yellowish white; the inner area to middle of cell suffused
ANARTA. LAhilESTH A. 4 /
with fuscous ; a black discoidal lunule ; a sinuous subterminal band
diffused to termen. Underside nearly pure white ; fore wing with
bliick streak in upper part of cell, large irregular discoidal spot,
subterminal band angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle, and waved terminal line from apex to above vein 4 ; hind
wing with small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line obso-
lescent except on costal half.
Hah. E. TtJKKKSTAN, Altyn Tag Mts., 2 ? . Exp. 24 millim.
Type t in Coll. Piingeler.
1187. Anarta zemblica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX, fig 17.)
5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black with some grey hairs.
Pore wing very narrow ; fuscous brown, with a greyish tinge and
rather thinly scaled ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; traces of a waved antemedial line with a small
black spot on it representing the claviform stigma ; orbicular repre-
sented by a black point, reniform by a small lunule ; faint traces of
a postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved ; the subterminal line represented by faint traces of
dark marks ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered
white and black. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white ; the
underside with large white dark-irrorated patch extending on costa
from near base to near apex and down to vein 2 : a black discoidal
lunule.
Hah. XovAYA Zembla, Schubert Bay, 1 $ , Grote Coll. Exp). 28
millim.
Genus LASIESTRA, nov.
Type, L. jyhoca.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint clothed with long
hair in front, tlie 3rd moderate ; Irons smooth ; e^es large, rounded, overhung
by long cilia; head and tliorax clothed with rough hair and without crests;
tibiiB fringed with rough hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments.
Fore wing with the termen obliquely curved ; veins '6 and b from close to angle
of cell ; t) from upper angle ; '.) from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
1 1 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent
from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Sect. I. Antenna; of male serrate and fasciculate.
A. Fore wing with the termen and cilia clicquered while and
black.
a. Hind wing with the termen white moniana.
h. Hind wing with the termen fuscous subdita.
]j. Fore wing witli the termeu and cilia not chequered white
and bhick.
«. Hiud wing with the cilia whitish phoca.
b. Hind wing with the cilia yellowish.
C(}. Fore wing with medial sliade, tlie pcjstniedial line
d(!ntate i^romulsa.
i'. Fore wing without medial sliade, tlio postmedial line
not dentate iinifortnis.
48
XOCTUinTE.
1188. Lasiestra montana. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 18.)
Folia montana. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 95.
S . Head and thorax black mixed with grey and a few orange
scales on thorax ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey with some
black, especially on dorsum. Fore wing black irrorated with bluish
grey, especially on basal area ; the markings rather deeper black,
slightly irrorated with orange scales ; an indistinct, double, waved
subbasal line from costa to submedian i'old : traces of a double, waved
antcmedial line ; claviform moderate, indistinctly defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform ill-defined, white irrorated with black, tho
former rounded, the latter with its lower edge indented ; traces of
a dentate postmcdial line bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; a subterminal
series of black and white lunulate marks slightly angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white suffused
with fuscous, leaving the termen whiter ; underside ochreous whitish
irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point and diffused postmedial band.
Hah. W. China, Ta-Chien-lu (Pratt), 1 c? type. Exp. 36 millim.
*1189. Lasiestra subdita. (riate LXXIX. fig. 19.)
Bianlhcecia subdita, Moschl. Wien. ent. Men. iv. p. 363, pi. 9. f, 7 (1860) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.
(5 . Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with black ; tegulse with
strong black medial line ; patagia with black line near upper edge ;
tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous brown.
Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with black, the medial area
slightly tinged with brown in, below, and beyond cell; subbasal
line waved from costa to below cell ; a straight black line below
base of coll ; antemedial line strong, black, much excui'ved below
cell, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; hardly a trace of the clavi-
form ; orbicular and reniform very small, blue-white defined by
black, the former round ; medial line oblique from costa to lower
angle of cell, then incurved and parallel to postmedial line, which
is strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by slight black marks
before it towards costa and inner margin, and by the area beyond it
being darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
the termen and cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing dark
fuscous brown with a slight white streak on termen towards tornus ;
cilia white with dark brown marks at base ; the underside grey
thickly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and curved post-
medial line.
Hah. Canada, Labrador, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 36 millim,
1190. Lasiestra phoca,
Dianfhitcia phoca, Moschl. Wien. ent. Mon. viii. p. 197, pi. .o. f. 15 (1864) ;
Sniilh, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129; Stand. C:a. Lep. pal. p. 1G2.
LASIESTRA. 49 •
Scntoqramma luteola, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 57, pi. 2. f. 10
(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159.
Head and thorax clothed with dull brown and grey hairs mixed ;
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen yellowish brown mixed with grey.
Fore wing dull brown thickly irrorated with grey ; an indistinct
antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is
angled ; stigmata represented by very obscure grey marks with
Fig. 14. — Ladestra phoca, (^ . \.
darker marks between them; postmedial line somewhat dentate,
excurved from costa to vein 4, inwardly oblique to submedial
fold near antemedial line, then excurvcd ; faint traces of a sub-
terminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and
submedian fold ; cilia grey with a brown line through them. Hind
wing fuscous brown with a greyish tinge ; the cilia grey ; the
underside grey tinged with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and
curved postmedial line,
Ilah. Canada, Labrador, 1 cJ , Alberta, Calg,arj (WoUei/-Dod), 1 2 ,
Laggan, 2 5 . Ea-p. 34 millim.
1191. Lasiestra promulsa. (Plate LXXIX, fig. 20.)
Mamestra promulsa, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 97 (1875);
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129.
Scofogramma infuscata. Smith, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vii. p. 42 (1899) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 1.59.
5 . Head and thorax yellowish grey mixed with brown ; tarsi
banded with black ; abdomen ochreous thickly irrorated with brown.
Fore wing brownish ochreous thickly irrorated with dark brown ;
traces of a waved, dark subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; an
indistinct, waved, dark antemedial line ; stigmata absent ; a very
indistinct diffused medial shade ; postmedial line dentate, bent
outwards below costa, cxcurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-
terminal line only defined by the dark shade on inner side, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia chequered fuscous
and ochreous. Hind wing ochreous irrorated with brown, and the
terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous, with dark line at
base ; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal
point and curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ . Exp. 36 millim,
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NOCTUIDiE,
1192. Lasiestra uniformis. (riatc LXXIX. fig. 21.)
Scof.oqramma unifonnis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 58, pi. ii. f. 12
(18'J4); Dyar,'Cat.. Lep. N. Am. p. 159.
Head and thorax dull brown mixed with greenish grey ; abdomen
brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dull brown tinged with greeni.sh
grey ; an indistinct waved autemedial line ; stigmata very obscurely
defined by brown and with rather darker marks between tbem ;
postmedial line slightly waved, excurvcd from costa to vein 4, then
incurved and again excurved at vein 1 ; cilia rather paler, with a
dark line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia yellowish,
Avith a fuscous line through them ; the underside grey thickly irro-
rated with brown, a large discoidal lunule and curved postmedial
line.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Laggan ; U.S.A., Colorado, 1 ,S • Exp.
40 millim.
Sect. II. Antenna; of male (uliatecl.
A. Fore wing with the grouud-colour bluish or purplish grey.
a. Fore wing without terminal series of small black spots dovrcnsis.
b. Fore wing with terminal series of small black spots.
a}. Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey.
a?. Fore wing not tinged with olive clvrn.
b'^. Fore wing tinged wit h olive ddiciotta.
h^ . Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey fcrplcxa.
B. Fore wing grey tinged with olive-brown fcrsa.
1193. Lasiestra dovrensis.
Bianihcecia dovrcnsis, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1804, p. 182; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. W\.
Dianthvecia (dtaica, Staud. Iris, v. p. 3G6 (1892).
Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tarsi blackish,
ringed with white ; abdomen brown irrorated with gre}'. Fore
wing black-brown thickly irrorated with grey-white ; subbasal line
Fig. 15. — Lasiestra dovrensis, (^ . }-.
defined by white on outer side, waved from costa to subraedian
fold ; anteraedial lino irregularly waved, defiiied by white on inner
side ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
small, defined by black, the former grey, round or produced to a point
on outer side, the latter dark ; postmedial lino highly dentate,
defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then obli<iue ; subterminal line grey, defined by dentate
LASIESTRA. 51
black marks on inner side, ang-led outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing black-
brown with traces of a whitish postmedial line ; the cilia white at
tips ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal point,
sinuous postmedial line, and terminal shade.
Ab. 1. altaica. Ilather larger ; fore wing with a very slight
yellowish tinge, the black marks before subterminal line larger.
Hah. NoEWAT, Saltdalen, Dovretjeld (Staudhifjer), 1 c? , 1 $ ,
(Ilamjma) 2d, 1 $ ; W. Siberia, Altai, 1 d. Kvp. 34-3G
millim.
Subsp. 1. centeana.
Bianthoecia Iccnieana, Stand. Iris, v. p. 366 (1892).
Dianthoecia monyoliea, Stand. Iris, is. p. 257 (1896).
Hind wiug white, with broad dark terminal baud ; underside of
both wings with broad dark terminal band.
Ab. 1. monrjolica. Underside of both wings without terminal
band.
JIab. Mongolia, Uliassutai ; S.E. Siberia, Kentei, 1 5 .
1194. Lasiestra elvesi. (Hate LXXIX. fig. 22.)
Hadcna chvrd, Ilmpsn. Motlis Ind. ii. p. 200 (1894).
Head and thorax violacous grey mixed with black ; tegular and
])atagia edged with black ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen
fuscous brown slightly irrorated with grey. Pore wing violaceous
grey, thickly irrorated and in places suffused with black ; subbasal
line represented by double striiB from costa and cell ; antemcdial
line double, waved ; claviform defined by black below and at
extremity ; orbicular and reniform greyish indistinctly defined
by black, the former rather quadrate, open above and below ;
postraedial lino indistinct, dentate, and produced to slight streaks
on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa and obli([ue
below vein 4 ; subterminal line excurved below costa and at
middle and angled in^vards in discal and submedian folds ; a
terminal series of small triangular black spots. Hind wing dark
fuscous brown, with very indistinct greyish subterminal lino ; the
underside irrorated with grey, a small discoidal spot and sinuous
postnnedial line.
Hah. SiKHiM Tibet, Yatung (Hobson), 1 $ ; Sikhijt, 10,000 ft.
( Elites), typo t in Coll. Elwcs ; Euulajt (Dud'jeoii), 1 J. E,vp.
36 millim.
1195. Lasiestra deliciosa.
Dinnthacia deliciosa, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxvi. p. 446 (1892); id.
Rom. Mem. ix. p. 18, pi. 3. f. 3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.
Head and thorax olive-grey mixed with some black ; teguhio
whitish, edged with black; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen
olive-grey. Fore wiug olive-grey irrorated with fuscous, the
markings blackish irrorated with yellowish scales ; subbasal line
52 KOCTUIBiE.
double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; aiitcmedial line double,
waved : claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former round or quadrate, open above and
below ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate, and
produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below cost a and
oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line excurved below costa
and at middle, angled inwards in discal and submedian folds ;
a terminal series of small triangular black spots; cilia whitish,
with a dark line through them. Hind wing dark fuscous, with
very indistinct greyish subterminal line ; cilia white, with dark
line through them ; the uuderside grey irrorated with brown,
a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Tibet, Kuku-uoor, 1 S ■> Amdo ; Kashmir, Earra Larcha
(MacArthur), 1 c? , 2 $ , Kokser {MacArilmr), 2 J , 2 $ . Exp.
36-38 millim.
*1196. Lasiestra perplexa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 23.)
Scotogrmnma perplexa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887) ; id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129.
2 . Head and thorax black, the hairs tipped with bluish grey ;
tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brownish grey mixed with dark
brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous
black ; subbasal line black, angled inwards on median nervure,
from costa to submedian fold ; autemedial line waved, angled
inwards on the veins ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black and with blackish centres,
the former round ; a distinct, slightly curved medial shade ; post-
medial line minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the
veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line
ill-defined, whitish, defined on inner side by a series of dentate
black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate
at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia
chequered fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia
white at tips : the underside brownish white irrorated with dark
brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, British Columbia, in Coll. J. E. Smith ; U.S.A.,
Colorado. Exp. 30 millim.
*1197. Lasiestra persa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 24.)
Maineiifra i^crsa, Alpb. Rom. Meui. ix. p. 212 (1897) ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. p"!.
p. 156.
(5 . Head and thorax clothed with grey and reddish-brown hair ;
tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown, with the
dorsal crests dark at tips. Fore wing grey tinged with olive-
broAvn and irrorated with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker ;
subbasal line represented by double striae from costa and cell ;
LASIESTRA. — LA6I0NYCTA. 53
antemedial line double, slightly waved, oblique from costa to
submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniforra greyish defined by black,
the former round ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line
rather strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved
below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line yellowish white, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate
dark marks, excurved at vein 7, somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3,
and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of small
dark lunules ; cilia yellowish, with a dark line through them.
Hind wing grey uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia whitish
•with a brown line near base ; the underside pale brownish grey,
with traces of a curved postmedial line.
Hah. jN". Persia, Demavend, in Coll, Piingeler. E.ip. 36
millim.
Genus LASIONYCTA.
Type.
Lasionycta, Auriv. Ent. Tyd. xviii. p. 285 (1892) scnelinriia.
Proboscis fully developed .; palpi upturned, the 2ik1 joint clothed with long
rough hair; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded, overhung by long cilia;
antennteof male sernite and fascieubite ; head and thorax clothed with hair
and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen
with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and b from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
II from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell
uear base only.
A. Fore wing with the cell filled in with black between the
stigmata.
a. Fore wing with the medial area darker than the ground-
colour.
a}. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented by a
series of whitish lunules with dentate black marks
before them raiiiieri.
b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line ill-defined, grey,
with obscure dentate dark marks before it inconcinna.
b. Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the
ground-colour coiijui/aia.
B. Fore wing with the cell not filled in with black between the
stigmata.
a. Fore wing olive-yellow mixed with grey and black bri/opfcra.
b. Fore wing brown suffused with olive-yellow ; hiud wing
yellow hirifla.
c. Fore wing fuscous irroratod with grey scr(e/uif/ia.
d. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.
a'. Fore wing with the orbicular grey with brownish
centre •"* n^'fimcida.
b^. Fore wing with the orbicular whitish firdilis.
e. Fore wing with the ground-cohnir whitish.
a}. Fore wing tinged with bhiish altaica.
b^. Fore wing tinged with yellow in parts.
a'^. Fore wing with the claviform minute arietis.
b'^. Fore wing with the claxiform well-developed ochmcca.
54 NOCTTJID^.
*1198. Lasionycta rainieri. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 2."5.)
Mamcdra Tainwrii, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat, Miis. xxii. p. 4G2 (1900) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
5 . Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi with
■whitish rings ; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey. Fore wing
blue-grey overlaying fuscous, the medial area darker ; subbasal line
waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line oblique, waved;
claviform moderate, defined by black and with some grey beyond it ;
orbicular and reniforra grey, defined by black and with some black
before and between them in cell, the former irregularly rounded,
the latter rather small ; postmedial lino dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series
of grey lunules, defined on inner side by dentate black marks,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing
grey suffused with fuscous ; the underside grey irrorated with
fuscous, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Washington Terr., Mt. llainicr, in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Ex]^. 42 millim.
*1199. Lasionycta iaconcinna. (Plate LXXX. fig. 1.)
Scotogramma inconcinna. Smith, Pr. U.S.Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887); id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130.
5 • Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulcc with
whitish tips ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale brown mixed
with fuscous. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ;
the medial area suffused with black ; subbasal line defined by grey
on outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
defined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on the
veins ; claviform moderate, grey defined by black, acute at extremity;
orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black and with
fuscous centres, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its
lower part obscured by black, the cell before and between them
filled in with blackish ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer
side, rather strongly dentate and produced to whitish points on the
veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some
white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, grey,
defined on inner side by obscure somewhat dentate dark marks,
angled outwards at vein 7, and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ;
traces of a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia brown and grey.
Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia
whitish at tips ; underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown,
a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary, in Coll. Wolley-Dod ; U.S.A.,
Colorado. Exp. 40 millim.
LASIONTCTA. 55
*1200. Lasionycta conjugata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 26.)
Scofof/ratnma covjugafa, Smitb, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 41 (1899) ;
Djar, Oat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159.
2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulas with
black medial band ; patagia with black line near upper edge ;
abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing bluish white mixed
with fuscous ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submediati
fold ; antemcdial line strong, oblique from costa to submedian fold,
then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, elongate
and extending to postmcdial line ; orbicular and reniforra grey
defined by black, the former elongate, acute at extremities and
open above and below, the cell between them filled in with black
conjoined to some black on costa ; postmedial line black, dentate,
with an inward curve from costa to vein 7, where it is angled
outwards, strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line only
defined by a dark patch before it on costa, and the area beyond it
slightly darker on costal half, angled outwards at vein 7 and
dentate at veins 4, 3 ; an indistinct terminal series of lunules.
Hind wing grey sufi'uscd with fuscous ; the underside whitish
thickly irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, in U.S. J^at. Mus. Ex^p. 40 miUim.
*1201. Lasionycta bryoptera. (Flate LXXIX. fig. 27.)
j^Jamcstra, hryopfera, Piing. Iris, xii. p. 292, pi. 9. f. 6 (1900) ; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 159.
Head and thorax olive-vcUow mixed with fuscous and grey ;
tarsi ringed black and yellow : abdomen ochreous grey mixed with
fuscous. Fore wing olive-yellow irrorated with black, the veins
streaked with grey ; subbasal line double, filled in with grey, waved
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with
grey, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly waved ;
claviform with its extremity slightly defined by black ; orbicular
and reniforra moderate, with blackish centres and grey and yellow
annuli defined by black at sides only, the former rather quadrate ;
postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely dentate, bent
outAvards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale
points beyoiul it on costa; subterminal line whitish, slightly defined
by blackish suffusion on inner side, somewhat dentate, angled out-
wards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;
a terminal scries of black limules ; cilia yellow, with three black
lines through them. Hind wing greyish, uniformly suffused with
fuscous except the terminal area, which is yellowish ; a dark
terminal line; cilia yellow, with a dark line through them; the
underside yellow thickly irrorated with black, a discoidal spot and
sinuous postmedial line.
Hub. Tibet, Kuku-noor, type fin Coll. Piingeler. iS^rp. 38 miilira.
56 N0CTUI5.T:.
*1202. Lasionycta lurida.
DiantJicecia lurida, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxvi. p. 446 (1892); id.
Eom. Mem. ix. p. 18, pi. 1. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.
S . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black and some
white ; tarsi ringed with yellowish white ; abdomen reddish brown,
the anal tuft ochreous. Eore wing brown suffused with greenish-
yellow scales, especially towards base ; subbasal line double filled in
with grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform broad, defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter slightly
angled inwards on median nervure ; a waved medial line, oblique
below cell ; postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on outer
side, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below
vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ; the veins of terminal
area with pale streaks ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner
side by small dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia
brown, with whitish lines through them. Hind wing pale yellow ;
traces of a sinuous postmedial line and diffused subterminal band,
the former more distinct on underside ; a fine brown terminal line ;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small
discoidal spot.
Hah. Tibet, Xuku-noor, in Coll. Piingeler, Amdo. Exp. 36
millim.
1203. Lasionycta scraelingia.
FJdogophora sJcrcBlhigia, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. vi. p. 57, Noct. f. 624
(1845) ; Auriv. Nord. Fjar. p. 131, f. 26 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal,
p. 159.
Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey; tarsi with
pale rings; abdomen black-brown mixed with grey. Fore wing
blackish irrorated with grey-white ; subbasal line black, angled
outwards on median nervure aud euding in submedian fold ; ante-
Fig. 16. — Lasionycta scrwlingia, cj . \.
medial line slightly defined by whitish on inner side, rather oblique,
waved ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
rather small, with fuscous centres and white annuli defined by
black, the former round ; traces of a medial line ; postmedial line
indistinct, slightly defined by whitish on outer side, dentate, bent
LASIONrCT.V. 57
outwards below costa, iucurved below vein 4 and touching lower
edge of reniform, some white poiuts beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of whitis^h lunules defined
by black marks before and beyond them, slightly angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black
striae ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia
greyish ; the underside grey thickly irroratcd with fuscous, a small
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line,
Ab. 1. alj^ncola. Bang Haas, ined.
Fore wing with patch of orange scales beyond lower extremity of
subbasal line ; clavii'orm large and extending to near postmedial
line. — Altai.
Hah. Sweden ; Lapland ; "W. Siberia, Altai, 1 $ . Exp. 36
miliim.
1204. Lasionycta subfuscula. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 28.)
Anarta subfuscida, Grote, Proc. Eost. Soe. N. H. xvi. p. 244 (1873) ; id.
Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. pi. 1. f. 7 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 204.
2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with black-brown; tarsi banded
with fuscous ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing
pale violaceous grey thickly irrorated with black-brown ; the sub-
basal line represented by indistinct dark spots below costa and in
and below cell ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side,
oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined
by blackish ; orbicular and reniform moderate, defined by blackish,
the former round, the latter with fuscous centre and grey annulus ;
a diffused medial shade; postmedial line defined by grey on outer
side, strongly dentate, and with a series of dark points beyond it
on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line formed by a series of strongly dentate brown marks,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia
pale with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish
thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved post-
medial line.
Ilah. U.S.A., Montana, Oregon, Colorado, 1 5 type. Exp. 34
millira.
1205. Lasionycta sedilis. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 29.)
Scotogramma sedilis. Smith, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 43 (18'J'J) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 150.
$ . Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; antenna) ringed
with black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen brownish grey irrorated
with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with black ; traces
of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial
line indistinctly double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform
58 NOCTTTIDJE.
indistinctly defined by black, elongate, acute at extremity ; orbicular
and renit'orm large, the former prominent, whitish defined by black,
the latter defined by black on inner side, very indistinctly on outer,
somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; medial shade pro-
minent, black, diff'used, occupying most of median area ; postmedial
line indistinctly double, dentate and produced to black and grey
streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal
fold and below vein 4 ; subterminal line only defined by a series of
dentate black marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurvcd at middle, the area beyond it slightly whiter ; a
terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered black and
whitish. Hind Aving fuscous brown with a slight reddish tinge ;
cilia white at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated with dark
brown, a discoidal spot and somewhat dentate sinuous postmedial
line.
Ilal. U.S.A., rtah, Ogden (Snyder), 1 $ , Colorado. £".175. 38
millim.
120G. Lasionycta altaica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 30.)
Polia altaica, Bang Haas, ined. List, 47.
2 . Head and thorax bluish white mixed with black ; teguloe
with medial black line ; patagia and metathorax edged with
black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey mixed with
fuscous. Fore wing bluish grey-white irrorated with fuscous;
subbasal line double, waved, black, from costa to vein 1 ; ante-
medial line double, the inner line less distinct, waved, angled
inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ; claviform short, defined
by black: orbicular and reniform white defined by black and Avith
fuscous centres, the former round, the latter constricted at middle;
an indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell;
postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line white, waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; cilia chequered fuscous and white. Hind
wing fuscous ; a whitish postmedial line from vein 2 to inner
margin ; some white on ternien towards tornus ; cilia white, with a
fuscous line through them; the imderside whitish irrorated with
fuscous, a slight dark streak in base of cell, discoidal lunule, curved
postmedial line, and traces of a diff'used subterminal band.
Eah. W. SiBUKiA, Altai, 1 $ , type. Exj}. 42 millim.
1207. Lasionycta arietis. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 31.)
JSIamcsfra arietis, Grote, EiiU. U.S. Geol. & Gcog. Surv. Terr. v. p. 207
(1871)); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.
c? . Head and thorax white slightly mixed with fuscous ; palpi
and sides of frons blackish ; teguho with slight blackish medial
line ; prothoracic crest blackish at base ; patagia outlined by black ;
tarsi with white rings : abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore
LASIONXCTA. 59
wing white suffused with pale purplish fuscous; a slight yellow
streak in submedian fold ; subbasal line double, black filled in with
Avhite, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemcdial line
black, prominently defined by white on inner side, irregularly
waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, slightly
defined by black : orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous
centres and white annuli incompletely defined by black ; post-
medial line black, prominently defined by white on outer side,
irregularly dentate, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards
in discal fold, incurved below vein 4, and confluent witli lower
extremity of reniform ; subterminal line diffused, white, with series
of black points on yellowish marks on it, angled outwards at vein 7,
excurved at middle and incurved in submedian fold ; a terminal
series of black points ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind
wing white suffused with brown ; a sinuous postmedial line defined
by whitish on outer side ; cilia white, with brownish line through
them ; the underside white irrorated with pale brown, a dark
discoidal point and curved postmedial line.
]Iah. U.S.A., California, Mendocino, 2 cJ , type. Exp. 3G-40
millim.
1208. Lasionycta ochracea. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 32.)
Xylomiges ochracea, Riley, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 75 (1892) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234.
$ . Head and thorax grey mixed with pale red-brown ; patagia
edged with brown ; tarsi with black rings ; abdomen whitish
tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish sparsely irrorated with
black; the medial area suffused with brown except on costal
and inner areas, leaving the veins whitish ; subbasal line black,
minutely dentate, curved, from costa to submedian fold, where
tliere is some yellow beyond it ; antemedial line black, interrupted,
angled outwards below costa, excurved below cell and angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, with whitish annulus defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with yellow and whitish
annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter extending to
well below cell and somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ;
postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer side, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved ; the subterminal line only defined by dentate yellow
marks with black scales on them on inner side and the area beyond
it brownish, angled outwards on vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of black luuules ; cilia brown intersected with white,
and with a dark line through them. Hind wiiig whitish suffused
with brown ; a small discoidsil spot; postmedial liiie defined by
whitish on outer side and angled inwards in discal fold ; a brown
terminal line and line through the cilia ; the underside whit©
with black discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Cahforiua {Ikhi], 1 2 • ^'^'P- 3f millim.
60 NocTuiDJi;.
Genus POLIA.
Type,
Tolia, Oclis. Scbnielt. Eur. iv. p. 73 (181G), non clescr. ;
Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. f) (1825) cappa.
Mamestra, Ochs. Sclimctt. Eur. iv. p. 7t) (ISl*^), non descr. ;
Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. 127 (182n) pi'^i.
Xan'hia, Ochs Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (ISKl), iioii descr.... liifc<i(jo.
Polymixis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 2(»5 (1827) fdhirdinma.
Harmodia, Hubn. Verz. p. 207 (1827) compta.
Melunchra, Hiibn. Verz. p. 207 (1827) perakaria.
Mthria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 218 (1827) serena.
Astra pet Is, Hiibn. Verz. p. 219 (1827) denfiva.
Liataraxia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 219 (1827) splendens.
Bianthixcia, Boisd. Silberm. Rev. Ent. ii. p. 246 (1834) ... cucnhall.
Hecaiera. Guen. Noet. ii. p. 27 (18r)2) dysodea.
Aplccta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 74 (1852), nee Guen. 1841, non
descr nehidoM.
Pasfona, Wlk. xv. 1754 (1858) rudis.
Maqu-a, Wlk. xxxiv. 1223 (1885) nidis.
Meferana, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 385 pictida.
Haderonia, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 320 (1895) mhartichanica.
XanthaNa, Berg, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxviii. p. 395
(1894) bitcngo.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed
with long hair in front, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded;
Lead and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with
crests ; pectus and tibiae clothed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal series
of crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle
of discocellulars ; 5, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Sect. I. {Haderonia). Antennas of male bipectinate, with long
branches, the apical part serrate.
A. Fore wing black-brown with a reddish tinge cuUa.
B. Fore wing grey-brown.
a. Fore wing with grey annuli to stigmata, a black lunule
in submedian fold on inner side of subterminal line... arschanica.
b. Fore wing with white annuli to stigmata, a dentate
black mark in submedian fold before subterminal line suharschanica.
1209. Polia culta.
Mamestra culta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 347; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 204.
Hadena subviolacea. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 55.
Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with purplish grey ;
tegula) with medial black line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen
dull brown, the anal tuft more ochreous, the ventral surface
irrorated with grey. Fore wing dark red-brown thickly irrorated
•with purple-grey ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to
vein 1, prominently black and filled in with yellow scales below the
cell ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on
vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black at extremity and below
rOLTA.
61
and -wilh some yellow scales in it ; orbicular and reniform Iarj2;e,
defined by brown, the former oblique, elliptical, the latter with
some black and yellow in its lower extremity ; an indistinct medial
line, excurved to vein 2, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct,
double, higlJy dentate, bent outwards below costa and strongly
incurved below vein 4; subterminal line grey, with ])atche3 of
yellow scales on small dentate black marks, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black luuules.
Fig. ll.—ruliacidta, S. f-
Hind wing fuscous brown, with traces of a pale subterminal line
towards tornus ; a fine pale line at base of cilia ; termen of both
wings crenulate ; the underside greyish thickly irrorated with
brown, a discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Ab. 1. subviolacea : with most of the patches of yellow scales
absent.
Bab. W. China, Omeishan, 1 (J type subviolaa'a, Pu-tsu-fang,
2 S, 1 $ ; Kashmir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 5 i Pcnjab,
Dalhousie, 1 2 ^J'P® ? Sikhim Tibet, Yatong {Biwjham, Hobson),
2 d , 4 ? . Exp. 46-56 miliim.
1210. Polia arschanica.
(Plate LXXX. fig. 2.)
Eoss, xvii. p. 78, pi. 2. f. 45
Hadena arschavica, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent
(1882) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 101.
S . Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulje
with dark medial line ; patagia with blackish patch with some
white on it: tarsi with pale rings; abdomen brownish grey. Fore
wing grey-brown with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line defined
by grey on outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line double filled in with grey, slightly waved, and angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform large, grey defined by black, the former oblique
oblong, the latter with its centre defined by fuscous, a browner
shade in the cell before and between them ; traces of a waved medial
line ; postmedial line somewhat dentate and produced to black and
white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved
below vein 4, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
62
NOCTUID.'E.
line p;rcy, deflnecl on inner side by blackish brown, becoming slight
dentate marks at middle and a more prominent patch at submedian
fold, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
a terminal scries of black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ;
cilia ochreous, with dark medial line and whitish tips; the under-
side grey irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and rather
diffused postmedial line with darker streaks at the veins.
2 . Fore wing more uniform grey, with the dark markings
reduced.
Hah. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 S •, Issyk-kul, Ferghana;
E. TuiiKESTAN, Kuldja, 3 d" , 1 $ . Exjp. 38 millim.
1211. Polia subarschanica. (Plate LXXX. fig. 3.)
Hadcna subarschanica, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 3:20, pi. 6. f. li^ (1895); id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 161.
(5' . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with whitish grey ;
tegula) with dark medial line ; patagia with whitisli patch ; tarsi
with white rings ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing brownish
grey ; a diffused, double, waved subbasal line filled in with white,
from costa to submedian fold, a yellowish and black mark below it
on inner margin ; a double, waved antemedial line angled inwards
on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reni-
form moderate, with whitish annuli defined by black and their
centres with fuscous, the former oblique elliptical, the latter rather
narrow ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double,
somewhat dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and
strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line white, lunulate, defined on inner side by small dentate
black marks, two below costa and one in submedian fold larger,
slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown,
with traces of a waved whitish subterminal line ; cilia whitish, with
fuscous line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal area
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinct curved
postmedial line.
Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 J , Amdo. Exp. 36 millim.
Sect. II. Antennjic of male bipectinate, with short brandies, the apical part
serrate.
A. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous -parvula.
B. Hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous.
a. Fore wing with the middle area tinged with rufous.
a}. Fore wing without black on inner side of the white mark
on subteiniinal line in submedian fold ccrvina.
I?. Fore wing with the white mark on subterminal line in
Bubmediau fold defined by black on inner side hisfralis.
h. Fore wing with the medial area not tinged with rufous navia.
03
1212. Polia parvula. (riatc LXXX. fig. 4.)
Mamcstra parvula, Horr.-Sehuff. Corresp.-Elatt zool.-iuin. Ver. Eegensb
1868, p. 118.
Mamcstra distributa, Mciscbl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 4G (1886).
c? . Head and thorax grey strongly tinged with rufous ; palpi
black above towards base ; vertex of head and tips of teguloB tinged
with green ; tegulae with slight medial line ; patagia with black
lino near upper edge ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen palo
purplish fuscous, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface whitish.
Pore wing greyish suffused with rufous, strongly to postmedial line,
a slight greenish tinge at base ; a fine waved subbasal line from
costa to submcdian fold ; a black antemedial line excurved below
the cell, angled outwards below costa and above inner margin and
inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, some-
times filled in with black, and reaching to or near postmedial line ;
orbicular and reniform large, with rufous centres and paler annuli
defined by black, the former round or slightly produced on outer
side, the latter rounded ; medial line represented by a striga from
costa ; postmedial lino angled inwards below costa, then bent out-
wards, dentate at veins 6 and 5, then strongly incurved, the veins
beyond it streaked with black, some pale points on costa ; sub-
terminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by a series of
small dentate rufous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; a terminal scries of small rufous lunules. Hind wing
white, the veins and marginal areas sufl^used with fuscous brown ;
the cilia white, with a fuscous line through them ; the underside
with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown.
5 . More purplish grey and less rufous.
Hah. Jamaica (Kat/e), 1 $ ; Cuba, Santiago (ScJiaus), 4 J , 2 5 .
Exy. 30-32 millim.
1213. Polia cervina.
Mamestra cervina, Smith, Ent. News. Philad. 1898, p. 247 ; Djar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
S . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with white ; palpi
blackish at sides ; tegula3 with blackish medial line ; abdomen grey
and brown. Fore wing blue-grey slightly tinged with brown ; a
few black scales below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by
an obscure dark mark on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, double,
waved ; claviform represented by a slight black streak on a ])iuk
fascia extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform
moderate, with brown centres and whitish annuli defined by black,
tlie former rounded, some pink between and beyond them ; traces
of a waved medial line obli(|ue from costa to below cell ; postmedial
lino dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey, with white spot in
G4 NOCTUIDiE.
submerlian fold and sometimes some pink scales on its medial part,
defined on inner side by a dark patch on costa and on outer by
some small black spots ; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked
witli black, a terminal series of black strioB ; cilia dark brown and
Fig. 18. — VoUa cervina, (^ . \.
grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards inner margin ;
cilia white, with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish
irrorated with dark brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous post-
medial line.
Hah. Canada, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 3 S • Exp. 32 millim.
1214. Polia lustralis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 5.)
Dinnfhoecia lustralis, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 223(1875); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 11.^).
Tcpniocampa snfftisa, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 474 (1887); Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 203.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with bluish white ; tarsi with
■white rings ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Pore wing red-brown,
suffused and irrorated with bluish white except on disk, the sub-
median fold rufous on medial area ; traces of a waved subbasal
line from costa to vein 1, defined by white on outer side ; antomedial
line oblique, waved, angled in wai'ds in cell and on vein 1, defined by
white on inner side ; claviform small, slightly defined by brown ;
orbicular and reniform rather small, bluish white defined by brown
and with a few brown scales at centre, the former round ; post-
medial line minutely dentate, defined by white on outer side, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line bluish white, defined
by brown beyond it in discal fold and on both sides in submedian
fold, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of dark strige ; cilia grey, with a dark line through them.
Hind wing brown, yellowish towards base ; cilia pale, with a
brown line through them ; the underside white, irrorated with brown
on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal point and slightly curved
postmedial line.
Hah. Canada; U.S.A., Eastern States to Virginia, 2 c?, New
York, Adirondacks, Wisconsin, 1 $ type, Colorado. E.vj). 3G millim.
POLIA. 65
*1215. Polia naevia. (Plate LXXX. fig. 5.)
3famesira ncevia, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ix. p. 248 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
(S . Dirty grey suffused with fuscous ; head blackish ; tegulae
yellowish grey at base and with medial black line ; patagia with
black line near edges. Fore wing with the subbasal line double,
ending at the short black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line
indistinct, double filled in with grey, excurved ; claviform small,
defined by black ; orbicular large, with whitish annulus defined by
black, oblique elliptical, and touching antemedial line ; reniform
large and touching postmedial line above and below, ill-defined ;
medial shade only visible at costa ; postmedial line double filled in
with grey, the inner line minutely waved, the outer even, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled
outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line pale, defined on each side by
lackish, most prominently towards inner margin, angled outwards
at vein 7, slightly excurved at middle, and angled inwards at sub-
median fold ; a terminal series of black strite ; cilia chequered
fuscous and whitish. Hind wing fuscous, with darker terminal
line; cilia whitish at base; the underside grey with dark irroration,
a discoidal spot and waved postmedial line.
Bab. U.S.A., Colorado. Exj). 30 millim. This species is
unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.
Mus.
Sfx'T. III. Antennae of male with very short fasciculate branches ending iu a
bristle, the apical part serrate.
A. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with black, no distinct
pale fascia from it to termen detracia.
B. Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with black, a
distinct pale fascia from it to termen neoierica.
121G. Polia detracta. (Plate LXXX. fig. 6.)
Hadcna, ddmcta, Wlk. xi. 752 (1857) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116,
Mamestra claviplena, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 194 (1873).
(S . Head and thorax dark red-brown nnxed with grey ; tegulce
with black medial line ; patagia black at tips ; tarsi with pale rings;
abdomen brown, the dorsal crests black at tips, the ventral surface
irrorated with grey. Fore wing dark brown suffused with grey ; a
black streak below base of cell ; a double, waved subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold tilled in with grey ; antemedial line defined
by grey on inner side, waved, angled outwards below costa and
inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; claviform moderate, filled in with
black ; orbicular and reniform fjrey defined by black and their
centres ])y brown, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line
double filled in with grey, dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurvi-d, some pule points beyond it ou
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NOCTUIT)^,
costa ; subterminal line grey, defined on each side bj' some black
scales, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins
of terminal are;i with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of black
stria; ; cilia brown and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the
underside pale irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal point and
sinuous postmedial line,
5 . Darker and much less suffused with grey.
Bah. Canada ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Trenton Falls
( DonhJer(ai/\ 1 c? type, Evans Centre (Grofe\ 2 c? , 1 $ , type
ehivipJma, New Jersey, "Wisconsin, Virginia, New Mexico. E.vj^.
34 millim.
Larva. Head brown, with dark brown reticulations and curved
vertical bands. Body narrower in front, joint 12 enlarged.
Eeddish brown, finely marbled on a luteous ground. Dorsal and
subdorsal lines pale, narrow, obscured. Cervical shield shining
brownish black, cut by dorsal and subdorsal distinct pale-yellow
lines, the part of the shield below the subdorsal line luteous.
Spiracles black ; feet of the colour of body, — H. G. D.
1217. Folia neoterica.
Mamestra neoterica, Smith, Ent. News Philad. 1898, p. 244 ; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
(5 . Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tegulae
with blackish medial lino ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen dark
brown mixed with grey. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with
black-brown ; a rather ill-defined black streak below base of cell ;
an indistinct waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold, defined by grey on outer side; antemedial line indistinct,
oblique, waved, defined by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate,
rather indistinctly defined by black, and with a brownish-white
fascia from it to subterminal line ; orbicular and reuiform with
Fig. Id.— Folia neoterica, c?. \.
brown centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former oblique
elliptical, open above, the latter sometimes with ill-defined pale
fascia beyond it ; postmedial line rather indistinct, crcnulate, and
produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on cc'sta ; sub-
terminal line grey, defined on inner side by very indistinct black
POLTA. 67
marks and by a dark patch on eosta, angled outwards at vein 7 and
exciirved at middle, the area beyond it somewhat darker ; a terminal
series of black points ; cilia chequered brown and grey. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; cilia pale at tips ; the ui'derside grey irrorated
with brown, an indistinct discoidal point and sinuous postmedial
line.
Bah. Canada, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 3 c? . Eay. 32 millim.
Sect. IV. Auteimie of male serrate and fasciculate.
A. Protlioras with divided crest.
«. Fore wing grey-white irrorated witli fuscous discalis.
h. Fore wing more or less strongly tinged with brown.
«.'. Fore wing whitish suifused and irrorated with
brown imhrijera.
h^. Fore wing purplish-grey suffused and irrorated with
browu.
a^. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown,
a''. Fore wing witb the reniforui angled inwards on
median nervure v lu/aHtf.
IP. Fore wing with the reniforni not angled in-
wards on median nervure lavguida.
1-. Hind wing entirely tinged with brown.
a^. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on
med ian nervure Jnnci macula.
h^. Fore wing with the reniiorm not angled in-
wards on median uei-vure ptirpurissata.
(^ , Fore wing grey-bro wu crotchi.
1218. Polia discalis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 7.)
Mamesfra discalis, Grote, U.S. Bull. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. iii. p. 707
(1877) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114.
Bluish white ; head, thorax, and abdomen with black mixed ;
tegulae with blackish medial line ; patagia tipped with blackish.
Fore wing thickly irrorated with black ; a double dentate subbasal
line from costa to vein 1 ; an antemedial line defined by white on
inner side and angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ;
elaviform small, defined by black or absent ; orbicular and reni-
form large, defined by blackish and with blackish suffusion between
them, the former round or elliptical, the latter constricted at middle
and extending to below cell ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely
dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 3 ;
subtcrrainal line represented by a series of whitish lunules with
small dentate dark marks before them, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing white, slightly irrorated with fuscous especially towards
tcrmen ; the veins brownish ; a fine dark terminal line ; the under-
side with postmedial series of points on the veins.
Bab. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( iVoUt'i/-Dod), 1 5 , Br. Columbia,
Sicamon's Junction (Mias Micardo), 2 $ ; U.S.A., Colorado, Clear
Creak Canon, 1 $ type, (J?n<cf) 1 $ , Grand Junction (Oslar), 3 J,
1-2
(J8 KOCTUID^.
2 5 , Xew 3Iexico, AlLiUjUerque (OJar), 1 J , 2 5- ^-W'
58 millim.
Larva (Original). — Head shining brown with dark brown reticu-
lations, the u])i)cr vertical band broad. Body cjiindrical, uniform,
dull brown, indefinitely shaded with blackish ; abroad diffuse dorsal
baud, faintly widened into quadrate patches on the segments,
containing a broken yellowish-white dorsal line; a narrow trans-
verse dusky bar on joint 12. Blackish oblicine stripes extend
upward and backward from the s])irack's, ill-defined. No shields.
A general feeder, adapted for concealment on the ground. —
H. G. D.
1219. Polia imbrifera. (Blate LXXX. fig. 8.)
Ai)lectaimhrifera, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 76 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 114.
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulae with
black medial line ; patagia with whitish patches ; tarsi banded
with black; abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore wing grey,
largely or almost entirely suffused with brown and irrorated with
black; a double black subbasal line, interrupted at cell and connected
with base by a slight streak above vein 1 ; antemedial line defined
bv whitish on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inw^ards on median
nervure and vein 1 ; claviform short, broad, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform large, with brownish centres and whitish
anuuli defined by black, tlie former round ; an indistinct medial
line oblique from costa to median nervure, then dentate ; post-
medial line double filled in with whitish, dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; postmedial area whitish towards subterminal
line, Avhieh is whitish defined on inner side by an irregular series
of dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at
veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind v\ing whitish
suffused with dark brown especially on terminal area ; the some-
what dentate postmedial line defined by pale cohmr on outer side ;
cilia pale ; the underside paler, with dark discoidal luuule, curved
postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.
Uah. Canaua ; U.S.A., N.E. and Middle States, Xew York,
Trenton Falls ( Donhleday), 2 c? , 1 $ ,type, Evans Centre, 2 c? , 2 $ ,
Colorado. Exp. 54 millim.
*1220. Polia nugatis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 9.)
Mamcstra nugatis, Smith, Ent. NewsPhikd. ix. p. 240 (18U8); Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 15(i.
2 , Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown ;
tegulte with medial black line ; patagia with some black scales
near uj)per edge ; abdomen ochreous, whitish at base, greyish at
extremity. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous, some
fouA. 69
ochreoa3 white in submedian fold from base to claviform and in
discal fold from i-eniform to near snbterminal line ; a bbick streak
below base of cell ; snbliasal line obsolete ; antemedial line indistinct,
waved, strongl}' angled outwards in submedian fold and above
inner margin, and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform elongate, defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
oblique elliptical, the latter emitting a long spur inwards on median
nervure to helow former; a diffused blackish fascia in and below lower
end of cell from lower augle to subterminal line ; a whitish streak
from claviform to subterminal line and slight streaks above veins 2
and 3 ; postraedial line only traceable at costa and towards inner
margin, where it is dentate; subterminal line white, deHned by
fuscous brown marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, to
termen at veins 4, .'3, and inwards in discal and subterminal folds ;
a terminal series of black lunules ; a fine whitish, line at base of
cilia. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown ; a fine dark
terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown.
Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, ^Montana, Colorado, in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Exp. 46 mi Him.
1221. Polia languida. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 6.)
Mamestra languida. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. See. xxi. p. 54, pi. ii. f. fi
(1894) ; Djar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. Ibb.
Head and thorax purple-grey with some blackish irroration ;
frons with black band ; tegula3 tipped with white ; abdomen pale
brownish grey. Eore wing purple-grey irrorated with fuscous ; a
dark shade on costal area and in cell to postmedial line, becoming
bright rufous beyond the cell; subba^^al and antemedial lines repre-
sented by blackish points on costa ; claviform very small, slightly
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with rather pale
centres defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line double,
minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below
vein 4 ; subterminal line yellowish white, defined on inner side by
somewhat dentate black marks from below costa to vein 5 and
towards inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and strongly
dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black points ; a fine pale
line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area
tinged with brown; a dark terminal line; cilia whitish ; the under-
side white irrorated with black.
Ilah. U.S.A., Colorado, Durango (Odar), 1 d , 1 ?• Ei'p.
37 millim.
1222. Polia juncimacula. (Plate LXXX. fig. 10.)
Mamestra juncimacula. Smith, Eull. J3rooklyn Ent. Soc. v. p. ('u (1882);
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 1.51.
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tcgula; with medial
black line ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;
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'HOCTVIDJE.
abdomen ochreous mixed with red-brown. Fore wing purplish
grey suffused and irrorated with dark brown, and with some rufous
at base of costa and inner margin, in submedian fold, and in discal
fold from middle of cell to near siibterminal line ; a slight black
streak at base of rein 1 followed by others on subcostal and median
nervures and in submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, gre}"^,
strongly angled outwards below costa and in submedian fold,
inwards on subcostal and median nervures and vein 1 ; claviform
small, slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by
brown, the former irregularly obIi(]ue elliptical, with dark point at
centre, the latter a large narrow lunule, with brown line at centre
and with its lower edge angled inwards on median nervure to the
orbicular ; jjostmedial line very indistinct, dentate, with darker
points at the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique ; some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line white defined on inner side by rufous, with irregular rather
dentate black marks, longest below veins 5 and 2, the line angled
outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal
series of black lunules. Hind wing white, with traces of diffused
subterminal band or wholly suffused and irrorated with brown ;
the underside with the costal and termiiial areas irrorated with
brown.
Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 1 $, Durango {Oslai-), 1 J.
Exjy. 54 millim.
1223. Polia purpurissata.
Eurois purpurissata, Grote, Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 82, pi. 1. f. 5
(1864) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114.
Mamestra crydina, Djar, Can. Eiit. 1904, p. 32.
Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown ; frons
Avitli two black bars ; teguhe with black medial line ; tarsi banded
with black ; abdomen grey tinged with red-brown. Fore wing
purplish grey irrorated with brown, and suffused with dark brown
Fig. 20. — Folia imrpurissata, (^ . \.
on costal area and in cell ; an indistinct ])ale subbasal line inter-
rupted at cell and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line double
filled in Avith grey, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold
where it is angled, then angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards
POLIA, 71
above inner margin ; traces of a small claviform defined by rufous ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former moderate, round,
often with dark point in centre, the latter large, with its centre
defined by fuscous and with some rufous beyoud it ; an indistinct
medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then incurved ;
l)ostmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line grey, defined
on inner side by somewhat dentate dark reddish-brown marks,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a
terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing reddish brown,
darker towards termen ; cilia white ; the underside whitish irro-
rated with brown, a dark discoidal point, punctiform postmedial
line, and diffused subterminal band,
Hab. Canada, Renfrew Co., (5 (^,3 $, Alberta, Calgary ( TFoZZ^y-
Dod), 1 (S ,Br. Columbia, Kaslo ; U.S.A., JN'.E. and Middle States,
Massachusetts, iJaffalo, 1 c5' , New York (Hill), 1 $ , Utah. Exp.
44-58 milim.
Larva (Original). — Head light brown, the usual darker reticu-
lations ill-defined but large and confluent. Body cylindrical,
uniform, dull brown, the markings faint and nearly obsolete.
Cervical shield and anal plate darker, not chitiuized. Dorsal and
lateral darker geminate lines, and a broad pale substigmatal band
with darker edges, are very faintly traceable. Spiracles black. A
general feeder on low plants. — H. G. D.
1224. Polia crotchi. (Plate LXXX. fig. 11.)
Mamesfra crofchii, Grote, Bull. Brooklyn Eut. S(jc. iii. p. 29 (1880) ;
Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116.
Maineslra fuscidoita. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 213 (1891).
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tegulae with
medial black line ; patagia with some black scales above ;
abdomen grey mixed with reddish brown, the dorsal crests large.
Fore wing grey suffused with brown ; a slight black streak below
base of cell ; a subbasal black streak above inner margin ; ante-
medial line obsolete ; claviform defined by black, very elongate and
pointed at extremity, its lower edge running back towards base
and downcurved ; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined
by black, the former elongate elliptical, open towards base or outer
side or both, the latter angled inwards on median nervure and
dilated below the cell, sometimes connected with former ; traces of
a minutely dentate ])0stmedial line, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate
on veins 4, 3, 1, defined by dentate black marks on inner side at
middle and by the area beyond it being darker except at apex ;
the veins streaked with black towards termen ; a terminal series of
black lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing
fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal two-thirds paler; cilia white
72 XOCXUlDiE.
mixed with brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a
dark discoidal lunule.
Ab. l.fuxcuhnfa: darker.
Hab. U.S.A., Oregon (Crotch), 2 c? , 1 2 , type, Colorado, 1 c? ,
Glenwood Springs {Oslar), 2 c? , 2 § , California. Exp., (S 38,
2 42 millim.
B. Prothorax with spreading erest.
a. Fore wing witli black streak below base of cell.
a'. Fore wing with the postmedial line touching the lower
end of reniform.
«-. Fore wing with the elaviform large and elongate ... proxima.
b-. Fore wing with the elaviform short and broad griseaia.
b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line separate frona the
reui form orientalis.
b. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a^. Fore wing with the jjostmedial line incurved below
yein 6 oriza.
b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below
vein 5.
a'"^. Fore wing with the antemedial line straight in sub-
median interspace, the reniform angled inwards on
median uervure rubeiis.
b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved in sub-
median interspace, the reniform not angled inwards
on median nervure lepidula.
c^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved or oblique
below vein 4.
a-. Fore wing with the antemedial line obliquely curved, distincta.
b~. Fore wing with the antemedial line waved.
a^. Fore wing with naore or less distinct pale dentate
patch beyond the elaviform.
a*. Fore wing with distinct white patch on inner
area beyond the postmedial line litcrata.
b*. Fore wing without distinct white patch on inner
area beyond the postmedial line , lutcago.
b^. Fore wing without pale dentate patch beyond the
elaviform.
«'. Fore wing with the ground-colonr pale ochreous
brown.
«\ Fore wing not suffused with fuscous, the
markings indistinct canifics,
b"". Fiivf wing suffused with fuscous, the markings
blue k discolor.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colonr rufous or
pale reddish brown.
u^. Fore wing with the terminal area darker
than the ground-colour.
a°. Fore wing with the reniform concave on
inner side detcrminafa.
b". Fore wing with the reniform convex on
inner side.
n''. Fore wing pale rufous coltimhia.
b''. Fore wing rufous tinged with dark
brown mcditata.
b*. Fore wing with the medial area paler than
the ground-colour.
«'. Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous ... leucogramma.
a*. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish
brow n juuhusa.
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c*. Fore \vin2; with the ground-coloui- dark grey.
a*. Foi'e wing tinged with purple.
a". Fore wing with white .spot oil reniforni ... orisabcna.
b°. Fore wing without white spot on reniform.
a''. Fore wing without red suffusion in discal
and subiuedian folds, reniform convex
on inner side h)-acMola.
b'. Fore wing with red suffusion in discal
and subnaedian folds, reniform concave
on inner side ruhrifusa.
h". Fore wing not tinged with purple.
a*^. Fore wing with the reniform angled in-
wards on median nervure lomhrosa.
b^. Fore wing with the reniform not angled
inwards on median nervure.
a?. Fore wing with the terminal area not
paler than the ground-colour.
d^. Fore wing without pale patch on inner
area before subterminal line plicafa.
6*. Fore wing with pale patch on inner
area before subterminal line gnaia.
b"^. Fore wing with the terminal area paler
than the ground-colour xclaina.
d^. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-
brown tcnehra.
e*. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale grey
or whitish.
w'. Fore wing with the orbicular minute, indis-
tinct ■piisilla.
i*. Fore wing with the orbicular large.
a°. Fore wing with white points on lower ex-
tremity of reniform.
a? . Fore wing with hardly any ochreous
tinge, and with distinct dentate fuscous
marks before subterminal line scrraiilinca.
b''. Fore wing with distinct ochreous tinge,
the dentate marks before subterminal
line indistinct ; size larger spalax.
b^. Fore wing without white points on lower
extremity of reniform insole its.
1225. Polia proxima.
Nociua proxima,-B.nhn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 409 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. Fr.
vi. p. 264, pi. 89. f. 5 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.
Haclena cana, Ev. Bull. Mo.sc. Soc. 1841, i. p. 29, pi. 3. ff. 7, 8 ; Herr.-Schaff.
Eur. Schmett., Koct. f. 82.
Hadena ochrostigma, Ev. Bull. Mosc. Soc. 1842, iii. p. 545 ; Herr.-Scluiff.
Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 165, 166.
Noctua extensa, Ev. Faun. Volg.-Ur. p. 231 (1844).
Head and ttorax blue-grey mixed with black-brown ; tegulte
with medial blackish line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi with
whitish rings; abdomen whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown
or dorsally suffused with fuscous. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated
with brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; subbasal
line double, filled in with blne-grcy, waved from costa to sub-
median fold; antemedial line douljlo, excurved in interspaces, bent
inwards in cell and angled inwards on vein 1 \ chiviform defined
/4 KOCTUID^,
by black, largo and extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and
reniform with fuscous centres and whitish annuli defined by black,
open above, the former oblique elliptical, the latter large ; a
waved medial shade ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below
costa, inwardly oblique below vein 6 and touching reniform and
claviform, slightly angled outwards on vein 1, the veins beyond it
streaked Avith black and with a series of white points on them ;
subterminal line grey, slightly defined on each side by brown, with
a more prominent patch with white points on it on inner side at
costa, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and slightly waved at
middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown in-
tersected with white. Hind wing reddish brown, with fine dark
terminal line ; cilia pale brown, white at tips ; the underside white,
thecostal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal
spot and slightly waved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. ochrostigma. Fore wing with slight fulvous spots beyond
claviform and reniform.
Ab. 2. extensa. Fore wing with the medial area suffused wdth
black.
Ab. 3. cana. More uniform brownish grey, the markings less
distinct.
Ab. 4. vniformis. Fore wing obscure grey, almost uniform in
colour. — Ulliassutai.
Hub. Germany, Silesia, Bohemia, Saxony ; Switzkeland, Valais,
Zeller & Frey Colls, ; Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll, ; Kussia,
Finland, Leech Coll,, Urals, Sarepta, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ;
W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul, Tarbagatai ; W. Siberia, Altai ;
E, Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia, Amurland. Exp. 32-40 millim.
*1226. Polia griseata, (Plate LXXXVI, fig, 7.)
Mamesfra griseata, Smith. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas, xxii. p. 467 (1900);
Dyar, Cat, Lep. N, Am. p. lot).
Head and thorax purplish grey irrorated with fuscous ; head
"with blackish tuft between antennae ; tegulaB with blackish medial
line; patagia edged with black on outer side; abdomen brownish
grey. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous ; a brownish
shade on medial area and on outer part of postmedial and terminal
areas except at apex ; subbasal line double, blackish, interrupted ;
a sliglit black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line greyish,
not defined by black, excurved ; claviform defined by black, short,
broad, acute ; orbicular and reniform rather small, with grey
annuli defined hj black, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial
line double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved to lower edge of reniform ; subterminal
line white, defined by the dark shading on each side of it, angled
outwards at vein 7 and incurved at submedian fold ; a fine dark
line at base of cilia, which are grey intersected with fuscous. Hind
w ing fuscous, paler at base ; the cilia whitish ; the underside paler
grey irroratcd with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and curved post-
medial baud.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Hall Valley. Exp., J 30, $ 23 millim.
This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from tjpe
iu U.S. Nat. Mus.
1227. Polia orientalis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 12.)
Dianthtj:cia orientalis, Alph. Ilor. Soc. Eut. Eoss. xvii. p. 71, pi. 2. f. 52
(1882) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. IGl.
Bianthxcia uniformis, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 256 (1896).
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi blackish except
at tips ; tegulse with two dark lines ; patagia edged witli black
above; tarsi with white rings; abdomen grey mixed with brown.
Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with bi'own ; a Avaved black streak
below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by black stria) from
costa and cell, defined by whitish on outer side ; antemcdial line
oblique, waver], defined by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and
white anuuli defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical,
the area between and beyond them suffused with brown ; traces of
a curved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to dark
streaks interrupted by pale points on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa and a ])ale oblique band arising from apex ;
subterminal line whitish, defined by slight somewhat dentate brown
marks on inner side and some fuscous on outer, angled outwards
at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins -1, 3 ; a terminal series
of black lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; cilia white, with a brown line through them ; the
underside grey irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and sinuous
postmedial line.
Ab. 1. uniformis. Fore wing more uniform brownish grey.—
Mongolia.
JIab. W. Turkestan, Tura, 1 d , 3 $ , Ferghana, Issyk-kul ;
E. Turkestan, Hi ; Mongolia, Uliassutai Mts., Urga, 1 d • Exp.
34 millim.
1228. Polia oriza.
Cel(Bna ori::a, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. i. p. 275, pi. 26. f. 28 (1889).
S • Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with white ;
tcgula) yellowish at base and tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with
white ; abdomen rufous mixed with white. Fore wing wliitish,
mostly suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the medial area,
darker red-brown ; subbasal line from costa to submedian fold,
angled outwards at median nervure and defined by white on outer
side ; the antemedial line double filled in with white, strongly
angled outwards below costa, then very oblique and sinuous ;
orbicular white with rufous tinge iu centre, V-shaped, open above,
'6
jjoc'tuid.t:.
its lower extremity connected by a white fascia with the reniform,
which is U-shaped, open above, with brown centre and white
annulus ; postmedial line double filled in with white, strongljf
bent outwards below costa, incurved, oblique and slightly sinuous
below vein 6, joining the antemedial line above inner margin,
some diffused white on its outer edge and some white points on
costa ; subtermiual lino only defined by the area beyond it being
Fig. 21. — ToUa orha, cJ. \.
more purplish grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurvcd at
middle, joined by an oblique dark streak from termen below apex;
a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the costal and
terminal areas slightly tinged with red-brown, a rufous terminal
line ; the underside with tbe costal area irrorated with rufous, a
dark discoidal point and traces of a sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 (S type, Godman-Salvin Coll.
Ea-j). 30 millim.
1229. Polia rubens.
Celana rubens, Druce, Eiol. Ceutr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 274, pi. 26. f. 25
(1889).
Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with a few white
scales ; tegulae with black line near tips ; jxitagia partly edged with
black ; abdomen dark purplish brown. Fore wing purple-brown
suffused with grey ; an olive-green streak in eubmedian fold to
postmedial line ; subbasal line double, blackish filled in with grey,
waved, from costa to subraedian fold, where it is connected with
base by a black streak ; antemedial line double filled in with grey,
strongly angled outwards below costa, then obliquely waved and
bent inwards to inner margin ; claviform more or less elongate,
strongly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with
white annuli slightly defined by black, the former oblique elliptical,
the latter with yellowish centre, narrow, stronglj'^ angled inwards
on median nervure, slightly in female ; postmedial line double
filled in with grey, oblique from below costa to vein o, then strong!}-
incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa, the area beyond it
greyish, shading to rufous before the grey subtermiual line, which
is prominent, angled inwards below costa and in submedian fold,
outwards at vein 7 and excurvcd at middle ; a terminal series of
black points ; a fine grey line at base of cilia. Hind wing while,
the costal area tinged with brown, the inner and terminal areas
rOT.TA.
also in female; a fine terminal brown line; the iindersifle with
the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and
trace.^ of a curved postmedial line.
If ah. Mexico city (Godman, Hoec/e), 1 c? , 1 $ , Jalapa (//^o^^ej,
1 (S tj'pe, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp., c? 28, $ 32 millim.
1230. Polia lepidula.
Maniestra kpidula, Smith, Proe. U.S. JN'at. Mus. x. p. 463 (1887); id.
Cat. Noct. N. Aui. p. 115.
Celcena perta, Druce, Eiol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 275, pi. 2G. f. 26 (1889).
5 . Head and thorax bright rufous, tegulae and patagia edged
with grey, the scales on vertex of bead and thorax tipped with
grey ; abdomen brown mixed with ochreous, the anal tuft rufous.
Fore wing ferruginous and bright chestnut; the costal area except
at base, the medial area except beyond the reniform and between
cell and submedian fold, and the terminal area darker brown ; a
nearly straight subbasal chestnut line from costa to submedian fold,
defined by grey on outer side ; the antemedialline defined by grey
on inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform minute, defined by chestnut ; orbicular
grey, oblique obloi\g or elliptical ; reniform whitish, diffused above
and with small dark brown spot on it at lower angle of cell ;
postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below
tosta, excurvcd to vein 5, then incurved and sinuous ; subterminal
line whitish, excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards
at discal and submedian folds, the area beyond it dark brown ;
cilia chequered reddish brown and white. Hind wing whitish
suffused with reddish brown, the cilia yellowish white ; the under-
side white irrorated with rufous, a discoidal point and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Texas, California, Los Angeles ; Mexico, Las
Vigas {Hoege), 1 § i)-]ie per ta, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30 millim.
1231. Polia distincta.
Achatia (Listbwta, Hiibn. Saiiiml. Ex. Schmett. i. ))1. 194 (1827) ; Grote &
Eob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 107, pi. iii. f. 72 ; Suiith, Oat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 116.
Dicopis vith, French, Can. Eut. xi. p. 76 (1879).
Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous ; palpi black at
sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulsB with black medial line and
dark tips ; patagia edged above with black scales : tarsi banded
with black ; abdomen whitish, dorsally irrorated with fuscous and
tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with pale
brown; subbasal line represented by double white stria; from costa
and cell ; antcincdial line double tilled in with white, angled
outwards below costa, then obliquely excurved, its inner [)art pale
78 NOCTtriDJE.
olive below the cell and also its outer part below vein 1 ; elaviform
short and broad, defined by black and with a black streak from it
to postraedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, grey tinged with
reddish brown and defined by black, the former rounded, open
above and below, the latter extending to below cell, the cell before
and between them and the area below it suffused with brown ;
traces of a medial line angled outwards below costa and on median
nervurc and inwards to antemedial line above vein 1 ; postmedial
line double filled in with white, somewhat dentate and ]troduced
to slight points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line irregularly dentate,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with some sranll
dentate black marks defined by olive and fuscous suffusion beyond it
except at apex and toruus and by a patch before it between veins
3, 4 ; the veins towards termen streaked with black ; a terminal
series of small triangular black marks ; cilia chequered olive and
white. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused
with brown ; the underside with dark discoidal point and curved
puuctiform postmedial line.
Hab. Canada ; U.S.A., E. States, 1 c? , 1 2 , Illinois, Central
States, Texas, Dallas {Boll), 2 (5 , Colorado. Exp. 40 millim.
Larva. Marten, Tr. Dept. Agr. 111. 18, app. 136 (1880).
Head green. Body green marked with greenish white; a faint
dorsal line edged with dark green, subdorsal line distinct, stigmatal
line faint.— H. G. D.
*1232. Polia literata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 13.)
Cucullia literata, Fisch. de Waldheim, Bull. Mosc. 1840, i. p. 86, pi. 3.
f. 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.
$ . Head and thorax grey and dark broken mixed ; tegulae with
dark medial line ; abdomen ochreous mixed with dark brown.
Fore wing whitish, almost entirely suft'used with ochreous brown,
dark brown, and some grey, leaving patches of white below the cell
beyond subbasal line, as a dentate mark beyond the elaviform and
on inner area beyond postmedial line ; subbasal line double filled
in with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial
line double filled in with whitish, waved, oblique from costa to
below cell, then angled inwards on vein 1 : elaviform defined by
black, acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, defined
by black, the former white, rather quadrate, the latter with brown
centre and white annulus ; postmedial line black defined by white,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale defined by
brown on inner side, excurved at vein 7, somewhat dentate on
veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, towards which it is slightly
defined by black, the area beyond it greyer ; a terminal series of
black lunules : cilia \\ ith a black line at base. Hind wing reddish
POLIA.
79
brown irrorated with grey ; cilia whitish, with a brown line tlirough
them ; the underside grey thickly irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hab. S. llussrA, Sarepta, in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 46 millim.
1233. Folia luteago.
Nocfua luteago, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 8() (1777) ; Hiibn. Samnil. Eur.
Sclimett., Noct. f. 184 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 24(>, pi. 23. ff. 3, 4 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.
Noctua brunneago, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 106. ff. 2, .3 (1796).
Kodua argillacea, Hiibn. Sainml. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. .590 (1827).
Noctuo^ olhicna, Geyer, Satuml. Eur. Scbiuett., Noct. ff. 829, 830 (1834).
Dianfh(ecia harrdtii, H. Doubl. Ent. Ann. 1864, p. 124, f. 3.
Diantha-cia andalusica, Staud. Stelt. ent. Zeit. 1859, ji. 214 ; Eamb. Cat.
Lep. S. And. pi. xi. f. 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.
Head and thorax yellow mixed with fulvous ; abdomen fulvous
yellow. Fore wing yellow, suffused in part with fulvous, especially
on costal and medial areas; subbasal line pale, waved, from costa
to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, the inner line
Fig. 22.— Folia luteago, c? . \.
indistinct ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by rufous,
with more or less distinct pale dentate patch beyond it below the
cell ; orbicular and reniforra well-developed, yellow defined by
rufous and with slight brownish centres, the former rounded ; an
indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line indistinctly double,
dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;
some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct,
pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area
beyoud it rather darker except at apex ; a terminal series of small
dark luruiles ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous. Hind wing
yellow suft'used with fuscous brown ; the underside yellow irrorated
with brown ; a discoidal lunule and ctirved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. arf/i.llacea. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown
mixed with grey ; fore wing grey suffused with dark brown,
especially on medial area ; the markings black ; a black mark below
base of cell bisected by the subbasal line ; claviform connected
with postmedial line by a dark streak ; orbicular, rcniform, and a
80 NOCTTJTDJ-:.
patch on base of vein 2 gvej : hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia
ochreous white.
Hah. Bkitain, Ireland, Leech Coll.; Guernsei {F. E. Lowe);
France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Austria, Zeller &
Leech Colls. ; Spain, Andalusia, Castille; Corsica; Lxalt ; Algeria ;
Russia, Sarepta, Zeller Coll., Urals ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ;
Mesopotamia ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; W. Siberia,
Altai. Exp. 34-44 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 78 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 2()1, pi. 165. f. 2.
Pale ochreous with a slight pinkish tinge ; dorsal line indistinct,
fuscous ; head reddish pink with blackish markings. Food-plants :
roots of Silene muritima and injlata. 7-9.
1234. Polia canities, n. sp. (Plate LXXX. fig. 14.)
cJ . Head and thorax pale brownish white irrorated with dark
brown ; pal}»i banded with fuscous ; abdomen brownish ochreous
irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing pale ochreous brown
sparsely irrorated with white ; traces of a double subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique,
waved ; claviform faintly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform
almost obsolete, defined by a few yellow and dark scales, the former
round ; postmedial line very indistinct, dentate and produced to
white points on the veins, bent oittwards below costa, excurvcd to
vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line formed by a series of very obscure yellowish and dark
lunules, angled outwards at vein 7 and escurved at middle ; fine
pale lines at base and through middle of cilia. Hind wing whitish
irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ;
cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the underside with
discoidal point, curved postmedial line, and terminal fuscous band.
Uah. U.S.A., California, 1 S • Exj_^. 32 millim.
1235. Polia discolor. (Plate LXXX. fig. 15.)
Scotoijramma discolor. Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. \ii. p. 42 (1899) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159.
cJ . Head and thorax clothed with pale reddish broAvn and black
scales and hairs ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale brown
mixed with dark brown. Fore wing pale ochreous, almost entirely
irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown ; subbasal line repre-
sented by an oblique scries of three groups of black scales ; ante-
medial line black, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then
angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform very obscurely defined by
black ; orbicular round, very indistinct, with pale annulus ; reniform
represented by an obscure X-shaped black mark ; postmedial line
irregularly dentate and formed by a series of black lunules, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of somewhat dentate black
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marks, angled outwards afc vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the
underside paler, irro rated with brown and black, a black discoidal
lunule and curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 S • Exp. 30 millim.
1236. Polia determinata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 10.)
Mamestra determinata, Smith, Proc. U.S.Nat. Miis. xiv. p. 209(1891);
id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.
(S . Head and thorax reddish brown and grey, the scales tipped
with grey ; abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing ochreous
whitish, suffused and irrorated with rufous, most strongly on
medial area; the median nervure, the costal area beyond antemedial
line, and the terminal area dark brown irrorated with white ;
subbasal line obsolete ; antemedial line single, oblique from costa
to submedian fold, then slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular
and reniform with rufous centres and whitish annuli defined by
black, the former irregularly rounded, the latter concave towards
base and with fuscous spot in its lower extremity ; traces of a
waved medial lino ; postmedial line rather indistinct, dentate and
produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being darker,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale suffused with
reddish brown, paler towards base and inner margin ; cilia white,
with a strong brown line through them; the underside whitish, the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal
lunule.
Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 c? , foothills (Brace), in Coll. Schaus.
Eap. 34 millim.
1237. Polia Columbia. (Plate LXXX. fig. 17.)
T(/>niocampa Columbia, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 472 (1887) ; id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202.
S . Head and thorax bright rufous, the hairs tipped with grey ;
abdomen reddish ochreous, sometimes darker, with the anal tuft
redder, the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore wing bright
rufous irrorated with grey ; the lines rather indistinct, the veins
with brownish streaks ; traces of a subbasal lino from costa to
submedian fold ; the antemedial line oblique from costa to
submedian fold, then waved ; orbicular and reniform moderate,
greyisli defined by rufous, the former round, the lat(er with some
fuscous in lower part; a medial rufous shade, oblique from costa to
lower angle of cell ; the postmedial line minutely dentate, bent
outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved
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below vein 4 ; some grey points on costa towards apex ; subterminal
line pale, defined by the area beyond it being greyer, excurved at
vein 7 and middle, angled inwards in discal and submedian folds.
Hind wing brownish ochreous, browner towards termen ; the cilia
ochreoua at base, then with brown line and whitish tips ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with
brown, a disooidal point and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( WoUey~Dod), 5 S , K^.W. Br.
Columbia. Ea-2J. 34 millim.
1238. Polia meditata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 18.)
Dianfhoecia meditata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 104 (1873) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.
Head and thorax dark red-brown more or less strongly irrorated
with grey ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft of male paler.
Pore wing red-brown, sufiuscd with fuscous and slightly irrorated
with grey ; traces of a waved grey subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with
grey, oblique, waved ; claviform small, defined by brown ; orbicular
and reniform moderate, with greyish annuli incompletely defined by
brown, the former rather obliijue elliptical ; postmedial line dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined by the area
beyond it being somewhat darker and suffused with grey, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins of
terminal area dark ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing dark
brown, sometimes yellowish towards base ; cilia with fine pale line
at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, the costal area sometimes tinged with rufous, a dark
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada (Norman), 1 J; U.S.A., Eastern States to Vir-
ginia and Mississippi, 1 c? , 1 $ , type, Kansas. Exp. 34 millim.
Larva. Head brown, with broad curved black bands in front
and black reticulations. Body sordid reddish brown, dorsal space
broadlv paler, enclosing dorsal rounded lozenge-sliaped dark patches ;
sides dark ; lines obscurely indicated, the substigraatal broad,
scarcely paler than ground-colour. Cervical shield shining black,
luteous-dotted centrally and cut by distinct dorsal and more diffuse
subdorsal orange lines. Feet black. Tubercles minute. — H. G. D.
1239. Polia leucogramma. (Plate LXXX. fig. 19.)
Dianthoecia leucogramma, Grote. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. liO (1873) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.
(S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen
reddish brown irrorated with grey. Fore wing reddish brown
irrorated with black ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to
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submedian fold filled in with grey; antemedial line double filled
in with grey, waved and angled inwards in cell and on vein 1 ;
cla\iform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small,
defined by black and with some grey in centres, the former round ;
a medial black shade darkening the cell between the stigmata ; jiost-
medial line double filled in with whitish, minutely waved, bent
outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4,
some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line white,
defined on inner side by some small dentate dark marks between
veins 5 and 1, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
some white suffusion on terminal area ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing
brown, darker towards termen ; cilia white, with brown line at
base ; the underside white irrorated with brown, the terminal area
suffused with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial
line.
Hah. U.S.A., California, 1 c^ , Grote Coll. Exp. 32 millim.
*1240. Polia mohosa. (Plate LXXX. fig. 20.)
Hecatera mohosa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 412 (1897).
J . Head and thorax clothed with pale brown, black, and white
scales ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi banded black and white ;
abdomen grey-brown, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing
whitish, largely suffused with rufous and in parts with fuscous ;
the veins streaked with fuscous and white ; a double, waved, black
Bubbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved
antemedial line angled outwards below costa and excurved above
inner margin ; claviforra black ; orbicular with ruibus centre and
white anuulus defined by black, rather small, rounded ; reniform
with white centre defined by brown and white annulus defined by
black, angled inwards on median nervure ; the postmedial lino
dentate and produced to points on the veins, strongly bent out-
wards below costa and inwards below vein 4, then defined by
whitish on outer side; some white points on costa towards apex;
the subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle, the area beyond it grey irrorated with fuscous ; a ter-
minal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused
with brown, especially on terminal half; the cilia whitish: the
underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and
curved postmedial line.
Jfab. EcuADOK, Loja, typefc? in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 20 millim.
*1241. Polia orizabena. (Plate LXXX. fig. 21.)
JJa/Jena orisabena, Scliau.s, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142 (1898) : Druce,
Biol. Centj.-Am., Het. ii. p. 5G8.
J . Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with purplish
G 2
8-1 ^•oc•TUID.E.
fuscous ; tarsi -with pale pinkish rings ; abdomen purplish pink,
brown towards extremity, the basal crest dark. Fore wing black-
brown suffused with puplish pink and with a grey gloss ; an in-
distinct, double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line double filled in with paler colour, angled outwards
below costa, oblique to submedian fold, then recurved to inner
margin ; the medial area rather darker ; the claviform very ob-
scurely defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, the former
greyish, the latter rather concave towards base, with pinkish an-
nulus and ])rominent white spot on its outer edge ; the postuiedial
line indistinctly double tilled in with pinkish, bent outwards below
costa, and incurved below vein 4 to near antemedial line, some pale
points beyond it on costa : the subterminal line represented by
whitish points on black streaks extending to termen, the terminal
area rather darker; some pinkish points at base of cilia. Hind
wing ochreous white suffiised with brown, the area below the cell
whiter ; a terminal series of dark strite ; the underside with the
costal area tinged with pink, a black discoidal spot and waved
postmedial lide.
Hab. Mexico. Orizaba, type f S in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 30
millim.
1242. Polia brachiola. (Plate LXXX. fig. 22.)
Mamestra hrachiolum, Harv. Can. Ent. viii. p. 6 (1876) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. i. p. 123.
Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with grey ;
tegulse with slight black medial line. Fore Aving grey suffused and
irroratc'd witli black-brown and with a slight purplish tinge ; a waved
subbasal black line from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey
on outer side ; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line, angled
inwards in cell and tilled in with grey ; claviform very small,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, incom-
pletely above, the former small or moderate, rounded ; an indistinct
waved medial line, angled outwards to lower angle of cell ; post-
medial line double, dentate, filled in with grey, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; the postmedial area
grey except at costa ; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at
vein 7, excurved at middle, and bent outwards to tornus, with some
black marks on inner side from vein 5 to inner margin, slightly
defined by black on outer side ; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards
base in male ; cilia white, with a brown line through them ; the
underside whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, the terminal
area suffused with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial
line.
Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1 cJ , 1 $ , type, xirizona. Exp. 34 millim.
< '.r ^■■'^'! roLIA. 85
1243. Polia rubrifusa, u. sp. (Plate LXXX. tig. 23.)
(5'. Head aud thorax fuscous mixed with some black, the
scales tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen
brown mixed with grey, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing
dark grey thickly irrorated and suffused with black and with
a slight purplish tinge ; the inner and postmedial areas tinged
with vinous red, tlie discal and subraedian folds on medial
area suffused with deep red ; subbasal line indistinct, waved,
from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line double, the
inner line indistinct, angled outwards below costa, then oblique,
waved ; clavifbrm absent ; orbicular aud reniform small, reddish
with slight white annuli defined by black, the former round, the
latter concave on inner side and with some fuscous in its lower
part ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line defined by
whitish on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to veiu 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on
costa on a fuscous patch extending to subterminal line, which is
pale reddish defined on inner side by minute dentate brown marks
and by some fuscous on outer, slightly angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle ; a fine terminal black line ; cilia dark
brown. Hind wing pale suffixsed with brown, the terminal half
dark brown ; the cilia brown at base, whitish at tii)s ; the under-
side white thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal luuule
and curved postmedial line.
I/ab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Bculah, 1 c5' . -Et^J. 34 millim.
*1244. Polia umbrosa. (Plate LXXX. fig. 24.)
Seotograynma umhrosa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 470(1887) ; id. Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p, l;30.
5 . Head and thorax blackish mixed with grey ; frons with
black bar ; teguke with ill-defined dark medial line ; tarsi ringed
with white ; abdomen fuscous brown nuxed with grey. Fore wing
grey mostly suft'used and irrorated with fuscous brown, the medial
area rather daiker ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish,
waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double tilled
in with whitish, waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; clavitorni
moderate, indistinctly defined by black and with some pale reddish
brown beyond its extremity : orbicular and reniform with indistinct
greyish annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter
slightly angled inwards on median nervure aud with a faint reddish
tinge before and beyond it ; traces of a waved medial line ; post-
medial line defined by greyish on outer side, minutely dentate and
produced to whitish points on the veins,, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some wbite points beyond it
on costa ; subtermiiud lino wliite, hardly defined on imuT side.
86 NOCTUIDiE.
minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
cilia whitish mixed with brown and with a brown line through
them. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous, especiiilly on the veins
and terminal area ; cilia white with a dark line through them ;
the underside white, the costal and termiual areas irrorated with
fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 34
millim.
1245. Polia plicata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 25.)
Mamestra plicata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ix. p. 243 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 155.
Mamestra negvssa, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxii. p. 219 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 156.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with dark brown. Fore
wing gvey thickly irrorated with fuscous brown ; the cell and area
just beyond and below it tinged with rufous ; the veins with some-
what darker streaks ; an indistinct subbasal line defined hy grey on
outer side, angled outwards in cell and extending to submedian
fold; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with grey ; claviform
small, grey indistinctly defined by brown, or rather larger and better
defined ; orbicular and reniform grey defined by black, the former
oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ;
traces of an oblique waved medial line from cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, minutely waved, bent
outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; some pale points
on costa towards apex ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing grey-brown with
fine dark terminal line ; the underside grey irrorated with brown,
a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary {WoUey-Dod), 1 J , 1 5 ; U.S.A.,
Colorado in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 40 millim.
*1246. Polia gnata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 8.)
Mamestra gnata, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 170 (1882) ; Smitl^, Cat. Noct.
N.Am. p. 116.
S ■ Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulte with
black medial line ; abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing dark
grey suffused with yellowish brown ; the lines double ; subbasal
line indistinct ; antemedial line minutely waved, oblique from
costa to median nervure ; claviform defined by black, small ; orbi-
cular and reniform well developed, with pale annuli defined by
black, the former rather oblique elliptical ; a slight medial shade
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line minutely
waved, l)enl outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, the
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area beyond it grej'er, with a prominent pale patch on inner area
before subterniinal line, which is pale defined by the area beyond
it being darker, incurved at discal and submcdian folds. Hind
wing white, the veins and termeu tinged with brown ; the under-
side with dark irroration.
Huh. U.S.A., New Mexico, Arizona. E.rp. 32 millim. This
species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
*1247. Polia selama.
Mamestra selama, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous tinged with grey. Fore
wing fuscous irrorated with grey and with a silky texture ; the
markings black defined by grey ; no black streak below base of
cell ; claviform absent ; terminal area grey ; an indistinct black
terminal line ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ;
cilia whitish, with a dark line through them.
Bab. U.S.A., Texas. Exj). 28 millim. This species is unknown
to me.
1248. Polia tenebra, n. sp. (Plate LXXX. fig, 26.)
J' . Read and thorax brown mixed with white and black scales ;
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing fuscous
brown mixed with grey and slightly tinged in parts with dull
olive; subbasal line double, waved, interrupted at middle, from
costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line irregularly waved, oblique, defined
by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round,
with white annulus, the latter indistinct, irregular ; an indistinct
waved medial line ; postmcdial line defined by whitish on outer
side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
whitish, defined on inner side by a series of small dentate black
marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia whitish and fuscous
with a black line at base. Hind wing pale suffused with brown,
the terminal area darkest, a slight discoidal spot, sinuous postmcdial
line, and some terminal lunules ; cilia whitish with a dark line near
base ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown.
Hab. Kashmir, Deosai Plains {Leech), 1 d type. Exi>. 30 millim.
88 NocTTJin^T:.
*1249. Polia pusilla. (Plate LXXX. fig. 28.)
Thargelia ptisilla, Piinj?. Iris, xiii. p. 118, pi. iv. f. 10 (1000); Stand. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 254, add.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grej'-white mixed with pale
olive-brown and black ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey-
white snfFused with olive-brown and irrorated Avith fuscous ; the
subbasal line represented by an obscure striga from costa and two
from cell ; antomedial line very oblique and rather irregular from
costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards to
the postmedial line above inner margin, defined by whitish on inner
side ; claviform an ill-defined whitish mark ; orbicular a small ill-
defined whitish mark with dark point at centre ; reniform whitish,
ill-defined except on inner side, where its centre and circumference
are defined by black ; postmedial line double filled in with white,
minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4,
then oblique ; subterminal line formed by a series of whitish and
dark dentate marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to
termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing whitish, uniformly
suffused with fuscous : cilia white with a brown line through them ;
the underside white irrorated w ith brown, a discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. Tkanscaspia, Askhabad, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 36 millim.
1250. Polia serratilinea.
Mamestra serratHinea, Ti-eit. Schniett. Eur. v. 2, p. 38 (182.'i); Dup. Lep.
Fr. vi. p. 430, pi. 99. f. 6 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 395 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155.
Mamestra polyoclon, Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 365 (1827), nee Clerck.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous brown mixed with grey ;
tarsi fuscous with" pale rings. Fore wing grey irrorated and suff'used
with ochreous brown ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; a waved antemedial line defined by grey on inner
side ; claviform defined by brown and often filled in with brown ;
orbicular and reniform large, rather indistinctly defined by brown,
the former irregularly rounded, the latter with two white points
on outer side at lower extremity and one on inner ; a curved waved
medial line approximated below the cell to the postmedial Hue,
which is strongly dentate and produced to grey points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
])ale points beyond it on costa ; a dentate whitish subterminal line
defined by somewhat dentate brown marks on inner side, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
small black lunules ; a series of whitish points at base of cilia.
Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on the veins and
terminal area ; cilia ochreous white with a brow-n line through
them ; the underside wliitish, the costal and terminal areas slightly
roLiA. 89
irrorated with browu, a slight discoidal liimile and curved post-
medial line.
Hah. Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Leech Coll. ; Austria,
Zeller Coll. ; Hungaet, Frcy Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Siberia, Altai,
Leech Coll. Exp. 46-56 millim.
Larva. Grey with a dark head. On low-growing plants in
spring.
1251. Polia spalax.
jSIamestra, spalax, Alph. Slett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 168 ; id. Eom. Mem. v.
p. 144, pi. 6. f. 5 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155.
5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with yellowish or dark brown ;
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with browia. Fore
wing grey, more or less tinged with ochreous and thicklj' irrorated
with fuscous brown ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ;
claviform moderate, defined by fuscous ; orbicular and reniform
large, defined by fuscous, the former irregularly rounded, with slight
whitish annulus, the latter irregular with whitish points on edges,
somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; traces of a waved
medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to a
double series of points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of whitish dentate
marks slightly defined by fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of fuscous lunulcs ; cilia with
ochreous line at base, then a fuscous line, the tips whitish and
fuscous. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown with a slight
reddish tinge ; the cilia with ochreous and fuscous lines at base
and white tips ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a
discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line with darker streaks at
the veins.
Hab. B-trssiA, Urals ; Persia, Mesopotamia ; W. Turkestan,
2 § , Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul, Ala Tan ; W. Siberia,
Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 34-36 millim.
1252. Polia insolens.
Dianthctcia, insolens, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sei. ii. p. G5 (1874) ;
Smitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.
TeniocaJnpa carina, Morr. Pi-oc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 158 (1874).
Head and thorax clothed with whitish and pale brown hair ;
abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing whitish or
luteous, suffused and irrorated with dark brown or nearly uniform
pale d>dl brown ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa
to submedian fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, angled out-
wards below costa; claviform very indistinctly defined l)y brown;
orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish or ochreous, the
former round : postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below c^sta,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line almost evenlv
90 NOCTUID.E.
curved, defined on inner side by a series of dentate fuscous marks
and by the area beyond it being rather darlcer ; a terminal series of
small dark lunules ; cilia wbitish, with a dark line through them.
Hind "wing whitish suffused with brown ; the underside white
slightly irrorated with brown, a brown dJscoidal point and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., California, 3 $ type, San Francisco (Stretch), 3 S ,
1 ? . Exp., J 40-44, ? 46-52 miUim.
Sect. V. Antennae of male cihated.
A. Prothorax with divided crest.
a. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
a'. Fore wing with the sublerminal line dentate ou
veins 4, 8, and forming a distinct ^-va&rk.
c^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines
conjoined by a black streak in subinedian fold.
c?. Fore wing with pale dentate mark beyond the
clavifonn.
a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous
white 'peregrina.
i*. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish
grey con tigua.
P. Fore wing without pale dentate mark beyond
the claviform.
(iK Fore wing with the postmedial area dis-
tinctly paler tban the medial area.
a^. Fore wing with the basal streak broad... grandis.
¥. Fore wing with the basal streak narrow, w-latinum.
b*. Fure wing with the postmedial area hardly
paler than the medial area,
fl*. Fore wing not tinged with purplish red . invalida.
P. Fore wing tinged with purplish red.
a". Fore wing with the snbterminal line
wliite thalassina.
P. Fore wing with the subterminal line
grey suhjuncta.
b^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines
not conjoined by a black streak in submedian
fold.
a^. Fore wing with the areas at base of costa,
beyond the reniform, and the postmedial
area bright rufous nevadm.
P. Fore wing more uniform brown.
a*. Fore wing with whitish annuli to stigmata, altaica.
P. Fore wing without whitish auuuli to stig-
mata,
a'. Fore wing with the subterminal line
wliite suasa.
P. Fore wing with the subterminal line
grey aliena.
c^. Fore wing ochreous grey consanguis, \a.r.
b^. Fore wing without distinct ^-mark on subterminal
line.
a^. Fore wing with the terminal area not darker
than the ground-colour passa.
b-. Fore wing with the terminal area darker than
the ground-colour , ptochica.
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b. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a}. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous or
greyish ochreous.
a^ Fore wing witli the orbicular V-shaped vau-orbicidans.
h'\ Fore wing with the orbicular rounded consanc/uis.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour red-browu.
a^. Fore wn)g without pale streaks on the veins ... fuscimfa.
6^. Fore wing with pale streaks on the veins venata.
c'. Fore wing with the ground-colour blackish.
a?. Fore wing without ochreous points on subtor-
minal line •••■• mortua.
' h-. Fore wing with ochreous points on subtermiual
line persicarice.
d}. Fore wing with the ground-colour dark purplish
grey more or less completely sufl'used with
fuscous.
a^. Fore wing with pale postmedial patch in sub-
median interspace.
a^. Fore wing with the annulus of reniform and
the subterminal line flesli-colour glaucopis.
b^. Fore wing with the annulus of reniform
and the s'ubterininal line white cristifera.
b^. Fore wing with the whole postmedial area pur-
plish grey.
a^. Fore wing with the costal area concolorous.
a*. Fore wing with the inner area concolorous.
rj?. Fore wing with the reniform large,
■whitish mamestrina.
¥. Fore wing with the reniform smaller,
grey ingravis.
b^. Fore wing with ochreous-brown fascia on
inner margin nagaensis.
h^. Fore wing with grey streak below costa fcrrispara.
c^. Fore wing with the costal area pinkish
ochreous •••• eostigera.
e\ Fore wing with the ground-colour pale purplish
grey more or less suffused with red-brown.
a^. Fore wing without distinct diirk mark on sub-
terminal fold mongolica.
6^. Fore wing with angulate dark mark on sub-
terminal line in snbmedian fold formed of two
spots advena.
c^. Fore wing with lunulate dark mark on sub-
terminal line in snbmedian fold tincta.
p. Fore wing with tlie ground-colour whitish grey.
a^. Fore wing with the dorsum of thorax not varie-
gated with white.
a^. Fore wing with prominent oblique dark
medial shade on costal half,
a*. Fore wing with the subterminal line angled
inwards in discal fold, and witli prominent
black streaks between it and termen latex.
b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line not
angled inwards Iti discal f ild, and with-
out black streaks between it and termen... rogenhoferi.
b^. Fore wing with the medial shade waved,
indistinct.
a*. Fore wing tinged and irrorated with brown.
a'\ Fore wing with the upper subterminal
black spot in submedian interspace
elongate nchidosa.
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NOCTUIDiE.
h". Fore wing with the upper subterminal
black spot in submedian interspace short, nimhosa.
h*. Fore wing thickly irrorated with fuscous... mystica.
'■. Fore wing with the dorsum of thorax variegated
with white.
a^. Fore wing with the white annulus of reniform
broken up into small spots,
«■*. F^ore wing with white annulus to reniform
on inner side; subterminalline notstrongly
defined by black scotochlora.
b*. Fore wing with the white annulus to reni-
form obscured by a black hniule on iuner
side ; subterminal line very strongly
defined by black goliath.
P. Fore wing with the white annulus of reniform
entire,
a'. Foi'e wing without white sjDOt beyond the
claviform.
a°. Fore wing with the orbicular moderate,
with brown centre adjuncia.
h^. Fore wing with the orbicular small,
with white centre dilatata.
6'. Fore wing with white spot beyond the
claviform.
a'. Fore wing without brown centre to
orbicvdar variolata.
b'. Fore wing with brown centre to orbicular, glaciata.
1253. Polia peregrina.
Hadena peregrina, Treitsch. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, p. 330 (1825) ; Frr. Beitr.
Eur. Schmett. pi. 70. f. 1 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.
Koctua bUnna, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 706 (1827).
Isocf.ua trimenda, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 789-791 (1827).
Noctua contribuUs, Bois. Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 357, pi. 122. f. 1 (1827).
Hadena salsolce, Embr. Ann. Soc. Obs. 1829, p. 258, pi. 6. f. 1.
Head and thorax ochreous-white mixed with pale rufous ; tegular
with medial black line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomeu ochreous
tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous-white suffused with pale
reddish brown ; a slight black stieak below base of cell ; subbasal
line represented by double black striae filled in with whitish from
costa and cell, intersecting the black streak ; antemedial line
double filled in with whitish, waved, angled outwards in submedian
fold and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, incompletely defined
by black, a whitish patch beyond it on base of vein 2 often defined by
black below ; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined
by black, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line defined by
whitish on outer side, dentate, the veins beyond it slightly streaked
with black, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
ochreous, with dentate black marks on its inner side at middle,
angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, and
excurved to tornus, the area beyond it tinged with fuscous except
POLIA. 93
at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing
ochreous-white, the veins and termiual area more or less tinged
with fuscous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown, a slight discoidal lunula and curved postmedial series of
points on the veins.
Hah. Britain, I. of Wight ; S. France {Zdler), Frey & Leech
Colls. ; jS". Italy ; Dalmatia ; Turkey ; S. Russia, Sarepta, Zeller
Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia. Exp. 36-40
millira.
Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 180.
Yellow, with numerous small brown annuli most prominent on
dorsal area, some of them I'orming the dorsal and subdorsal lines ;
lateral and stigmatal lines yellow, the former edged by brown striae
above ; head reddish brown with yellowish points. Food-plants :
Chenopodium, Salsola, and Mesemhr)jantJiemum.
1254. Polia contigua.
Nociua contiqua, Scliiif. Wien. Verz p. 82 (1776) ; Ginel. ed. Syst. Nat. i.
5, p. 2543 (1788); Vill. Linn. Eut. iv. p. 468 (1789); Hiibn. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. ff. 85, 609 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 289, pi. 91. f. 2; Frey,
Beitr. i. pi. 16; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., Haust. ii. p. 184; Stand. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 157.
Noctua arite, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 160. f. 8 (1786).
Noctiia s-partii, Bralim, Ins. ii. p. 32.3 (1791).
Mamestra subcoiit ig iia, £v. Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 155; 1856, ii. pi. 2. f. 1,
iii. p. 19.
Head and thorax purplish-red mixed with grey and black ; frons
with black bar, teguhe with black medial line ; tarsi with pale
rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the anal tuft sometimes
ochreous. Fore wing grey mixed with brown and fuscous, the
medial area tinged with rufous, an olive shade beyond the reniforra,
the postmedial area greyer ; a sinuous black streak below base of
cell ; a whitish patch at base of costa with the waved subbasal line
on it, from costa to submedian fold; a double, waved antemedial
line filled in with grey and strongly excurved below the cell ;
claviform defined by black and with black streak from it to post-
medial line ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
round or oblique elliptical, white and with whitish patch below it,
the latter with brown centre and greyish annulus often more or loss
angled inwards on median ncrvure ; traces of a waved medial line ;
l)Ostmcdial line double, the outer line indistinct, minutely dentate
and with slight black streaks beyond it on the veins, bent outwards
below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it
on costa ; subterminal line white, slightly defined by brown on inner
side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3,
where there are small dentate black marks on its inner side, the
area beyond it brown except at apex ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia intersected with i)inkish white. Hind wing
white tinged with fuscous brown, especially on the veins and terminal
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NOCTUID^,
area ; a fine terminal dark line ; the cilia white ; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with hrown, a small discoidal spot
and sinuous postmedial line.
Ah. 1, suhcontigua. Darker. — Urals, Ipask.
Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; Fe.\nce, Leech
Coll. ; Germany, Zoller & Frey Colls. ; N". Spain ; N. Italy ;
Russia, Urals ; Armenia ; Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan (Pryer), 1 c? •
Exj). 40 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 83 ; Barrett, Le]5. Brit. iv. p. 170, pi. 156. f. 1.
Dull yellowish green, suffused with orauge-ochreous and mottled
with reddish brown, above forming dorsal series of V-shaped
marks ; spiracular line reddish brown. Food-plants : Oak, Birch,
Solidago, etc. 8-9.
1255. Polia grandis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 30.)
Hadena grandis, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 120 (1840) ; Gueu. Noct. ii.
p. 105, pi. 8. f. 10 ; Sinitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118.
Xylophania libera, Wlk. ix. 179 (1856).
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey ; frons
with blackish bar ; tegulae with black medial line ; tarsi with pale
reddish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests dark at tijts,
the anal tuft with a fulvous tinge. Fore wing purplish grey largely
suffused with bright rufous and dark brown ; a sinuous black lino
below base of cell ; traces of a pale curved subbasal line from costa ;
antemedial line double, oblique, waved ; claviform short and broad,
defined by black and with black streak from below it to postmedial
line ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and grey aniiuli
defined by black, the former round or elliptiLal, the latter extending
to below cell ; an indistinct irregularly waved medial line, oblique
from costa to below cell where it is angled ; postmedial lino double,
minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, the area beyond it lilacine grey ; subtermimil line
white, defined on inner side by some rufous, with straight inner
edge from below costa, some small dentate black marks before it at
middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate nearly to termen on
veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suffused with black ; a terminal series
of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with a yellowish
tinge : the cilia whitish with a brown line through them ; the
underside whitish thickly irrorated with reddish brown, a dark
discoidal spot, slightly waved postmedial line, and diffused subter-
minal band.
Hah. Greenland ; Canada ; U.S.A., N.E. and Middle States,
Maine, New York, Trenton Falls (Douhh'day), 2 J , 1 $ , type libera,
Evans Centre ( Grote), 1 <S , 1 $ , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Minnesota, Colorado. E.rji. 48 millim.
Larva. (Original.) Head shining red-brown, the reticulations and
bands darker, but narrow and broken. Body grey-brown, peppered
with black on a whitish and reddish ground, all the markings
POLTA. 95
obsolete. The substigmatal band shows fainth', broad, pale, its edges
■whitish ; subventral region and feet pale, without the dark dots.
Tubercles blackish. Cervical shield darkened, not chitinized.
A general feeder, hiding on the ground. — H. G. D.
1256. Polia w-latinum.
Noctua w-latinum, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 492 (1767); Esp. Schinett. iv.
pi. 1.36. f. 2.
Kodiia genistcB, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. .355 (1792); Scriba, Beitr. iii.
p. 241, pi. 15. ff. 13, 14 (1793); Hiibn.Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 611, 612;
Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 285, pi. 91. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Ilaust. ii.
p. 183; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157.
Fhala-na dives, Donov. Brit. Iiis. x. p. 71, pi. 352 (1801).
Noctua rectilinea. Hew. Lep. Brit. p. 189 (1809).
Head and thorax grey mixed with purplish brown ; frons
with black bar; teguloe with black medial line; tarsi with pale
rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the dorsal crests with dark
tips, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-white with
slight brown irroration ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell
with some rufous below it ; subbasal line represented by two dark
striae from costa ; the antemedial line double, waved, strongly
excurved below cell ; the medial area suffused with bright rufous
from costa to submedian fold ; the claviform broad, defined by black
and with black streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and
reniform large, greyish defined by black, the former round, the
latter with some brown in its lower part ; an indistinct irregular
medial line oblique from costa to vein 2 ; postmedial line double, the
outer line indistinct, dentate, and produced to slight black streaks
interrupted by white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa
and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line white, slightly defined by rufous on inner side,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, where
there are two small dentate black marks on its inner side, the area
beyond it brown except at apex, with black streaks in the inter-
spaces ending in terminal lunules; cilia intersected with white,
llind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially towards
termen ; the cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them ;
the underside wnth the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown and the apex tinged with purplish, a small discoidal spot
and sinuous postmedial and subterminal more or less prominent
lines.
I lab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zcller
& Frey Colls. ; Spain; Italy; Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll.;
Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta,Zeller Coll. ; Armenia; Persia ;
W. SiBKRiA, Altai; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai, Issyk-kul; E. Tur-
kestan, Hi'; E. Siberia. Exp. 44-46 millini.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 83 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 190, pi. 158. f. 2.
Hull brown, sometimes greenish or purple-tinged, dorsal and sub-
96 XOCTUIBiE.
dorsal lines dark-edged, indistinct : a dorsal series of darker diamond-
and wedge-shaped marks; head marked with black. Food- plants :
Genuta, Polygonum, Stellarta, etc. 7-9.
1257. Polia invalida. (Plate LXXX. fig. 31.)
Mamesfra invalida, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 225 (1900) ; id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 119.
2 . Head and thorax grey- white mixed with black ; tegulse with
medial black line ; patagia with black line near upper edge : tarsi black
with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with black. Fore wing grey-
white, thickly irrorated and in places suffused with fuscous ; a rather
ill-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line very indis-
tinct, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ;
claviform very large and broad, defined by black and with black streak
from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, with white
annuli defined by black, the former round ; a dilfused medial line ;
postmedial line indistinctly double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards
below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it
on costa and a whitish patch in submedian interspace ; subterminal
line white, defined on inner side by long dentate black marks and
on outer by black streaks in the interspaces, angled outwards at
vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series
of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous intersected with white. Hind
wing white nearly evenly suftused with brown, the cilia white ; the
underside white irrorated with reddish brown, a small discoidal spot
and indistinct curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, Portland, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 2 ,
California, Placer Co., Sierra Nevada. Eaj). 42 millim.
Larva. (Original.) Head pale luteous, the reticulations and vertical
bands broad, dull brown, concolorous. Body rich red-brown, heavily
reticulated on a lighter ground. Dorsal, subdorsal, and broad sub-
stigmatal lines pale, whitish, darker-edged, not cut by the heavy
oblique subdorsal shades of blackish brown. Of these, the pair on
joint 1 2 are not confluent, being cut by the dorsal line and their
square posterior termination is narrow. Cervical shield and anal
plate darkened, not chitinized, cut by the pale subdorsal line, but
only narrowly so by the dorsal line.
A general feeder. — H. G. D.
1258. Polia thalassina.
Noctua thcdaRnna, Rott. Naturf. ix. p. 1 19 (1775) ; Diip. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 292,
pi. 91. f. 3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haiist. ii. p. 182; Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 157.
Nochia humeralis^. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 190(1809).
I^octua gcmina, Hiibn. Eur. Schniett., Noct. f. 483 (nee 482).
Noctua achates, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 610 (1827).
Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey ; palpi blackish at
sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulse with medial black line ;
abdomen yellowish mixed with brown, the dorsal crests with dark
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tips, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing ochreous
grey largely suffused with rufous ; a sinuous black streak below
base of cell ; the subbasal line represented by double black striae
from costa ; a double irregularly-waved autemedial line filled in
with grey ; claviform prominent, defined by black and with a
blackish streak from it to poatmedial line ; orbicular and reniform
with brown centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former
rounded ; an indistinct waved rufous medial line ; postmedial line
indistinct on costal half, minutely dentate and produced to short
black streaks with grey points on them on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish, defined on inner side
by dentate black marks except towards costa and with some black
points on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to
termen at veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing ochreous suffused with
fuscous brown ; a dark terminal line ; the cilia yellow ; the under-
side greyish, the costal area irrorated with rufous, a dark discoidal
lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Ab. 1. achates. Fore wing more uniform rufous.
Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ;
Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Spain, Catalonia ; Italy ; Dalmatia ;
Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll. ; Finland, Leech Coll. ; Russia,
Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals ; Armenia ;
W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ;
E. Siberia, Kentei, Amurland, Ussuri. Exp. 40 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 173, pi. 156. f. 2.
Pale pinkish brown freckled with dark brown ; a double dorsal
series of oblique dark marks ; dorsal line indistinct ; spiracuiar line
pale, edged above by white or black, or wholly black. Food-plants :
Birch, Lonicera, Polygonum, etc. 7-8.
1259. Polia subjimcta. (Plate LXXX. fig. 32.)
Hadena suhjuncta, Grote & Bob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 198, pi. 3. f. 71
(1868); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118.
Head and thorax purpHsh grey mixed with dark brown ; palpi
blackish at sides ; frons with black band ; tegulse with black medial
line ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests dark at tips. Foi'e
wing grey-brown with a slight purplish tinge ; a sinuous black
streak below base of cell with some rufons suffusion above it ; ante-
medial line black, oblique, waved ; claviform large, defined by black
and with some rufous suffusion below it ; orbicular and reniform
large, grey, the former round, defined by black except above, the
latter defined on inner side and below, its lower part suffused with
fuscous, the area beyond it suffused with rufous to apex ; postmedial
lino bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4 and indistinct,
then black, dentate and incurved ; subterminal line pale, with some
dentate black marks before it at middle, the one above vein 3 elon-
gate, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen oi* veins 4, 3,
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98 NOCTUID^.
the area beyond it rather darker with black streaks in the inter-
spaces. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and
terminal area suffused with brown, nearly uniformly suffused in
female ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the under-
side white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a
dark discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line.
Ilah. Canada ; U.S.A., N., E., & Middle States, 2 S , Xew York,
Albany (Br. Bailey), 2 2 ? Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado,
Durango {Oslar), 2 c? , 2 5 , New Mexico. Exp. 40-44 millim.
Larva. Head brown, faintly reticulate, the sutures pale. Body
greenish, finely marked in brown, forming faint oblique dark sub-
dorsal shades and a short transverse bar on joint 12. Lines obsolete
except the substigmatal, which is broad, yellow-edged above, red-
filled and diffuse below. Feet pale ; spiracles white. — H. G. D.
1260. Polia nevadae. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 1.)
Mamestra nevadce, Grote, Bull. Euff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 84 (1870) ; Smith,
Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 118.
Mamestra canadensis, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 4G4 (1887); id. Cat.
Noct. N.Am. p. 118.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulre
with black medial line. Fore wing dark brown with a purplish
tinge, some whitish irroration on costa and inner margin ; the
base of costal area ochreous-white doAvn to the sinuous black streak
below base of cell ; some rufous suffusion in submedian fold and in
discal fold from middle of cell to subtcrminal line ; antemedial line
indistinct, oblique, waved, defined by whitish on inner side ; clavi-
form small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, the
former moderate, oblique elliptical, defined by black except above,
the latter defined by black on inner side, extending to below cell, its
lower part suffused with fuscous; postmedial line almost obsolete,
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; subtcrminal line white, with small dentate dark marks
before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen
on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish with a dark line through them ;
the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot.
Hah. Canada, New Brunswick, Ottawa, 1 6 , Calgary {Wolleij-
Dod), 1 J ; U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, 1 cS type. Exjy.
40 millim.
Larva. (Original.) Head reddish luteous, reticulations narrow, not
prominent, the vertical bands distinct. Body dark brown, reddish-
tinted, mottled ; subdorsal oblique shades join the broad dark dorsal
band, which is widened into an ill-defined open lattice. The pair
on joint 12 are confluent, truncate behind. Dorsal and subdorsal
lines whitish, broken, the latter reddish-edged below. Substigmatal
band broad, white, partly red-filled. Cervical shield and anal jjlato
darkened, not chitinized, the former trilineate in pale.
A general feeder. — H. G. D.
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99
1261. Polia altaica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 2.)
Hadena altaica. Led. Verb., zool.-bot. Ges. Wieu, 1853, pi. 2. f. 6; Stand.
Cat. Lap. pal. p. 156.
Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; tegulae with slight
dark medial line ; tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen grey-brown.
Fore wing grey, more or less strongly suffused and irrorated with
brown ; a slight blackish streak below base of cell ; subbasal line
defined by whitish on outer side, curved from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with grey : claviform
well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,
grey detiiied by black, the former round, with brownish centre, the
latter with grey lunule on brown centre ; an indistiuct curved
medial shade ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line
white defined by fuscous marks on inner side at discal and sub-
median folds, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and nearly to
termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia intersected with white. Hind wing pale suffused with brown,
the terminal area darker with a pale patch on termen near tornus ;
a dark terminal liue ; cilia white ; the underside whitish irrorated
with brown, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and
diffused subterminal band.
Hah. W. Siberia, Altai, 1 c? , 1 $ ; W. TxjrkestajST, Ferghana,
Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi; Mongolia; S.E. Siberia, Kentei.
Eay. 46 millim.
1262. Polia suasa.
Noctua masa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 83 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,Noct.
f. 426; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. pi. 101. f. 7.
Noctua dissimilis, Xnoch, Beitr. i. pi. 4. ff. 1-4 (1781); Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 157.
Noctua w-latinum, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 136. f. 3 (1786), nee Hiifn.
NoctxM leiicographa, Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 150. f. 3 (1786).
Noctua dens-canis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 190 (1809).
Noctua per mixta, Geyer, Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 803 (1837).
Ma'/nentra aliena, Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 323, pi. 30. f. i. (1836).
Mamcdra conjlucns, Ev. Faun. Volg.-Ur. p. 245 (1844).
Hadeiia pavida , Guen. Noct. ii. p. 101 (1852), nee Boisd.
Mamestra extincta, Staud. Eoiu. Mem. vi. p. 425 (1892).
(S . Head and thorax brownish grey with a purplish tinge ; frons
with black bar ; tegular with black medial line ; palpi blackish ;
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous or greyish at base,
dark brown towards extremity. Fore wing ochreous or grey-
brown ; a black streak below base of cell ; the subbasal line
represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line indis-
tinct, double filled in with grey, excurved in interspaces and
angled inwards on the veins ; claviform large, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former rounded or
quadrate, open above ; postmedial line double, the outer indistinct,
n2
100 HOCTUID^.
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, the veins beyond it with slight black streaks and pale
points ; subterminal line white or yellowish, indistinct towards
costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3,
some dentate dark marks before it at middle and the area beyond it
dark except at apex ; a terminal series of blackish lunules ; cilia
intersected by pale colour. Hind wing ochreous suffused with
brown, especially on the veins and terminal area ; the underside
with the costal area darker, a dark discoidal spot, minutely waved
postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line.
2 . Darker and more uniformly coloured.
Ab. 1. conjiuens. Fore wing dark and nearly uniform in colour.
Ab. 2. extincta. Dark ; fore wing with yellow marks.
Hah. Beitain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; Feance, Frey
Coll, ; Geemanx, Zeller Coll. ; Austeia, Frey Coll. ; N. Italy ;
Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll. ; Russia, Livonia, Sarepta, Zeller
Coll. ; Tueket; E. Sibeeia, Amurland, IJssuri. Exp. 40 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 177, pi. 157. f. 1.
Green or brown dotted with white and freckled with dark grey ;
dorsal and subdorsal lines darker, variable; spiracular line ochreous
yellow edged above with brown or black, below with light reddish.
Food-plants : Rumex, Chenopodium, Plantago, etc. 7-8.
1263. Polia aliena.
Kocfua aliena, Ilubn. Eur. Scbmett., IS'oct. f.441 (1827); Stand. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 157.
Mamestra amurensis, Staud. Kom. Mem. vi. p. 421 (1892).
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with greyish ; frons with
dark bar ; tegula3 with black medial line; tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown slightly suffused
with rufous ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line
double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
double, waved, more strongly excurved in submedian interspace, the
outer line blackish; claviform slightly defined by black, with a
pale patch beyond it before the indistinct waved medial line ;
orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and greyish annuli, the
former round, defined by black, the latter defined on inner side
only ; postmedial line double filled in with greyish, dentate and
produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line grey, angled outwards
at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; the terminal
area rather darker ; the veins towards termen streaked with black ;
a terminal scries of small black lunules ; a fine grey line at base of
cilia, which are intersected with grey. Hind wing ochreous suffused
with fuscous brown ; the inner area paler ; the cilia ochreous with
a fuscous line through them ; the underside grey irrorated with
brown, and the terminal area suffused with brown, a small discoidal
spot and sinuous postmedial line.
I] ah. Fe4nce, Sand Coll. ; Belgium ; Geemany, Zeller Coll, ;
POLIA. 101
Austria, Frey.Coll. ; Switzerland; N. iTALr; Russia, St. Peters-
burg ; Armenia ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ;
E. Turkestan, Hi; E, Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake
{Pnjer), 1 (S . Exp. 46 millim.
Ab. 1. amurensis. Much darker. — E. Siberia, Japan.
Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 227.
Brownish grey, marbled, the ventral surface greenish yellow,
dorsal and subdorsal lines pale. Food-plants : Trifolium. montanum,
Cytisus nigricans, Anthyllis vulneraria, etc. 7-9.
*1264. Polia passa.
Mamestra 2MSsa, Morr. Proc. Bost, Soc, N. H. xvii. p. 139 (1874); Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122.
2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with reddish and
irrorated with fuscous ; tegulfe with black medial line ; abdomen
greyish. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated
with fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell; the lines indistinct;
subbasal line traceable ; antemedial line double, curved, waved ;
claviform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, pale,
incompletely defined by black, the former somewhat oblique ellip-
tical, open above, the latter ill-defined below, the area beyond it
tinged with reddish ; postmedial line almost obsolete on costal half,
incurved below vein 4, the area beyond it strongly irrorated with
white ; subtermiual line white, very even, defined on inner side by
fuscous, especially towards inner margin. Hind wing fuscous ; the
underside dull fuscous with darker irroration, a discoidal lunule
and curved postmedial line.
I/ab. U.S.A., California. Exp. 34 millim. This species is
unknown to me.
1265. Polia ptochica. (Plate LXXXI. tig. 3.)
Mamesfra ptochica, Fung. Iris, xii. p. 104 (1899) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 158.
<S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with fuscous ; palpi
with the second joint fuscous at sides; tarsi with blackish bands.
Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line repre-
sented by a black striga from costa and two prominent oblique
black stritc from cell met by a streak in submedian fold; antemedial
line waved ; claviform brownish defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform small, grey defined by black, the former oblique
elliptical, the cell before and between them and the area beyond
the reniform brownish ; traces of an oblique medial lino from cell
to inner margin ; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line defined by fuscous on inner side, angled
outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, and angled inwards in
submedian fold ; a lunulatc terminal black line. Hind wing white
102 NOCTTTID^.
suiFused with brown especially on terminal area; 'the underside
with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small
discoidal spot.
Hah. W. TuEKESTAN, Transcaspia, 3 c? ; E. Tuekestan, Kungess,
1 (S , Hi, type t in Coll. Piingeler. ^.r^j. 32 millim.
*1266. Polia vau-orbicularis.
Mamestra vau-orbicularis, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 42 (1902) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
c? . Greyish ochreous-brown with fuscous and black suffusion and
irroration ; head with the vertex rather darker ; tegulae with a
broad medial band ; abdomen rather paler. Fore wing with the
_ lines indistinct ; subbasal line double, angled outwards on subcostal
nervure, an oblique striga just beyond it from cell to vein 1 ; ante-
medial line double, oblique, nearly even, the outer part with a more
prominent spot at costa ; claviform absent ; orbicular small, open
above and defined by a prominent black V-shaped mark ; reniform
with yellowish annulus defined by black but open above and below,
narrow ; medial shade broad, diffused, angled at lower angle of cell ;
postmedial line double, with a series of yellowish points beyond it on
the veins, minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa and
oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line yellowish, defined on inner
side by a series of black spots, angled outwards at vein 7, then even ;
a terminal series of small black lunulas ; cilia yellowish with a
fuscous line through them. Hind wing fuscous, rather paler at
base ; the underside yellowish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal
spot and postmedial line.
IJab. U.S.A.. Oregon, Corvallis. Exj). 35 millim. This species
is unknown to me.
1267. Polia consanguis.
Hadena consanguis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 97 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii.
p. 199 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.
Apamea unchclUa, Wlk. ix. 251 (1856).
Hadena languida, Wlk. xv. 1728 (1858).
Mamestra zachii, Bhtsch. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 406.
Hecatara impura, Snell. Midden-Sutuatra, Lep. p. 43, pi. 50. f. 5 (1880).
Hadena stolida, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 509, pi. 4. f. 2.
Apamea cana, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 79, pi. 165. f. 8 (1891).
Mamestra ahbas, Baker, Trans. Eut. Soc. 1894, p. 40, pi. 1. f. 8.
Head and tegulae grey mixed with rufous ; thorax purplish red-
brown largely mixed with black ; tegulae with medial black line ;
tarsi banded with black ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore Aving
pale ochrcous brown thickly irrorated with rufous, the cell and area
below and beyond it suffused with fuscous on medial area ; the
subbasal line represented by black stria; from costa and cell ; the
antemedial line double, irregularly waved; claviform small, defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with fuscous centres and
pale brownish annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter
POLIA.
103
slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line defined
by ochreous on outer side, lanulate, bent outwards below costa,
incurved below vein 4, and angled outwards on vein 1, some pale
Fig. 23. — Folia consangiiis, ^. \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.)
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black, angled outwards
at veins 7 and 4 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
semibyaline whitish, the veins brown, the terminal area suffused
with brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal spot, a curved postmedial series of short
dark streaks on the veins, the area beyond it suffused with brown.
Ab. 1. languida. Fore wing browner, uniformly irrorated with
black.
Ab. 2. undicilia. Fore wing brown irrorated with black, the
medial area suffused with black.
Hah. Congo (Curror), 1 $ type combinata ; Egypt; Sokotea,
Homhil, 1 $, Adho Dimellus, 1 c5' (Grant); Bpv. E. Africa,
Machakos (Crawshay), 1 $, Naitolia (Betton), 1 d, Mwani
(Betton), 1 d" ; Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 d ; JN'ATAt,
(Gi(cinzius), 1 cS fjpe languida, Estcourt (Bidchinson), 1 d,
Durban {Leigh), 1 5 ; Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett),
1 S ; Maukitius, Cuepipo {Tidlock), 1 (S ; Syria; Japan, Yoko-
hama {Pn/a; Manley), 5 (^,3 §, type stolida; W. China,
Chang-yang {Pratt), Ic?; Punjab, Sultanpur {G. Young), 3 d",
1 $, Simla {Harford), 4 (S , 2 g, Dharmsala {Hocking), 8 d ,
5 2 ; SiKiiiJi {DuOgeon), 2 c? ; Nilgiris {Hamj)Son), 2 S type
cana; Ceylon {Templeton, Green), 2 c? tyP^ undicilia \ Sumatra;
Queensland, Brisbane {Turner), 2 S , 1 $ ; N. S. Wales, Sydney
{Eaynor), 2 d , 1 $ . Ex2). 30-40 millim.
12G8. Polia fuscirufa, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 4.)
Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey and
sometimes with some black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen groy-
brown. Pore wing dull or bright red-brown, striated with fuscous
and irrorated with black ; an indistinct double, waved subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold; a waved antemcdial lino; clanform
sometimes sliglitly defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined
by black, the former round, tlic latter with slight pale annulus ;
postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below
104 IfOCTUlD^.
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points on costa
beyond it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, the area beyond it
somewhat darker, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; a terminal series of minute black lunules ; a fine pale
line at base of cilia. Hind Aving fuscous brown, the interspaces of
basal half pale ; the cilia ochreous white, with dark line near base ;
the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Bk. E.Aprica, Athi-ya-Mawe (iiei/on), 1 c? , Kikuyu (Craw-
sJiay), 1 $ , Machakos (Cratvshaij), 1 $ type, Quaso (Betton), 1 $ ,
Eb Urru {Betton), 1 $ ; Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 $ .
Exj). 36-38 millim.
1269. Polia venata, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 5.)
2 . Head and thorax bright purplish red mixed with black ;
tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface
and anal tuft mixed with ochreous and rufous. Fore wing bright
purplish red mixed with some ochreous and irrorated with black ;
veins streaked with white ; subbasal line defined by ochreous on
outer side, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
defined by ochreous on inner side, oblique, and angled outwards
below costa and above inner margin ; claviform defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform ochreous defined by black with some brown
irroration in centre, the former round, the latter with blackish
centre and white annulus to lower part; an obscure waved medial
line angled at lower angle ol cell ; postmedial line defined by
ochreous on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it
on costa ; subterminal lines formed of ochreous lunules with diffused
black marks before them, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly
excurved at middle, a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia
fuscous with ochreous lines at base and middle. Hind wing fuscous,
the interspaces of basal half ochreous white ; cilia ochreous with a
fuscous line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and
terminal areas tinged with ochreous and thickly irrorated witli
fuscous, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and difi'used
subterminal band.
Hah. Br. E. Africa, Lari {Betton), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim.
1270. Polia mortua.
Mamesfra moritia, Stgr. Stetfc. ent. Zeit. 1S88, p. 249 ; id. Eom. Mem. vi.
p. 426, pi. 8. f. 1 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.
Mamestra afra, Grses. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 326.
Mamesfra nigerrima, Warr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 302 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 202.
Hadena kala, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 17 (1900).
Head and thorax black-brown : tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen
fuscous ; the dorsal crests black ; the anal tuft of male ochreous.
Fore wing black-brown suffused with purplish grey and irrorated
roLiA. 105
with a few black scales ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa
to submedian fold ; an obliiiue blackish streak above inner margin
before the antemedial line, which is double, waved, and angled
outwards above inner margin ; claviform moderate, defined by
black ; orbicular and rcniform defined by black, the former round,
the latter with ochreous spot on its outer edge at middle and two
white points at lower extremity ; a medial line oblique from costa
to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double towards costa,
strongly dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some whitish points beyond it at costa ; subterminal
line indistinct, greyish, with some obscure dentate dark marks
before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish,
suffused with brown, darker on inner area and terminal half ; a pale
line at base of cilia ; the underside yellowish white, the costal and
terminal areas suffused and irroratcd with fuscous, a slight discoidal
spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Amueland, Ussuri, 1 d , 1 $ ; W. China, Chia-kou-ho
(Pratt), 1 c? , Washau {Pratt), 1 J , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 c? , Kwei-
chou, 1 (S ; Punjab, Simla, 1 § , Murree (Harford), 1 § ,
Thandiani (Yerhury),4: c? , 2 $ , type nir/errima ; Tibet, Yatung
(Hohson), 1 J , 2 $ ; Sikhim. Exp. 46 millim.
1271. Polia persicariaB.
Noctua pcrsicarics, Linn. Faun, Suec. p. 3f9 (1761); Esp. Schniett. iv.
pi. 121). ff. 1, 2 ; Eiibn. Samml. Eur.'Schnaett., Noct, f. 64; Dup. Lep.
Fr. vii. pi. 102. f. 4 ; Steph. Ill, Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 196 ; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.
Noctua acci])trina, Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 129. f. 4 (1788).
Mamestra unicolor, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 91 (1871).
Head and thorax black slightly mixed with brown ; tarsi ringed
with white ; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey, the dorsal crests
blackish except the basal one which is rufous. Fore wing black
slightly irroratcd with brown ; the lines double fillod in with
brownish ; the subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ;
the antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviform moderate, defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
round, with black point at centre, the latter filled in with white and
with some rufous at centre ; an indistinct waved, curved medial line ;
postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
tei'minal line represented by a series of dentate black marks with
small ochreous spots on them, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia with
a series of white points at base. Hind wing white, the veins and
terminal half fuscous ; an indistinct pale subterminal line towards
tornus. Underside with the costal and terminal areas of both
wings tinged with rufous, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial
line with fuscous band beyond it.
106 NOCTUID^.
Ab. 1. acciptrina. Fore wing Avitb the reniform not filled in
with white.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller
and Fray Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; N. Italy ; Dalmatia ;
Turkey, Leech Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ;
E. Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate (Andretvs),
1 S, Tokio (Fenfon), 1 d, 1 ?, Oiwake {Pnjer), 1 $ ; W. China,
Kwei-chow, 1 J , Wa-shan {Pratt), 1 S , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 c^ ,
Ni-tou, 1 (5* , Wa-ssu-kow, 1 $ , Omei-shan, 2 $ , Chia-kou-ho
(Pratt), 1 2 • Exp. 40-54 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 8(5 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 214, pi. 160. f. 3.
Green to brown ; dorsal line whitish, traversing a double series
of oblique dark marks, darkest on somites 4 and 5 ; spiracular line
whitish, sometimes edged above with oblique dark marks ; 11th
somite dorsally humped. Food-plants : liumex, Pteris, Chrysan-
themum, etc. 8-9.
1272. Polia glaucopis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 6.)
$ . Head and thorax black-brown ; teguloe with slight black
medial line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, the
dorsal crests largo and dark. Fore wing purplish grey, sufi'used
and thickly irrorated with black ; a double black subbasal line from
costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, slightly waved, and with
prominent rufous patch before it on inner area ; claviform defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and defined
by black, the former round with greyish annulus, the latter with
j'ellowish annulus ; an indistinct slightly waved medial line ; post-
medial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, the area beyond it purplish grey with whitish patch
on inner area ; subtcrrainal line whitish, defined on inner side by
rufous, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and tornus ;
a sinuous black terminal line. Hind wing yellowish suffused with
fascous ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside whitish tinged with
brown, a slight discoidal spot and waved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Vancouver I. (/. J. Walker), 2 $ , type. Ex]^.
40-44 millim.
1273. Polia cristifera. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 7.)
Acronycta cristifera, Wlk. xv. 1654 (1858) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 121.
Mamestra luhcns, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 113 (1875).
Mamesira rufida, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 62.
Head and thorax black -brown mixed witli white ; tegular with
black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi ringed with
white ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests large and dark.
Fore wing purplish grey, more or less strongly suffused with black
and irrorated with white especially on costal area; a waved black
subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, defined by whitish on
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outer side; antemedial line double filled in with grey, oblique,
waved ; claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and
reniform with fuscous centres and grey anuuli defined by black,
the former round ; a curved, irregularly waved, medial line ; post-
medial line strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then iucurved, with a grey patch before it in submedian
interspace and some pale points on costa ; subterminal line
represented by a series of small white lunules with dentate black
marks on their inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing
pale ochreous suffused with fuscous ; cilia yellowish white ; the
underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal
spot and minutely waved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. luhens. Fore wing with some rufous on inner area
before antemedial line ; reniform with white annulus ; the post-
medial area greyer ; the subterminal line continuous and defined by
rufous on inner side.
Hah. Caitada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls (Barmtmi), 1 d"
type ; U.S.A., Maine, New York (Bailey), 1 c5' , 2 $ , type luhens,
Washington, 1 § , Oregon, Colorado. Kvp. 46-50 millira.
1274. Polia mamestrina.
Epunda mamestmia, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. yii. p. 59, pi. 128. f. 5 (1889) ;
Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 204.
c? . Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some grey ;
antennae and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown
mixed with grey. Fore wing dark grey with a purplish tinge, some
pale grey at base ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein
1, where it has some yellow scales on it; antemedial line double,
irregularly waved ; claviform short, broad, defined by black and a
few yellow scales ; orbicular and reniform large, irregular, defined
by black, the former rounded, with fuscous centre and grey
annulus, the latter filled in with grey-white except on inner side;
an irregularly dentate medial line ; postmedial line dentate and
produced to streaks on the veins, indistinctly double, bent outwards
below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of
black and white dentate marks and a prominent curved while mark
in submedian fold and produced to termen as streaks in the inter-
spaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia black, with tine
whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish suftiised with fuscous
brown ; cilia whitish with a dark line through them ; the under-
side white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal luuule and
sinuous postmedial line with darker streaks at the veins.
Bah. Punjab, Dharmsala {lloclcing), 2 S, type. Exii. 52
millim.
108 NOCTUlB^.
1275. Polia ingravis. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 8.)
Mamestra ingravis, Smith, Ent. News PLilad. vi. p. 337, pi. xv. f. 10
(1895).
Head and thorax black-brown mixed with bluish grey ; tegulae
with medial black line ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown, the
dorsal crests with black tips, the ventral surface often tinged with
rufous. Fore wing fuscous suffused and irrorated with purplish
grey ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line double,
waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by
grey on inner side, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform
weU-developed, greyish defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
large, with whitish annuli defined by black, the former rounded or
elliptical ; an indistinct difi'used medial line ; postmedial line some-
what dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the area beyond it
purplish grey, the costa brownish with some pale points on it ;
subterminal line white, defined on inner side by some dentate black
marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins
4, 3, the area beyond it darker except at apex ; a terminal series
of small black lunules ; cilia chequered pale and black. Hind wing
fuscous brown, the terminal area blackish, the cilia pinkish, white
at tips ; the underside pinkish white thickly irrorated with dark
scales, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Calgary ( WoUey-Dod), 6 c? , 2 § , Br. Columbia,
Fraser R. {St. John), 1 $ . Exp. 38 mimm.
*1276. Polia nagaensis. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 9.)
Hadena nagaensis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894).
5 . Head and thorax dark purplish grey ; tarsi with pale rings ;
abdomen dull brown. Fore wing dark purplish grey-brown tinged
in parts with fuscous ; the costal area tinged with red from ante-
medial line to near apex ; the inner margin with pale ochreous-
brown fascia from near base to tornus ; subbasal line double, black
filled in with grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold, where
there is some black suifusion on each side of it ; antemedial line
double filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa, oblique to
vein 4, then incurved and obsolete below vein 1 ; claviform large,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform dark grey, with slight
ochreous annuli defined by black, the former rather pear-shaped,
the latter large and strongly angled inwards on median nervure,
the cell before and between them and the area beyond the reniform
suffused with black ; postmedial line double at costa, below which
it is bent outwards, then indistinct, strongly dentate and oblitiue
below vein 2 ; subterminal line ochreous, with some ill-defined
dentate black marks before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and
slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing brown with a
reddish tinge ; cilia white at tips ; the underside greyish suffused
POLIA. 109
•with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial
Hue.
Hah. Assam, Naga Hills, 6000 feet {Boherty), typef ? iu Coll.
Elwes. Exp. 40 millim.
1277. Polia ferrisparsa. (Plate LXXXT. fig. 10.)
Hadena fcrris2)arsa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894).
Head and thorax grey tinged with brown ; tegulse with blackish
medial line; patagia edged with black scales above; tarsi black, riuged
with grey ; abdomen brownish grey, the dorsal crests mixed with
black. Fore wing brownish grey, irrorated with black and suffused
in parts with fuscous ; a pale grey fascia on subcostal nervure from
base to postmedial line, the median nervure and base of veins arising
from it streaked wdth grey ; subbasal line represented by black striae
from costa and cell, defined by grey on outer side and with slight
black streaks below it towards inner margin ; antemedial line
double filled in with grey, the outer line strong, the inner
indistinct, waved ; claviform with its extremity defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and ochreous-white
annuli defined by black, the former small, rounded, the latter
narrow, the cell between them and the area beyond the reniform
suffused with black ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial
line dentate and produced to white and black points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white
points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line ochreous white, even,
prominent, defined on inner side by irregular, diffused, dentate
black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at
middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected
with whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards base ;
the cilia whitish, with fuscous line at base ; the underside pale, the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal luuule
and diffused postmedial band.
Hab. Punjab, Kulu Sultanpur ((?. Young), 1 S , Simla (Harford),
2 6,22, type, (Nurse) 1 $ , Dalhousie (Harford), 2 $ . Exj). 42
millim.
1278. Polia costigera. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 11.)
Arp-otis costigera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 350; Hmpsn. Moths Iiul. ii.
■p. 200.
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi blackish at
sides ; tegula3 with medial black lino ; patagia edged with some
black scales ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore
wing purplish grey irrorated with black ; the costal area pinkish
ochreous to the postmedial line ; subbasal line represented by a
black striga from costa and two from cell ; antemedial line doubh%
waved, oblicjue, obsolescent on costal area except for a dark point;
claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate,
110 NOCTUID.I;.
with grej' centres and ochroous annuli defined by black, tlie
former round, the latter almost V-shaped ; an indistinct waved
medial shade except on costal area ; postmedial line dentate, bent
outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly below
vein 4, some pale points beyond it ou costa ; subterminal line
ochreous, defined on inner side by brown patches on each side of
veins 5 and 2 and usually rufous marks above veins 6 and 3,
angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of black lunules; cilia with black line through them
and intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white, the
veins and terminal half suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G^. loMnr/), 1 o, Simla (Beid),
1 2 type, Dharmsala {Hocking), 2 ,5 , 6 5 ; Assam, Khiisis. Ex_p.
38-42 millim.
1279. Polia mongolica.
Mamestra adjiincta, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18-^8, p. 249 ; id. Eom. M6m.
vi. p. 423, pi. 6. f. 8 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1.5.5 (nee Boisd.).
Mamestra mongolica, Staud. Iris, is. p. 253 (18915)
(adjuncta.) Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with
grey; abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing red-brown suffused
with purplish grey, leaving the cell and area beyond and below it
, redder ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved from costa to
submedian . fold ; antemedial line doable, waved, oblique, bent
inwards to inner margin ; claviform minute, defined by brown, or
obsolete ; orbicular and reniform large, greyish, the former round,
the latter constricted at middle ; an obscure medial shade, oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double filled in
with greyish, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; sub-
terminal line grey, strongly defined by dark brown on inner side
and with the area beyond it rather darker, slightly angled outwards
at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in submedian
fold. Hind wing yellowish brown, the terminal area rather darker ;
cilia white at tips ; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated
with brown, a diffused dark subterminal band.
Ab. 1. monfjolica. Rather greyer, with the lower part of reniform
defined by whitish on outer side.
Hab. W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi : Mongolia,
Uliassutai, Urga, 1 d ; Tibet, Amdo ; Amurland, Ussuri, 2 J , 3 $ ,
Kentei, 1 d" ; Japan, Oiwake (Pnjer), 4 J ; Corea ; CniXA, Shanghai
{Pri/er), 1 ? , Chang-yang, 1 c? . Ex^). 46-56 millim.
1280. Polia advena.
Noctua advena, SchifT. Wien. Verz. p. 77 (1776) : Esp. Sehmett. iv. pi. 178.
ff. 4, 5 ; Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 81 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 392,
pi. 96. f. 4 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., Haust. iii. p. 28 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 155.
VOtlA . 1M
Kocfua nitens, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 188 (1809) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eut., Ilaust.
iii. p. 28.
Nodua unicolor, Tutt, Brit. Noct. iii. p. 71 (1892).
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; tegulse with black
medial line ; patagia with some dark scales near upper edge ; tar.si
with pale rings ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing red-
brown, more or less completely suffused with purplish grey, leaving
some red in and beyond end of cell ; subbasal line double, waved,
from costa to siibmedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ;
claviform minuta or well-developed, defined by brown ; orbicular
and reniform large, greyish defined by black, the former round,
the latter more or le.ss angled inwards on median nervure and Avith
some whitish on lower part of annulus ; medial line indistinct,
waved, angled outwards to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line
double, dentate, and produced to grey and black points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold,
incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line pale, strongly defined by dark brown on inner side,
sometimes forming dentate marks especially in submedian fold,
angled outwards at vein 7, slightlj'- dentate at veins 4, 3, and
strongly angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of
small black lunules. Hind wing pale ochreous brown towards base,
the terminal half suffused with fuscous ; cilia whitish ; the under-
side pale, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a
small discoidal spot and diffused subterminal band.
Ab. 1. unicolor. Uniform reddish.
liab. Britain, Leech Coll ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,
Zeller & Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.,
Urals; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan,
Hi ; Siberia ; Amurland. Exj^. 46-64 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. lofi, pi. 154. f. 1.
Pale brown; sides darker, freckled with grey ; dorsal line pale,
brown-edged ; spiracles bright red-brown, black-edged. Food-
plants : Sonchus, Achillea, Pohjgonum, etc. 8-4.
1281. Polia tincta.
Noctua tincta, Brabm, Ins. Xal. ii. p. 393 (1791) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 389,
pi. 96. f. 3 ; Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 29 ; Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 155.
Koctua irimacidosa, Esp. Schmett. ir. pi. 131. f. 5 (1788).
Noctua argentina, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 186 (1809).
N(xtiia hepatica, Iliibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 77 (1827).
Mamestra ohscurata, Staud. Iris, x. p. 335 (1897).
Head and thorax white mixed with brown, thorax with some
rufous on dorsum; frons with black bar; tegukc with black line
at tips ; patagia edged with black; tarsi black ringed Avitli white ;
abdomen grey tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing silvery grey
suffused wath purplish brown especially on medial area ; the lines
double, filled in with whitish ; the subbasal line waved from costa to
112 NOCTUlDJi;.
vein 1 ; antemedial line waved ; claviform well-develo])ed, defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former
grey, rather quadrate, the latter with brown centre and grey
annulus ; a diffused, slightly waved medial line ; postmedial line
dentate and produced to a double series of points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa aud incurved below vein 4, some white
points on costa bcj'ond it ; subtenuiual line whitish, defined on
inner side by dark marks below costa at middle and inner margin,
angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a
terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing almost uniformly
suffused with reddish brown, leaving slight white spots on termen
at vein 2 aud submedian fold ; cilia white ; the underside white
irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line and
diffused postmedial band.
Ab. 1. ohscurata. Smaller and darker. — Amurland.
Hah. Bkitain^, Leech Coll. ; Feance, Sand Coll. ; Germany,
Zeller and Frey Colls.; Atjsteia, Frey Coll.; N. Italy; Eussia,
Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals; W. Siberia, Altai ; Mongolia, Urga ;
E. Siberia, Kentei, Amurland. Exjy. 48-52 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 160, pi. 154. f. 2.
Pale reddish brown, finely freckled with black and white ; dorsal
line slender, whitish, black-edged ; head brown. Food-plants :
Birch, Vaccinium, grasses, etc. 9-5.
1282. Polia latex. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 12.)
Apkda latex, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 78 (1852) ; Siiiitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 121.
Apamea demissa, Wlk. si. 728 (1857).
Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and black; frons
with black band ; tegulse with black medial line ; dorsal crest
blackish ; tarsi with blackish rings ; abdomen grey irrorated with
brown, the dorsal crests small and dark. Fore wing grey-white
irrorated with brown and black, the veins streaked in places with
black ; an indistinct waved subbasal line, bent inwards above vein
1, a patch of black suffusion beyond it from costa to median
nervure ; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line, the inner line
indistinct ; claviform well-developed, rather indistinctly defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform large, rather ii: completely defined by
black, the former rather oblique elliptical, and approximated to the
latter, which has its centre defined by brown and is tinged with
blood-red on inner side and suffused by a brown shade on inner
side of postmedial line, running obliquely from middle of costa to
postmedial line at vein 2 ; an indistinct, oblique, waved medial line
from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line rather indistinctly
double, dentate, and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
defined by the area beyond it being rather darker, angled inwards
at discal aud submedian folds, outwards at vein 7, and excurved at
roLiA. 113
mifldle, and with black streaks beyond it above veins 1, 5, and 6 ; a
terminal series of small black lanules. Hind wing whitish
suffnsed Avith brown, a waved blackish terminal line ; the under-
side white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and indistinct
waved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada {Norman), 1 c? , Orilla (Bush), 1 c? type demisf^a ;
U.S.A., N. & E. States, Massachusetts, Beverley, 1 c? , New York
(Douhledajf), 1 (^ type, Evan's Centre (Grute), 1 c? , 2 2- ^•'7'.
42-50 millim.
Larva. Head pale brown, the usual reticulations and vertical
bands, besides a large blotch on the face of each lobe, dark brown.
Eody dead-leaf brown, dotted with darker ; joint 2 darkly shaded ;
intersegmental dorsal dots, slight spots above the sul)basal line,
which become heavy on joints 12 and 13, of the same dark colour.
Subdorsal line obscure, showing a yellowish speck below tubercle ii.
A narrow dark brown snprastigmatnl line ; a narrow dorsal bar on
joint 12. Feet coloured like the body. — H. G. D.
*1283. Polia rogenhoferi. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 13.)
Mamesfra rcgenhoferi, Moschl. Stet.t. ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 269 (1870); Smith,
Cat. Xocl. N. Am. p. 114 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.
cJ . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and
black ; tegulse with black medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen fuscous and grey, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing
grey-white, slightly tinged with fuscous and thickly irrorated with
black, the scaling rough ; subbasal line represented by double black
strife filled in with white from costa and median nervure ; ante-
medial line double, black filled in with white, angled outwards
below costa, bent inwards in cell, then waved; claviform small,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish defined by
black, the former round, the latter with white point on its inner
side at lower angle of cell ; medial shade strong, oblique from costa
to median nervure, then indistinct, waved ; postmedial line strongly
dentate and produced to black streaks with white points on them
on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
represented by a series of black and white dentate marks, those
above and below vein 5 stronger, slightly angled outwards at vein
7 and excurved at middle, connected by diHused fuscous with the
terminal series of l)lack lunules. Hind wing whitish irrorated
with fuscous brown ; a diffused irregular subterminal band and
terminal series of black striae ; the underside with black discoidal
lunule and sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside.
Hah. Canada, Labrador, W. 2tlanitoba, in Coll. J. B. Smith. Exp.
40 millim.
114 NOCTUIDJK.
12S4. Polia neljulosa.
Noctua nehnlom,'S.'i\in. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 418(1707); Frr. Eeitr. pi. 52;
Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.
JS^ocfua bimaculosa, Esp. Schraett. iv. pi. 132. ff. 1, 2 (1788); Steph. Ill,
Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 28.
Koctua tJ/apsi, Brahm, Ins. ii. p. 135 (1791).
Noctua grandis, Donov. Brit. Ins. x. pi. 34. f. 1 (1801).
Noctua ■pleheia, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 78 (1827).
Aplecta asJcolda, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 79 (1890).
Aplecta robsoni, Collins, Ent. Rec. ii. p. 264 (1891).
Mamestra lama, Stand. Iris, ix. p. 254 (1896).
Mamestra asiatica, Staud. Iris, x. p. 334 (1897).
Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; palpi with blackish
patch at sides; tegulse with black medial line ; patagia edged with
blackish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey-brown, the
dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing whitish, irrorated and more or
less tinged with brown; subbasal line 'double, waved, strongly
angled inwards in cell, from costa to vein 1, above which there is a
slight black streak before it ; antemedial line double, irregularly
waved, oblique ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and
reniform very large, defined by black, the former rather quadrate,
the latter with its inner side rather irregular and its centre
defined by brown ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line
double, dentate, and produced to dark points on the veins, bent out-
wards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side
by a series of dentate dark marks, the one in submedian fold
prominent, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a
terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with
brown, especially on terminal area, usually leaving some whitish on
termen between veins 6 and 1 ; a dark terminal line ; cilia white ;
the underside whitish, the costal and terminal ureas irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused
subterminal band.
Ab. 1. robsoni. Fore wing uniform glossy black.
Ab. 2. asiatica. Fore wing dull grey, size somewhat smaller. —
C. Asia.
Ab. 3. ascolda. Rather browuei', a large form. — E. Siberia,
Japan.
Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Geemanv,
Zeller and Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Turkey ; Eussia, Livonia, Zeller
Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai Mts., Issyk-kul, Ala
Tau ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; Mongolia, Uliassutai
Mts. ; Tibet, Amdo ; E. Siberia, Kentei, Ussuri ; Japan, Yokohama
(Manley), 2 d, 1 ? , Oiwake {Pnjer), 3 d , 1 $ ; Corea, Korniroff
{Fletcher), 1 $ . Exp. 54-60 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 86 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 165, pi. 155. f. 1.
Light brown, darker at sides ; dorsal line pale, traversing a series
of dark diamond-shaped marks ; supraspiracular line indistinct,
darK.. Food-plants : Birch, willow, elm, etc. 9-5.
ror.iA. 1 lo
1285. Polia nimbosa. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 14.)
Aplecfa nimbosa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 77 (1852) ; Smith. , Cat. Noct. N. Am .
p. 114.
Head and thorax white mixed with some brown and black ;
palpi black towards tips ; frons with black bar ; tegulse with black
line near tips ; patagia edged with black on outer side ; tarsi black
above towards extremity ; abdom(>n whitish, dorsally tinged with
brown or fuscous. Eore wing white irrorated with fuscous and
black ; an ill-defined waved subbasal line angled inwards in cell and
ending at vein 1, the costal area and cell from it to subterminal
line tinged with fuscous ; antemedial line defined by whitish on
inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on median nervure and
vein 1 ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbicular and
reniform large, defined by black, their centres obscurely defined by
fuscous, the former round ; postmedial line defined by white on
outer side, strongly dentate, double at costa, bent outwards below
costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined by an irregularly dentate
black line on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing whitish
suffused with brown, leaving the area beyond the sinuous post-
medial line paler ; a dark terminal line ; cilia white; the underside
white, with dark discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial, line, and
diffused subterminal band.
Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia ; U.S.A., X., E., and Middle States,
Trenton Falls {Doiibledaij\ 5 J , 1 $ , type, Colorado. Exp. 58-62
millim.
1286. Polia mystica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 15.)
Mamcstra mystica. Smith, Ent. News Philad. is. p. 242 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with black ;
frons with black bar; tegulse with black medial line ; patagia edged
with black on outer side ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing
grey-white, thickly irrorated with black ; a rather indistinct waved
subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an irregularly waved
antemedial line bent inwards in cell ; claviform indistinctly defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black, the
former elliptical, somewhat oblique, the latter strongly constricted
at middle ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
the subterminal line whitish, defined by dentate blackish marks on
inner side at costa, discal and submedian folds, angled outwards at
vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of prominent
black lunules. Hind wing grey, irrorated and sufiused with fuscous :
a postmedial fuscous band and the terminal area darker ; the cilia
white, with a fuscous postmedial line through them ; the underside
whiter, with fuscous postmedial line and subterminal series of
diffused patches.
IIG >'ocTnD.T;.
Ilah. Canada, Maiiitobn, Winnipeg (Cctriivrit/Jil), 1 (S , 1 5,
Alberta, Calgary (WoUey-Dod), 1 c? • J^-rj^- 50 millim.
1287. Polia scotochlora. (Plate LXXXI. fig. IG.)
Polia scotochlora, K!oll. Hugel's Kasclimir, iv. p. 482 (1848) ; Ilinpsn. Moths
Ind. ii. p. 203.
Polia sfevensii, Gucn. Noct. ii. p. 38 (1852).
Head and thorax clothed with black and white scales ; antenna)
and tardi black, ringed with white ; abdomen brownish grey and
fuscous, Fore wing grey-white, irrorated with black and tinged
with olive-f ascous, especially on medial and. terminal areas ; sub-
basal line double, waved, interrupted, from costa to vein 1 ; aute-
medial line double, waved, bent inwards in cell ; claviform defined
bv black, its extremity usually indented ; orbicular and reniform
white defined by black and with some fuscous at centre, both large
and with irregular edges, the former somewhat quadrate ; a dentate
medial line angled outwards on median nervure ; postmcdial line
double filled in with white, dentate, bent outwards bclov\^ costa and
incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line white, dentate, defined by dentate black marks on
inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen
on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it dark ; a terminal series of small
quadrate black spots defined by white ; cilia chequered black and
white. Hind wing pale, suffused with fuscous brown leaving a
white patch on termen above tornus ; cilia white, with a dark line
through them ; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a black
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line,
Hab. Kashmir; Punjab, Murree (Harfoi-d), 1 c? , 2 §, Simla,
1 2 , Dalhousie, 1 $ , Thuudiani (Terburi/), 1 c? , 2 $ ; SiKnur Tibet,
Yatong {Blnrjliam), 1 5 , Exp. 50-56 millim.
] 288. Polia goliath.
Dichona gnlia/k, Obertlj. Et. Ent. v. j). C>S, pi. C. f. 7 (1880); Stand. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 156.
Head and thorax white ; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides ;
frons with black bar ; vertex of head with black marks ; tegukie
with black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; pro-, meso-, and
metathorax with black marks ; tibia} and tarsi banded with black ;
abdomen white, dorsally sufiused with fuscous, forming more or less
distinct segmental bands, the dorsal crests tipped with black, the
anal segment edged Avith black before the anal tuft. Fore wing
white, variegated with pale olive irrorated with black ; a black
striga from near base of costa and black streak above base of inner
margin; subbasai line double, from costa to vein 1, the two parts
widely separated, especially in cell, where the inner is angled in-
wards and the outer outwards ; antemedial line double, oblique,
angled outwards below costa, then irregularly waved and angled
inwards ou vein 1 ; claviform with bhicki.<h centre and whitish
animlus more or less coiii])lett'ly dciiiied by black ; orbicular and
rcniforin large, defined by black, the former with small black spot
at centre and incompletely defined above, the latter with large black
lunule on inner side and white annulus broken up into small spots
below by the veins ; a medial black shade on costal area and in cell,
then an oblique dentate line ; postmedial line double, dentate and
produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and
incui'ved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line whitish, irregularly waved, defined on inner side by a
prominent irregularly dentate black line forming dentate marks
below costa and at middle and a double spot in submedian inter-
space ; a terminal series of small black spots and a fine waved line ;
cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish, more or less
tinged with fuscous ; slight black streaks on veins 4, 3, 2 beyond
middle ; a dift'used terminal band leaving some white on termen
towards tornus ; a black terminal line, the cilia white; the under-
side with the basal half of costal area suffused with fuscous, a large
discoidal lunule and slightly waved postmedial line somewhat angled
at vein 6.
JIah. E. SiBEKiA, Ussuri ; Japatt (Pn/er), 1 c? ; Corea, Gensan
(Ifo), 1 c? ; W. China, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 c?, 2 5 , Omei-shan,
2 2 ■ Exj). 60-70 miliim.
1289. Polia adjuncta. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 17.)
Chariptera adjuncta, Boisd. Ann. Soe. Enf. Fr. x. p. 243 (1841), non descr.
Guen. Noct. i- p. U)9 (185-2) ; Smitb, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122.
Head and thorax black-brown mixed with pale brown; palpi
blackish ; frons with black band ; tegular with black medial line ;
patagia and vertex of thorax with white patches ; tarsi ringed with
white ; abdomen brown tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crests large
and dark. Pore wing olive-grey, the basal, medial, and terminal
areas suffused with black ; a waved black subbasal line on a white
patch and curved inwards above vein 1 ; a double, oblique, waved
antemcdial line partly filled in with white ; claviform moderate,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform white, with olive-brown
centres and rather irregular black outlines, the former somewhat
quadrate ; a curved dentate medial line ; postmedial line double,
dentate and produced to white points on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line dentate, white defined by
black on inner side, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds,
outwards at vein 7, and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
small black lunules with white before them ; cilia chequered black
and white. Hind wing yellowish white, more or less strongly
suffused with fuscous brown, especially on terminal area, a dark
luuulate terminal line ; the underside white irrorated with brown,
a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., X., E., and Middle States, 2 d , 3 ? , typo
118 KOCTtJlDJE.
Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, 1 J {Snow). Exp. 40-4-4
millim.
Larva. Head luteous, reticulate and banded with brown. Body
robust, joint 12 enlarged ; soft olivaceous green, dorsal and sub-
dorsal lines pale, obscure ; dark green oblique patches on joints 5,
B, and 12, on the latter broadening below over subdorsal region.
Oblique lines indicated on the other segments. Faint reversed dark
shades subventrally, forming a baud on thorax, edged above by the
elsewhere obsolete white substigmatal line. Cervical shield dark,
with three white lines. — H. G. D.
*1290. Polia dilatata. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 9.)
Mamestra dilatata, Smitli, Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. xxii. p. 4G4 (1900) ; Pyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
5 . Head yellowish, with grey tuft between antennte ; tegulse
white, with broad black medial line and fuscous tips ; patagia white,
mixed with black and olive scales and edged with black ; abdomen
brownish grey. Fore wing white, mixed with fuscous, yellowish,
olive, and black scales ; the costal half of basal area white, the
inner half grey ; subbasal line double, black, interrupted in cell, its
outer side below the cell forming an oblique mark defining the
white area ; antemedial line double, black filled in with white,
oblique towards costa and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform
small, with white centre defined by black ; orbicular small, round,
with white centre defined by black ; reniform well developed, Avith
grey centre and white annulus defined by black ; medial shade only
traceable at costa and inner margin ; post medial line double, black
filled in with white, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa
and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line white, interrupted,
irregular, defined on inner side by a fuscous patch at costa and
somewhat dentate marks at middle, and by some fuscous on outer
side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia
white, with series of black lunules at base and olive lunules at tips.
Hind wing fuscous brown, paler at base ; cilia white, with fuscous
line through them on costal half ; the underside whitish, the costal
area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad post-
medial line.
Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico. Exp. 30 millim. This species is
unknown to mo ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.
Mus.
*1291. Polia variolata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 10.)
Mamestra variolata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 467(1887); id. Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 122.
S . Head and thorax yellowish tinged with olive, the patagia
and thorax with white blotches, the tegulse with black medial line ;
abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey, tinged with ochreous
and olive-brown ; costal half of basal area with the basal half
white, the outer black, the white area traversed by the dark
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double subbasal line ; antemedial line double filled in with white,
irregularly waved ; claviform iudistinctl)' defined, with a white
patch beyond it at base of vein 2 ; orbicular large, white, irregular ;
reniform narrow, with ochreous centre and white annulus defined
by black ; medial shade represented by two black lunules on inner
area ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with white,
minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a
dark patch at costa and some spots at middle, angled outwards at
vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black Innules ;
cilia intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous ; the underside
with darker irroration, a discoidal lunule and broad postmedial
line.
Hah. U.S.A., Washington. Exp. 30 millim. This species is
unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.
Mus.
*1292. Polia glaciata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 11.)
Mamestra glaciafa, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 170 (1882) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 122.
S . Head and thorax fuscous brown mottled with white ; abdomen
grey-brown. Fore wing grey, suffused with fuscous and olive-brown
and irrorated with white ; the lines distinct, double filled in with
white ; subbasal line represented by double striae from costa and
median nervure ; antemedial line rather oblique, waved, angled
outwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black and followed by a
white spot ; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former somewhat elliptical ; a
distinct waved medial line ; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled
outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line white, defined on each side
by blackish, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at
veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia chequered
fuscous and whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, with dark ter-
minal line ; the underside pale irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal
lunule and broad postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona. Erp. 30 millim. This species
is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing irom type in Brooklyn
Inst. Arts and Sciences.
B. Protliorax with spreading crcat.
a. Abdomen of female with the extremity blunt, the ovipositor
not exserted.
a^. Fore legs of male with tiiick tufts of long hair, the tarsal
.joints fringed with long scales.
1293. Polia pennitarsis.
Hadena pennitarsis,Vi\k. xv. 172G (18.^8).
d . Head and thorax clothed with red-brown, sap-green, and black
120
XOCTUID^.
scales; pectus rufous; legs blackish, the tarsi with wliite rings;
abflomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface
rufous. Fore wing dark reddish brown, suffused in parts with sap-
green ; the base green ; subbasal line double filled in with green,
waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled
in with green, incurved in cell and angled outwards above inner
margin ; claviform short and broad, dark brown defined by black ;
orbicular and reuiform with brown centres and green annuli defined
by black, the former round, the latter constricted at middle and
expanding below ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, slightly bent
.y
Fig. 2-f. — Tolia 'pcnmiarsis, <^ . \.
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
o-reen points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line green, defined by
dark brown suffusion on inner side and narrowly edged by black on
outer, minutely and irregularly waved, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia green and brown. Hind wing with the basal half brownish
white, the terminal half dark reddish brown ; cilia ochreous white,
with a fuscous line through them ; the underside with the basal
area pale irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area red-brown, a
dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 J . Exp. 36 millim. Type t J in
Mus. Oxon.
i\ Legs of male uormal.
ci'^. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate on
■veins 4, '6 and forming a distinct ^-mark.
a^. Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of vein 2.
(7*. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
(fi. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled
outwards above inner margin 'praclita.
If. Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly
angled outwards above inner margin prodcniformis.
I'oi.iA. 1:^1
b*. Fore wing without black sh'cak below bnse of fell.
a'. Fure wing with the po»tmeclial line incurved
between veins 5 and 2.
a". Fore wing with the orbicular small, narrow,
oblique elliptical furcnla.
¥'. Fore wing with the orbicular well-developed.
(0 . Fore wing with tlie orbicular rounded emrsmanni.
b' . Fore wing with tlie orbicular oblique elliptical, schncideri.
b'. Fore wing with the postuiedial line oblique waved
below vein 5.
a^. Fore wing with the postmedial area tinged with
purplish.
a'. Fore wing with the anteinedial line very
strongly angled outwards above inner niart;in. ■perdeiitota.
I'. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly
angled outwards above inner margin.
(fi. Fore wing with white annidiis to orbicular,
a". Fore wing strongly tinged with purplish
I'ed farnhamL
h^. Fore wing not tinged with purplish red ftirca.
i"*. Fore wine: with the orbicular pinkish suavis.
h^. Fore wing with the postmedial area whitish ... liquida.
Ii\ Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base of
vein 2.
a*. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
a'\ Fore wing dark purplish grey-brown radix.
i■^ Fore wing pale pur])lish grey-brown allantica.
f 3. Fore wing grey largely suffused with dark brown, vklva.
d'. Fore wing purplish grey splendens.
f>K Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
«■'. Fore wing purplish red.
a^. Fore wing without dentate white mark on stib-
terminal line above tornus olcracca.
b''\ Fore wing with dentate white mark on subter-
minal line above torn us jjisi.
h'. Fore wing purplish grey witii some red suffusion, tacoma.
c\ Fore wing fuscous brown.
a". Fore wing with llie orbicular and reniform pro-
minently defined by black, the postmedial line
dentate below vein 4 satancUa.
b^. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform ill-
defined, the postmedial line strongly incurved
and not dentate below vein 4 quadrata.
d'. Fore wing ochreous grey tingcfl with rufous sofl.u.
b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line not forming a
distinct ^''^f^'k.
a^. Fore wing with the reniform large, kidney-shaped.
a*. Abdomen without pink lateral stripes.
a\ Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey.
a". Fore wing with the ante- and ))ostmedial lines
connected by a more or less prominent black
streak in submedian fold.
a". Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of
vein 2.
o^. Fore wing strongly irrorated with brown ... gufriiia.
/'". Fore wing not strongly irrorated wit li brown, dentina.
b''. Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base
of vein 2.
r/'*. Head and tegulie not white,
a". Fore wing with the claviform defined by
black.
122 NOCTTID-K.
«'". Fore wing williout black stre'ik in >ub-
niedian fold Ironi subterminal line to
terinen.
«". Fore wing without lilnok stre;ik in suu-
itiedian fold between postinedial and
subterminal lines.
a^-. Fore wing with dentate black marks
before subterminal line glauca.
//'-. Fore wing without dentate black marks
before subterminal line f/asiva.
h^ ' . Fore wing with blaok streak in submedian
fold between postmedial and subterminal
lines paranica.
I/". Fore wing with black streak in submedian
fold i'rom subterminal line to ternicn.
«'^. lliud wing of male wholly tinged with
brown cuneata.
h^'^. Hind wing of male white, the terminal
area suffused with brown.
ft'-. Fore wing without dentate black marks
before subterminal line caujuina.
b^-. Fore wing with dentate black marks
before subterminal line.
a^\ Fore wing moderately broad ; renifurin
extending well below cell vidua.
b^^. Fore wing narrow ; reniform extending
slightly below cell pensilis.
b^. Fore wing with the claviform forming part
of the black streak spgrcgafa.
//. Head and tegulre white cnivdti.
¥'. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines
not connected by a black streak in submedian
fold.
«". Fore wing with lunulate white mark beyond
the claviform albomarginafa.
b''. Fore wing without lunulate white mark beyond
the claTiform.
ci^. Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of
vein 2 mista.
b^. Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base
of vein 2.
0^. Fore wing with some yellowish in submedian
fold at base and beyond claviform muiilata.
b'\ Fore wing without yellowish in submedian
fold,
a'". Fore wing with the claviform small, acute
at extremity,
a". Fore wing wholly suffused with red-
brown bcani.
i". Fore wing with the costal area, cell, and
terminal area suffused with red-brown.
a'^. Fore wing with the orbicular large Icgitima.
6'-. Fore wing with the orbicular small dodi.
b^°. Fore wing with the claviform large, rounded
at extremity.
a^K Fore wing without prominent white
annuli to stigmata.
a}-. Fore wing with the claviform not filled
in with blackish lilacina.
b^'^. Fore wing with the claviform filled in
with blackish illoba.
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b^K Fore wing with prominent white nnnuli
to stigmata didyota.
. Fore wing with the ground-colour dull brown to
black or reddish brown.
i^. Hind wing more or less completely tinged with
brown.
«'. Fore wing with the medial area concoloroiis
or slightly darker.
cC^. Fore wing with tJie inner postmedial area
concolorous.
a'. Fore wing without pale patch on sub-
terminal line in submedian fold.
«'°. Fore wing with the stigmata not filled in
with black,
fl^^. Fore wing with the claviform present.
a}'-^. Fore wing with the reniform angled
inwards on median nervure calbertai.
b^~. Fore wing with the renii'orm concave
towards base yavisa.
c^-. Fore wing with the reniform convex
towards base.
«". Fore wing with the subterminal line
greyish, indistinct.
a}^. Hind wing not reddish brown.
a^". Fore wing dull grey-brown goodelli.
b^". Fore wing black-brown sadales.
h^K Hind wing reddisli brown chalcia.
¥'\ Fore wing with the subterminal line
prominent, wliite cctypa.
//". Fore wing with the claviform absent,
a'-. Fore wing dull brown.
u}''\ Fore wing with the reniform pale,
witliout white points on its lower edge.
a}*. Fore wing with dentate black marks
before subterminal line iioverca.
i'*. Fore wing without dentate black
marks before subterminal line boUeri.
b^^. Fore wing with the reniform fuscous
with pale points on its outer edge ... mania.
b^^. Fore wing black-browu.
a^^. Fore wing with the subterminal line
white, interrupted obscura.
6". Fore wing with the subterminal line
ochreous, concolorous r/wrcns.
b'". Fore wing with the stigmata filled in with
black atrircna.
//". Fore wing with pale patch on subterminal
line in submedian fold.
«'". Fore wing with the patch on subterminal
line white assunilu.
b^". Fore wing with the patch on subterminal
line ochreous.
«^'. Fore wing witli white points on outer
edge of reniform ai/a.
'>". Fore wing with white lunule on outer
edge of reniform nervina.
b^. Fore wing with more or less distinct pale
patch on inner postmedial area,
a". Fore wing with tiie orbicular round.
a"\ Fore wing witli grey annuli to the
stigmata pannosa.
124 NocTriii.r..
/;'". Fore wing wilhout gri'v aiiiiuli to tlic
stigmata dipicn/ffidia.
P. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by
a slight ochreous s-treak '. xanihocn^ma.
h''. Fore wing with the medial area whitisli mc-^of/fawa.
b^. Hind wing pure white, the teniiinnl area more
or less tinged with fuscons in female.
a~. Fore wing with the renil'orm filled in with
wliite .' spn/n-i.
L~' . Fore wing with the renil'orm not Ulled in with
white.
«". Fore wing with the subterminal line incurved
at discul fold.
f/^. Fore wing not striated with fnscou-; riipresceiTs.
Ifi. Fore wing striated with fuscous iiiesomelana.
//**. Fore wing with the subterminal line nut
incurved at diseal fold ftircilinca.
<■'. Fore wing with the groimd-colour oolireous
brown.
(('\ Fore wing with dentate black marks bcfure
subterminal line.
ci'. F^ore wing with dark marks on terminal aroa,
beyond subterminal line 'iiiagdlana.
h' . Fore wing with the terminal area pale, without
dark marks bej'oud subterminal line Ichnmi.
h'\ Fore wing without dentate black marks before
subterminal line.
«". F'ore wing witli slight pale streaks in diseal
and submedian folds den fa.
h~. F'ore wing without pale streaks in diseal and
submedian folds iflrcfehi.
d\ Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish.
a^. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area suffused
viith fuscous.
a'^ . Fore wing not suffused with green.
(1^. F'ore wing with diffused medial shade ^x//i7/.s-.
IP. Fore wing with the medial area from costa
to median nervnre darker than ground-
colour Imirjiclara.
c^. Fore wing with tiie whole medial area darker
than ground-colour.
a^. F'ore wing with the ground-colour almost
pure white,
ft^". Fore wing without medial line.
a}^. Fore wing with prominent white streak
above vein 5, arising from reniform doira.
/;". Fore wing without prominent white
streak above vein 5 arising from reni-
form sfcnof IS.
ft'". Fore wing with waved medial line cappa.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-
white.
a^". Fore wing witli yellow mai'kings on reni-
form and subterminal line dj/sodca.
b^". Fore wing without yellow markings on
reniform and subterminal line.
fi'^'^. Fore wing with the elaviform elongate... maderce.
h^^. Fore wing with the clavifurm short serena.
U . Fore wing largely suffused with green.
cfl. Fore wing with the medial area not darker
than the ground-colour.
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a^. Fore wing with the stigmata not defined by
black olivocincta.
b^. Fore wing witli the stigmata defined by
bhick marea.
b'^. Fore wing witli the medial area darker llian
the ground-eoh)ii r ^uhjecta.
b^. Hind wing wholly I'nscous coi/Jusa.
e^. Fore wing with the ground-colour green psittacita.
/;'. Abdomen with pink lateral stripes ■pictula.
VK Fore wing with the reniforni ?mall, narrow, and
usually more or less angled inwards on median
nervure, rarely absent or represented by a black
lunule.
«■*. Hind wing not bright yellow.
rt'. Fore wing with the postinedial line incurved or
oblique from vein 5 to inner margin.
a!^. Fore wing with the extremity of median
nervure streaked with white spiciilosa.
ft". Fore wing with the extremity of median
nervure net streaked with white.
((^ . Hind wing of male white, the terminal area
suflused with liiscous rcnicjtra.
b~. Hind wing of male wholly tinged with
fuscous.
a^. Fore wing reddish brown, the postmedial
area pale rufous.
ifi. Fore wing wilh promment white annulus to
reniform.
rt'". P'ore wing pale rufous to fuscous brown... sfric/a.
fti". Fore wing bright brown ferrcalix.
//. Fore wing without white annulus to reui-
form larea.
ft". Fore wing grey more or less suffused with
fuscous black, especially on medial area.
a^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial
lines separate at inner margin ; stigmata
well developed olivacea.
h^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial
lines almost touching at inner margin ;
stigniata almost obsolete vau-mpflia.
r~*. Fore wing fuscous brown with some ochreous
on postmedial area subpicta.
h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line iiu'urved or
oblique from vein 4 to inner margin.
cfi. Hind wing white, the termen more or less tinged
with fuscous. es])ecially in female.
a' . Fore wing with the grouud-colour white tinged
with green or ochreous.
«■*. Fore wing with the reniform represented by
a black lunule poUrt^/i,-;.
ft**. Fore wing witli tiie reniforni white lau(labili,-<.
h''. Fore wing with the ground-colour white not
tinged with green or oclireous mnnnica.
c'. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-
white,
a"*. Fore wing with tlie ante- and postmedial lines
approximated on inner margin,
a". Fore wing with the antemedial line very
oblique quadrilincn/a.
P. Fore wing with tiie aniemedial line neai-ly
erect viffufn.
126 NOCTtriDiB,
J/. Fore wing witli the ante- and postniedial lines
not approximated on iinier margin.
aP. Fore wing not suffused with black.
rt^". Fore wing with the lines double.
a}^. Fore wing tinged with olive and with
black streak above tornus incurra.
b^^. Fore wing not tinged with olive and
without black streak above tornus inteiitata.
h^°. Fore wing witli the lines single ciiiica.
h^. Fore wing suffused with black on medial
area hodcva.
r^. Fore wing almost wholl3- suffused with
black alhofjuifafa.
d~ . Fore wing witii the ground-colour reddish
brown mixed with grey crecta.
e' . Fore wing with the ground colour fuscous grey
with yellow streaks in discal and submedian
folds da'h.
i". Hind wing yellowish, the terminal area suffused
with fuscous riujosa.
c^. Hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous.
a'. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey more
or less tinged with green mririnitiiicta.
V . Fore wing grey, the medial area brown,
er**. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforin
present mediana.
//. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform
absent fasciafa.
c' . Fore wing whitish suffused with rosy pink ... roseosaffusa.
d'. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish or
dark brown renisi.gna.
c". Fore wing fuscous brown with white spots.
cC^. Fore wing tinged with green; the reniform
angled inwards on median nervure goniophara.
b". Fore wing not tinged with green, the reni-
form not angled inwards on median nervure. rudis.
e'. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from
vein 13 to inner margin esnpis.
b^. Hind wing bright yellow.
a'. Hind wing with the terminal band rather narrow
and not expanding on apical area bohcmanni.
I?. Hind wing with the terminal band broad and
expanding on apical area i^ecrdcns.
1294. Polia praedita.
Koctua frec'dda, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. r)9.5 (1S27) ; Led. Ann. Soc.
Ent. Eelge, xiii. pi. 1. f. 11 (1870); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey slightly tinged with fuscous.
Fore wing grey, the antemedial and medial areas tinged with
fuscous except towards costa and inner margin ; a black streak
below base of cell ; subbasal line absent ; antemedial line defined
by white on outer side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then
nearly erect ; claviform almost obsolete, a dentate whitish mark
beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform with brownish
centres and white annnli defined by black, the former oblique
elliptical, open above; the median nervure and veins rising from it
POLIA. 127
defined bj- fine white streaks ; terminal area brown except at apex,
extending to inner side of the subterrainal line which is white,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3.
Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused
with fuscous ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous punctiforra
postmedial lino.
Hab. S.E. Russia, Sarepta, 2 d" , Zellcr Coll. ; Akmenia : W. Tur-
kestan-, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkbstan, Khashgar ; Kasemir,
Nubra (McArtliur), 2 S . E.vp. 34: millim.
*1295. Folia prodeniformis. (Plate LXXXL fig. 18.)
Mamesti-a prodeniformis. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. x. p. 404 (1887) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 117.
§ . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grej- and black ;
teguloe with black medial line ; abdomen reddiwh brown, the ventral
surface whitish irrorated with brown. Pore wing whitish with a
slight violaceous tinge, suff'used in parts with reddish brown and
fuscous, especiall}' on medial area and costal area before subterminal
line ; a black streak below base of cell interru])ted by the black-
edged white striga representing the subbasal line, with a whitish
patch beyond it outwardly edged by black ; antemedial line double,
black filled in with white, obsolete on costal area, angled inwards
on vein 1, then very strongly outward above inner margin ;
claviform large, defined by black, a dentate whitish mark beyond
it on vein 2 ; orbicular and rcniform with white annuli defined by
black, the former oblique elliptical, open above and forming a
U-shaped mark with its arms ])roduced outwards above, the latter
with its outer part tinged with pale rufous and its lower with
black ; an indistinct medial line obliquely incurved from costa to
below end of cell, then dentate ; postmedial line indistinctly double,
bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 5,
slightly excurved below vein 2 ; subterrainal line white, defined on
inner side by irregular dentate black marks, angled outwards at
vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it
suffused with black except at apex ; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; cilia fuscous and whitish. Hind wing white, the veins
and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown.
I/ah. U.S.A., Xew Mexico, Hot Springs, in coll. J. ]i. Smith.
E.vp. 34 millim.
129G. Polia furcula. (riate LXXXT. fig. 19.)
Mametitra furcula, Stand. Stett. cnt. Zeit. 188'J, p. 36; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. Ifil).
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous ; tegute
with two more or less prominent black lines ; patagia with some
128 xocTuiD.r..
black scales on upper edge ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous.
Fore wing grey with a violaceous tinge and slight brown suffusion,
the medial area brown except towards costa and inner margin ;
subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell
filled in with white ; anteraedial line double filled in witli Avhite,
waved from costa to vein 1, then strongly angled outwards, some-
times almost to postmedial line ; claviform large, brown defined by
black, acute at extremity, a bidentate white mark above it on
vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black, the former
oblique elliptical, white with slight brown centre, the latter brown
with slight white annulns ; postmedial line defined by white on
outer side, angled outwards below costa and sharply at vein 5, then
incurved and angled on veins 2 and 1 ; subterminal line white,
defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at
middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at
veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suffused with brown ; a terminal series
of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing
white ; the veins, base, and inner area suffused with brown ; a
broad terminal fuscous-brown band ; cilia white ; the underside
sparsel}' irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule, crenulate
postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.
Bah. W. TuRKESiiN, Issyk-kul, 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Turkestan, Hi;
Kashmir, Kardong, 14,000' \McArtJmr), 4 J, Digha Pass, 15,000'
(JllcArthur), 4 c? . Ex^y. 30 millim.
*1297. Polia eversmanni. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 20.)
Mamestra eversmanni, Staucl. Iris, xii. p. 367, pi. 6. f. 14 (1900); id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. IGO.
2 . Head and thorax grey tinged with fulvous and mixed with
some black scales ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen whitish
tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft with ochreous. Pore wing grey,
tinged with purplish and suffused with brown, especially on medial
and terminal areas; subbasal line double, dentate, from costa to
vein 1 ; antemedial line double, irregularly waved, from costa to
submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and more strongly out-
wards above inner margin ; claviform large, fuscous brown defined
by black, acute at extremity, a prominent bidentate whitish mark
beyond it on base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform moderate,
defined by black, the former rounded, whitish with brown centre,
the latter greyish with whitish annulus ; a medial line oblique from
costa to vein 2, then dentate; a double postmedial line, bent out-
wards below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved between veins
5 and 2 and at inner margin ; subterminal line yellowish white,
defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at
middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3,
and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of black lunules :
cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing pure white, -the
reins, basal and inner areas suffused with fuscous; the terminal
POLIA, lli9
area black; the cilia white; underside white, the costal area
irrorated with black, a discoidal point, the terminal area black.
Hub. E. Turkestan, Korla, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 40 millim.
1208. Polia schneideri. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 21.)
Mamestra Kchiieidcri, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 368 (1900) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 160.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; tegulae with
black medial line ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey-hrovvn ;
subbasal lino represented by double black striiB from costa and cell ;
a double black streak above inner margin before the antemedial
line, which is double, filled in with grey, angled outwards below
costa and strongly above inner margin, slightly excurved between
those points ; claviform brown defined by black, acute at extremity,
a bidentate whitish mark above it on vein 2 ; orbicular oblique
elliptical, with brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black ;
reniform rather narrow, fuscous grey defined by black ; an indistinct
medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial
line double, filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, incurved
to vein 4, then bisinuate, the area beyond it paler with some
whitish points on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner
side by black streaks below costa and dentate marks at middle,
anoled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, the
area beyond it suff'used with black ; a terminal series of black
lunules ; cilia pale brown, with darker lino through them and inter-
sected with ochreous. Hind wing whitish, the base tinged with
brown, the veins, discoidal lunule, and terminal half brown; cilia
white ; the underside whitish slightly irrorated with brown, a
discoidal lunule, slight curved postmedial line, and broad sub-
terminal band.
Hdh. W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Korla,
Kuldja, 1 $ ; Kashmir, Deosai Plains {Leech), 1 J . Exp. 40-44
millim.
1299. Polia perdentata. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 22.)
Hadena perdentata. ITmpsn. Motlis Ir.d. ii. p. 198 (1894).
Mamestra bifida, Puug. Iris, xv. p. 149, pi. 5. f. 3 (1902).
Head and thorax purplish brown slightly mixed with grey;
tegulae with two black lines near upper edge ; patagia edged with
black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous mixed with ochreous.
Fore wing dark purplish grey suffused in parts with brown ; sub-
basal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell
filled in with grey ; a dentate black mark on inner area before the
antemedial. line, which is double and filled in with grey, angled
outwards below costa and strongly above inner margin, waved
between those points ; claviform largo, defined by black, a pale
bidentate mark above and beyond it on vein 2 ; orbicular small,
obli(jue elliptical, with brown centre and ochreous annulus defined
VOL. V. K
130 xoCTUiDJi:.
by black; reniform large, fuscous grey defined by black, with brown,
and ochreous line on inner side; an indistinct medial line, oblique
from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line double filled in
"with grey, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 5, then
oblique and minutely waved, augled inwards above inner margin,
the area beyond it rather paler except at costa, on which are some
pale points ; subterminal line ochreous, defined on inner side by
black streaks below costa and dentate marks at middle, the area
beyond it rather darker except at apex, angled outwards to termen
at veins 7, 4, 3, a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia grey, with
blackish line through them and intersected with ochreous. Hind
wing fuscous brown with darker terminal line, the cilia pale with
brown line through them ; the underside pale thickly irrorated
with brown, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. W. TuRKKSTAN, Alexander Mts., typef hifida J $ in Coll.
Piingeler ; Kashmir, Kokser (McArthur), 1 $ type ; Punjab, Kulu,
1 c? . Exp. 42 millim.
1300. Polia farnhami. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 23.)
Mamesira farnhami, Grote, EuU. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 103, pi. 3. f. 2
(1873); Smith, Cat. Noot. N. Am. p. 116.
Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey ;
teguhe with medial black line and some black scales at tips ;
patagiawith some black on upper edge ; abdomen yellowish brown,
trie dorsal crests darker. Eore wing purplish, the veins with dark
screaks ; the subbasal line represented by double black stria) filled
in with grey from costa and cell, and^with some brown beyond it
above vein 1 ; anttmcdial line double, black filled in with pale
brown, waved and angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform
large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform narrow, defined by
black, the former oblique elliptical with rufous centre and whitish
annulus, the latter with whitish line on inner side, followed by
rufous, then purplish ; medial line oblique from costa to vein 2,
then dentate, with a whitish mark before it below the orbicular,
bidentate on vein 2 and subniedian fold ; the medial area from
subcostal nervure to submedian fold browner ; postmedial line
double, black filled in with pale brown, bent outwards below costa,
incurved to vein 5 where it is angled outwards, then oblique and
dentate, somo whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
whitish, interrupted by an oblique whitish fascia from apex, angled
outwards to termen at vein 7, dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, and
bent outwards to tornus, defined on inner side by a series of dentate
black marks, the area beyond it rather browner ; cilia intersected
with whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins
and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; cilia yellowish white ; the
underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule,
sinuous postmedial line and terminal series of small lunules.
Hah. Canada, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 2 $ ; U.S.A., Colorado,
1 c? type, {Coclcerell) 1 ? , Glenwo )d Springs. Exp. 44 millim.
131
1301. Polia furca.
Mamesfra furca, Ev. Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 154; Herr.-Schaff. Eur.
Schiiiett., Koct. f. 628; SUud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.
Bianthmcia coUeti, Sparre-Schneider, Sieb. Euum. iii. p. 56 (1876).
d" . Head and thorax grey mixed with some red-brown ; palpi
blackish at sides ; tegulae with two black lines near upper edge;
patagia edged with black above ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal
tufr and ventral surface tinged with rufous. Fore wiug grey
suffused with pale purplish ; the subbasal line represented by double
black strife from costa and cell filled in with whitish ; a blackish
shade on inner area before the double antemedial line, which is
filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa and above inner
margin and waved between those points ; claviforni large, dark
brown defined by black, acute at extremity ; orbicular small, ellip-
tical, white defined by black and with slight brown centre, a whitish
line on its outer edge confluent with the bidentato white mark on
vein 2 before the medial line, which is oblique from costa to vein 2,
then dentate ; renifoim with grey centre and whitish annulus de-
fined by black, rather narrow ; postmedial line double filled in
with whitish, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 5, then
oblique and minutely waved, the area beyond it purplish grey
with some white points on costa ; subterminal line whitisli defined
on inner side by some black streaks below costa and dentate marks
at middle, the area beyond it blackish except at apex, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series
of small black lunules ; cilia with white line at base and intersected
with white. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal
half whitish; cilia white, with a brown line through them; the
underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, waved
postmedial line and slight diffused subterminal band.
Huh. Noeway; W. Tuekestan, Saisan, lssyk-kul,Kuruk Tag, 1 S ,
Alexander Mts., 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Tuekestan, Hi, Korla ; Mongolia,
Uliassutai ; Tibet, Xuku-noor ; E. Siberia. Exp. 42 millim.
1302. Polia suavis.
Mamestra suavis, Staud. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 428, pi. 7. f. 4 (1892) ; id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 169.
S • Head and thorax greyish mixed with brown ; tegulae with
medial dark line ; some black scales near upper edge of patagia ;
tarsi with whiti:^h rings ; abdomen grey tinged with pale reddish
brown. Fore wing purplish pink suffused and irrorated with
blackish, leaving the postmedial area and an apical patch purplish ;
subbasal line double, black filled in with purplish pink, slightly
waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, filled
in with pink, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, defined by black, a dentate
pinkish patch beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform
large, defined by black, the former pinkish, oblique elliptical, the
K ill
132 xoctthd^ii.
latter purplish grey, its centre defined by fuscous, slightly angled
inwards on median ncrvure and almost touching former ; an in-
distinct medial line, oblique t'rom costa to below cell ; postmedial
line double, filled in with purplish, dentate, bent outwards below
costa, and obliqne below vein 5, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subterrainal line white, defined by fuscous on inner side,
forming somewhat dentate marks below costa and at middle, angled
•outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a
terminal series of small dentate black marks; a whitish line at base
of cilia. Hind wing whitish sufFased with brown ; cilia whitish ;
underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, dentate
postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal band.
Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor ; E. Siberia, Ussuri, 1 S • Exp.
38 millim.
1303. Polia liqnida. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 24.)
Mamestra liquida, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 58 (1S81); Smith, Cat. Noet. N.
Am. p. 116.
Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with red-brown ; tegulas with
dark brown medial line followed by rufous ; patagia with some
black scales above ; abdomen grey, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore
wing blue-grey ; the subbasal line represented by black spots below
costa and cell, defined by blue-grey on outer side, the costal area
beyond it suffused with red-brown to subterminal line, on medial
area extending to submedian fold or vein 1 ; antemedial line double
filled in with blue-grej', angled outwards below costa, then oblique
waved ; claviform well developed, defined by black and filled in
with fuscous ; orbicular and reniform rather narrow, with brownish
centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former oblique
elliptical, with a grey streak below it on vein 2, often developed
into a prominent wedge-shaped mark ; postmedial line double,
filled in with blue-grey, minutely dentate and produced to black
points on the veins, bent ou' wards below costa, slightly incurved
at discal fold, oblique below vein 4, the area beyond it blue-grey
except towards costa, on which are some white points ; subterminal
line white, defined by a red-brown line on its inner side and by the
area beyond it being red-brown except at apex, angled outwards at
vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of
minute black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing
white suffused with brown, leaving an ill-defined whitish postmedial
band ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with brown, a dark discoidal point.
Hah. U.S.A., Washington, ] c? , 2 $ type, Oregon, Colorado,
Exp. 40-44 millim.
1304. Polia radix. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 25.)
Agrofis radix, Wlk. x. 3.32 (]8r)6) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 1 17.
Mamestra dimmocki, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 187.^. p. 4"20.
Mamcsfra desperata, Smith, J'roc. I^.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 221 (1891).
MLii. , 133
Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey ;
palpi blackish at sides ; tegula3 with black medial line ; abdomen
pale red-brown. Fore wing deep red-brown slightly suffused with
grey ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; a double, waved
subbusal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, oblique,
waved antemedial line; claviform slightly defined by black ; orbi-
cular and reniform large, slightly defined by black, the former
irregularly elliptical, the latter extending to below coll ; an irregular
medial line angled outwards on median nervure ; postmedial line
dcfineil by greyish on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish,
defined by somewhat dentate red-brown marks on inner side,
angled outwards below cotta and dentate nearly to tcrmen on
veins 4, 3. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish ; the
underside whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, a dark
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls (Barnston), 1 cJ
type, Nova Scotia (Redman), i 5 , Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 (^ , 2 J ;
U.S.A., Maine, 1 $, New Hampshire, White Mts. (VimmocJc), 1 2
type dimmocJci, Colorado, California, Sierra Nevada. Exp. 40 millim.
Larva. (Original.) Head heavily reticulate with black, the pale
luteous ground appearing in small dotted patches. Body light
grey-brown, the tubercles, a series ot cuneiform subdorsal patches,
and a stigmatal shade blackish. The subdorsal patches are a little
oblique, sharply terminated behind, and the pair on joint 12 are
confluent. Faint yellowish dorsal and subdorsal lines. Cervical
shield and anal plate darkened. Snbstigmatal band broad, slightlj'
paler than the ground-colour.
A general feeder. — H. G. D.
1305. Polia atlantica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 26.)
Hade7ia w-latinum, Guen. Noct. ii. p, J04 (part.), nee Iliifu.
Mamestra atlaniica, Grote, Bull. Bufi'. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 12 (1874);
Sniitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 117.
Mameitra discolor, Spejer, Slett. ent. Zeit. xxxvi. p. 142 (1875).
cj . Head and thorax grey-browu with a reddish tinge ; palpi
blackish at sides, frons with black bar ; tepulae with black medial
line ; abdomen grey-brown tinged with reddish. Fore wing grey-
brown sutt'used with rufous, except the costal area to beyond middle;
a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; a subbasal black striga
from costa ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, angled
outwards below costa and inwards on subcostal and median nervures
and vein 1, excurved below cell ; claviform moderate, defined by
black and filled in wilh brown ; orbicular and renifurra with greyish
annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above,
the latter extending to below cell ; a dark shade beyond lower
angle of cell ; some pide points on costa towards the subterminal
line, which is yellowish white, angled outwards at vein 7, and
dentate to terraen on veins 4, 3, some dentate black marks before it
134 TfOCIVIDM.
at middle and the area beyond it darker ; a terminal series of
email black lunules; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing
whitish suffused with brown, darker on terminal area ; cilia
yellowish white ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Uab. Canada (Norman), 1 c? , Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 d , 1 $ ;
U.S.A., E. States, 2 S type, Massachusetts, 2 S, Wisconsin,
Yirginia. Exp. 36 millim.
1306. Polia vidua. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 27.)
Mamestra vidua, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 17; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 159.
c5' . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; frons with black
bar above ; tcgulae with black line near lips ; tarsi with white
rings ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey suffused and
irrorated with dark brown, the medial area more strongly suffused
with brown except on costal area ; subbasal line black, slightly
angled outwards on median nervure, ending on the rather wedge-
shaped black streak below base of cell ; autemedial line black
defined by whitish on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then
waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform largo, m ith brownish centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, its
lower extremity nearly touching the latter, which is somewhat
concave on inner side ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial
line black, defined by whitish on outer side, minutely waved, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subtcrminal line white with slight
dentate brown marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7
and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it rather
darker except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
the underside grey irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and
sinuous postmedial line.
Eah. W. TuKKESTAN, Ferghana, Issyk-kul, 1 S . Exj). 30 miUim.
1307. Polia splendens.
Noctua splendens, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 400 (1827) ; Herr.-Schaff.
Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 396; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157.
Head and thorax bright purplish red to pale dull rufous ; tegulae
with slight medial line ; abdomen ochreous tinged with purplish
red or rufous. Fore wing bright purplish red to pale rufous, the
veins and costal area irrorated with white ; a dark rufous streak
below base of cell; subbasal line indistinct, white, waved, from
costa to submediau fold: antemedial line waved ; claviform small
to moderate, defined by rufous ; orbicular and reniform irrorated
with white and with fine white annuli defined by ruibus, the former
oblique, irregularly elliptical, a sinuous medial shade oblique from
costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; postmedial line
POLIA. 135
slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly
oblique, minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the
veins, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line fino,
white, defined on inner side by a prominent dark rufous shade
except towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate oa
veins 4, 3. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown, the
basal and inner areas paler ; the cilia ochreous, sometimes tinged
with purplish pink ; the underside with the costal and terminal
areas suffused with red, a small discoidal lunule and carved post-
medial line.
Uah. Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; IIussia, Livonia,
Zeller Coll. ; Rumelia ; E. Siberia, Amurland, 1 $ , Ussuri ; Corba,.
Exp. 36-40 miUim.
Larva. Streckfuss, Ent. Nachr. vi. p. 279.
Gi'ound-colour very variable, pale brassy or yellowish green to
blackish or dark olive-green, thickly irrorated with white points;
dorsal and subdorsal lines formed of larger white dots ; lateral line
yellow or white, with the black-edged white spiracles on it ; the
ground-colour darker above lateral line and on each side of sub-
dorsal line ; each somite with four dorsal black dots, forming straight
lines on thoracic somites, on medial somites triangular marks, and
on terminal somite a quadrate mark, each somite also with two
dots above and below lateral line ; head brownish or yellowish.
Food-i»lants : grass, litimex, PhoiUtijo. Differs from M. oleracea in
the lateral stripe being broader, sharply defined below, and usually
more yellow ; the cervical shield without the four black dots.
1308. Polia oleracea.
Nocfua oleracea, Linn. Svst. Nat. x. p. 517 (1858); Esp. Schraett. iv.
pi. 165, tf. 4-8 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 20, pi. 101. f. 6 ; Steph. 111. Brit.
Ent., Haust. ii. p. 193 ; 8taud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157.
Noctua spinaci(B, Bork. Eur. S(-liinett. iv. p. 454 (1792).
Mamestra variegata, Aust. Le Nat. iii. p. 142 (1885).
Head and thorax rather dull red-brown slightly irrorated with
white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous sufi'used with
brown. Fore wing rather dull red-brown ; the veins and costal
area irrorated with white ; a small white tuft at base ; faint traces
of a waved white subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an
indistinct antemedial line excurved in interspaces and angled in-
wards on median nervure and vein 1 ; claviform slightly defined by
rufous ; orbicular small, irregularly rounded, with whitish annulus ;
reniform indistinctly defined by brown, open above, with an orange
spot in its upper part ; traces of an oblique medial line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate,
often i)roduced to a series of white points on the veins, bent out-
wards below co.sta, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some \vhite
points beyond it on costa subterminal line white, indistinct towards
costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ;
cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish white.
136
>'OGTUID.y.
slightly tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused
■with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
slightly irrorated with brown and tinged with purplish pink, a
small diicoidal spot and curved postmedial series of strise on the
veins.
Ab. 1. varier/ata. Much paler. — Morocco.
Bab. Britain, Scotland, England, Lcecli Coll., Ireland ; France;
Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Algiers, Leech
Coll.; Morocco, Tangier (Meade-Waldo), 1 $ ; Eussia, Livonia,
Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia: Syria;
W. Tdrkestan, Tura, Issyk-kul, Tarbagatai Mts. ; E. Turkestan,
Hi. E.vjy. 42 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 186, pi. 158. f. 1.
Green or brown, white-dotted ; warts black ; spiracular line
yellow, edged above with dark grey. Food-plants : Urtica, Rumex,
Elm, Brassica, etc. 7-9.
1309. Poliapisi.
NocUia pisi, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 517 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 167.
ff. 1-5 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 429 : Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 17,
pi. 101. f. 5 ; Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 192 ; Staud. Oat. Lep.
pal. p. 167.
Mamestra splendevs. Stepli, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 192 (1828).
Mamestra pollens, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 35.
Mamestra riokavaarce, Hoffm. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 127.
Head and thorax bright rufous, the hairs tipped with grey ;
abdomen rufous, the anal tuft often ochreous. Fore wing bright
purplish rufous, sometimes partly tinged with yellow, a waved
Fig. 25. — Poliapisi, ^j". }.
greyish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved
antemedial line, incurved in cell ; claviform slightly outlined with
brown ; orbicular and reniforni large, incompletely defined by brown,
the former round, the dark medial shade passing between them ;
postmedial line defined by greyish on outer side, minutely waved,
bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly
below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line yellowish white, prominent, especially in discal and submedian
folds, where it has dark marks on its inner side, angled outwards at
vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, then incurved ; cilia with two pale
lines through them. Hind wing yellowish white tinged with
POLIA. 137
brown, the veins and terminal area brown ; cilia white with a
brown line through them ; the underside with the costal area
suffused with rufous, a dark discoidal spot, curved postmedial line,
and traces of a pale subterminal line.
Ab. 1. racavaarce. Dark purplish grey-brown instead of rufous.
— Finland, Lapland, E. Siberia.
Ab. 2. pallens. Fore wing pale brown with a yellowish tinge,
the markings less prominent. — Iceland ; W. Turkestan.
Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; Feaxce, Sand
Coll.; Gkrmant, Zeller and Frey Culls. ; LrALY ; Iceland; Scandi-
navia, Zeller Coll. ; Uussia, Finland, Leech Coll., Livonia, Zeller
Coll. ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Issyk-kul ; Mongolia, Urga ; S.E.
Siberia, Dauria, Ussuri. Exp. 36-42 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 183, pi. 157. f. 2.
Green or purple-brown with black dots ; subdorsal line yellow,
black-edged ; spiracular line yellow or pale greenish, black-edged
above ; head pale green or pinkish ochreous ; legs sometimes
pinkish. Food-plants : Fteris, Cytisus, Scahlosa, etc. 8-10.
1310. Polia tacoma. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 28.)
Mamestra tacoma, fUrack. Lep. Ehop. & Het, Suppl. 3, p. 31 (1900);
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with rufous ; palpi,
patagia, pectus, and legs mostly rufous ; tegulae with rufous medial
line and tips ; abdomen grey tinj;ed with rufous, the anal tuft
rufous, the ventral surface rufous irrorated with grey. Fore wing
violaceous grey ; the costal area sufliised with rufous except at
apex, before postmedial line extending to median nervure and before
antemedial line to submedian fold ; subbasal line double filled in
with grey, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double
filled in with grey, oblique and slightly Avaved ; claviform moderate,
rufous strongly defined by black ; orbicular large, grey defined by
black, open above and confluent with a grey patch on costa, some-
what oblique elliptical; reniform rufous, with grey annulus defined
by black, the cell before and between the stigmata and the base of
interspaces above veins 2, 3 tinged with black, leaving the veins
streaked with grey; a waved medial line from cell to inner margin
approximated to the postmedial line, which is double, dentate and
produced to streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4 ; some pale points on costa towards apex ;
subterminal line whitish, obsolete towards costa, then slightly de-
fined by rufous on inner side, the area beyond it rufous except at
apex, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3. Hind
wing oclireous whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area brown
except at submedian fold ; cilia ochreous white, with a dark line
through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with rufous, a discoidal lunulo and curved postmedial
line.
lo3 :«ocxuiD^.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 2 ^ , 1 $; U.S.A.,
1 (S , Washington. Exp. 40 millim.
Larva. (Original.) ]lead pale, shaded with brownish over the
vertex. Bodj' soft light green, occasionally shaded in brown ; dorsal,
subdorsal, and broad substigmatal lines paler, yellowish, defined by
darker edges. Spiracles white, in black rings. No shields.
Food-plant : Thimbleberry (Rubus) and probably other low
plants.— H. G. D.
1311. Folia satanella.
Mamestra satanella, A.\T^h. B.or. Soc. Ent. Mosc. xxvi. p 445(1892); id.
Kom. Mem. ix. p. 16, pi. 2. f. 14 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.
cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown mixed with dark
brown; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey-brown, the basal
half suffused with fuscous brown ; subbasal line re^jresented by two
dark striae from costa ; antemedial line double, the outer strong,
oblique from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and
outwards above inner margin ; claviform small, defined by black ;
orbicular and rcnitorm defined by black, the former small, round,
the latter constricted at middle and suffused with fuscous ; a curved
medial shade ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa
and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line pale brown, defined by a dark patch before it on
costa, the area beyond it dark except at apex, angled outwards at
vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; some minute terminal black
lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing brown ; the
cilia pale, with a brow^i line through them : the underside pale, the
costal and terminal areas suttused and irrorated with brown, a dark
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 cJ , Amdo. Exp. 34 millim.
*1312. Polia quadrata. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 29.)
Mamestra quadrafa. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p..248 (1891) ; id. Cat.
Koct. N. Am. p. 124.
cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown mixed with
grey ; tegulse with medial black line ; tarsi ringed with white.
Fore wing dark reddish brown with some pale irroration, the post-
medial area ])aler and redder towards inner margin ; subbasal line
defined by whitish on outer side, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; ante-
medial line defined by whitish on inner side, waved and oblique
from costa to submedian fold, then slightly angled inwards on
vein 1 ; claviform defined by black at extremity ; orbicular and
reniform slightly paler than ground-colour, very obscurely defined
by black, the former somewhat elliptical ; postmedial line defined
by whitish on outer side and produced to black streaks with pale
points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved below
vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line pale,
POLIA. 139
defined on inner side by small dentate black marks at middle,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3;
a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing uniform reddish brown ;
the cilia pale, with a brown line through them ; the underside grey,
irrorated and suffused with reddish brown, a small discoidal spot
and curved postraedial line.
Hab. U.S.A., California, in U.S. Xat. Mus. Exp. 36 millira.
Larva. Head lutcous with brown reticulations and bands. Body
brown, reticulate and dotted on a yellowish-brown ground. Faint
brown shades form an obscure dorsal lattice marking. Ordinary
lines faintly indicated, pale, the dorsal and subdorsal narrow, the
substigmatal broad. Feet pale. — H. G. D.
1313. Polia softa. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 30.)
Mamestra softa, Staud. Iris, x. p. 275, pi. 4. f. 15 (1897) ; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 15y.
Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and fuscous ;
tegulas edged with blackish above ; tarsi with blackish bands ;
abdomen whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey, tinned
with pale red-brown and irrorated with fuscous and black ; sub-
basal line obsolete ; an oblicjue pale streak below the cell before
the antemedial line, which is indistinct, double, oblique from costa
to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above
inner margin ; claviform moderate, indistinctly defined by brown;
orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined hj brown, the former
small, round, or oblique elliptical, open above, the latter with some
fuscous in its lower part ; postmedial line defined by whitish on
outer side, minutely dentate and produced to short dark streaks on
the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
whitish, defined by reddish brown on inner side and the area beyond
it darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a
terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pure white, the
veins slightly irrorated with black ; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and curved post-
medial line.
Hab. Morocco ; Palestine, 1 cJ , 1 $ . Exp., J 38, $ 40 millim.
1314. Polia sutrina. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 31.)
Mamestra sutrina, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 5 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
i. p. 127.
S . Head and thorax grey mixed with some black, and tinged
with ochreous except i)atagia; tegular with black medial line;
patagia edged with black on outer side ; tarsi banded with black ;
abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests tipped with black. Fore
wing bluish white irrorated and suff'used with dark brown, the
medial area slightly darker ; a black streak in submedian fold to
postmedial line, interrupted by the lines ; subbasal line represented
140 KOCTUID^.
by black spots below costa and cell defined by whihe on outer side
and a white striga on the black streak ; anteniedial line oblique,
waved, defined by white on inner side ; claviform moderate, defined
by black ; orhicuhir and reniform large, with brown centres and
white annuli incompletely defined by black, the former round ;
traces of a waved medial line on inner area ; postmedial line de-
fined by white on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subtermiual line white, defined
on inner side by a dark mark at costa and dentate black marks
from discal fold to inner margin, irregular, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it browner at
middle and tcrmen, a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia
grey, with a dark line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown, the
cilia grej^ with a fuscous line through them ; the underside grey
thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct
sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ; U.S.A., Colorado, 1 c? type.
Exp. 34 millim.
1315. Polia dentina.
Noctua dentina, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776) ; Esp. Schmett iv. pi. 127.
f. 3 (1789); Hiibu. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 408; Dup. Lep. Ft. vi.
p. 269, pi. 89. f. 6; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. lo9.
mctua pleheia, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 19^ (1809); Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent.,
Haust. iii. p. 185.
Noctua leucostigma, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 198 (1809); Steph. 111. Brit. Ent.,
Haust. iii. p. 186.
Noctua proxima, Frr. Neue Beitr. Schmett. ii. pi. 104. f. 2 (1836), nee
Hiibn.
Hadcna latenai, Pierret, Ann. Soc. Ent, Fr. 1837, p. 177, pi. 8. f. 3.
Noctua hiiaris, Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 938 (1840).
Head and thorax grey raised with black ; tegulaj with black
medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen greyish fuscous.
Tore wing violaceous grey irrorated with fuscous ; the medial area
suffused with fuscous brown ; a black streak in base of submedian
fold ; subliasal line represented by double striaj from costa and cell ;
some yellow on inner margin near base usually present ; antemediul
line double, waved, oblique ; claviform moderate, defined by black,
a bidentate whitish patch beyond it below the cell ; orbicular and
reniform grey defined by black and with more or le*s developed
fuscous centres, the former round ; an indistinct waved medial line;
postmedial line double, dentate and produced to short streaks on
the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,
some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish,
often tinged wdth yellow, defined on inner side by small dentate
black marks and with some black beyond it at discal fold, angled
outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal
series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous intersected with white.
Hind wing fuscous brown, rather darker on terminal area ; cilia
yellowish at base, with brown line through them and white tips ;
rui.JA. 141
the underside grey irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot,
curved postmedial line, and subterminal band.
Ab. laienai. ITuch darker, the fore wing wholly suffused with
fuscous.
H(th. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; France, Pyrenees,
Gavarnie {Mrs. NicTioll) ; German r. Zellcr & Leech Colls. ; Austria ;
Switzerland, Zeller, Frey. & Leech Colls.; Spain, Canales {Chap-
man)-^ N. Italy; Kussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg,
Zeller Coll.; Armknia; Asia Minor, Bithynia; W. Tukkestan,
Issyk-kul; W. Siberia, Altai; E. Tdrkestan, Hi; Kashmir,
Goorais Valley {Leech), 1 ^ . Exp. 32-42 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 82; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 197, pi. LIO. f. 1.
Pale grey-brown ; a dorsal series of conjoined blackish spots
edged with white ; spiracular line darker ; lateral and subspiracular
lines less distinct. Food-plant, roots of Taraxacum. 5.
1316. Polia glauca.
Nocfita glauca, Kleem. Beitr. Ins. i. p!. 48. ff. 1-7 (1792); Hiibn. Eur.
Schmett, Noct. f. 410; Diip Lep. Fr. vi. p. 322, pi. 92. f. 7 ; Steph.
111. Brit. Ent., Haiist. ii. p. 185; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1-58.
Noctua aperta, Geyer, Eur. Solimett., Noct. f. 800 (1827).
Noctua lappa, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 255, pi. 110. f. '6 (1827).
Hadena qiiadriposita, Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 939 (1840).
Hadcna farhadi, Herr.-Schiiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 390 (1845), iioo
Troit.
Mamedra taunensis, Fuchs, Jhrb. Nas.^. lii. p. 133 (18991.
Hadena poliostig ma, Hmpsa. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894).
Head and thorax grey, more or less mixed with black-brown ;
teguliE with medial black line ; frons with Idack bar ; tarsi ringed
with black ; abdomen dark brown slightly mixed with grey, the
dorsal crests black. Fore wing purplish grey, more or less com-
pletely suffused with brown and blacl< ; subbasal line black, waved,
from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey on cuter side ;
anteraedial line double, waved ; claviform well developed, whitish
defined by black and with two black streaks from it to postmedial
line ; orbicular and reniform whitish, with fuscous centres and
defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line defined by
white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then lunulate,
incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line white defined by black on inner side and by dentate
black marks below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7
and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal scries of small black lunules ;
cilia intersected with white. Hind wing uniform dull reddi.sh
brown or with the interspaces of basal half whitish ; the cilia
white at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Ab. 1. aperta. Darker.
Ab. 2. tiunensis. Fore wing suffused with black.
Ab. 3. quadripositn. Much greyer.
Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Ireland, Leech Coll.; E, France;
142 xocrtii>.K,
Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Zeller & Frey
Colls. ; Norway, Rorasdal, Frey Coll, ; IltJssiA, Livouia, Zeller Coll. ;
W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; Amurland ; Kam-
SCHATGA ; Kashmir, Scinde Valley {Leech), 1 5 type poUostiyma.
Exp. 32-42 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Erit. Lep. p. 82; Barrett, Lop. Brit. iv. p. 193, pi. 158. f. 3.
IJrown with darker freckles ; dorsal line narrow, dark ; a sub-
dorsal series of oblique dark and light markings ; spiracular line
whitish ; head pale brown with darker freckles. Food-plants :
Salix, Tussilago. 7-8.
*]317. Polia gasiva. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 32.)
Amathcs gasiva, Sohaus, J. N. Y. Eiit. Soc. vi. p. 108 (1898).
(S . Head and thorax grey and dark brown ; abdomen grey-
brown, with the dorsal crests darker. Fore wing grey strongly
irrorated with dark brown, suffused in parts with black-brown,
especially on medial area, and slightly with red-broAvn ; a waved
subbasal black line from costa to vein 1 ; a waved antemedial line
oblique from costa to below cell where it is obtusely angled ; clavi-
forra small, outlined with black ; orbicular and reniform grey
defined by black, the diffused medial dark shade passing between
them, the orbicular large, round, the reniform with black point
above it on costa ; the black postmedial line dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; the subterminal
line grey defined on each side by dark brown, excurved at vein 7
and at middle and slightly angled inwards at veins 5 and 2 ; the
veins of terminal area streaked with black. Hind wing whitish
strongly tinged with brown especially towards termen : cilia whitish,
with a brown line near base ; the underside grey irrorated with
brown ; a dark discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial
line.
Hah. Mexico, Las Vigas, type f c? in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 28
millim.
*1318. Folia paranica. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 1.)
Mamestra paranica, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 231 (1903).
5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with black and brown ; palpi
blackish at sides ; tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen grey
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing violaceous grey, irrorated and
in places suffused with black ; subbasal line double, black filled in
with white, waved, from costa to vein 1, the area beyond it olive-
green to the oblique waved antemedial line, defined by white on
inner side and connected with postmedial line by a blackish streak
in submedian fold ; medial area with the interspaces olive-green ;
orbicular small, round, white with olive-green centre and some
white above it on costa and below it; reniform rather ill-defined,
roi.iA. 143
grey partly suffused with olive-green, its centre defined by black ;
an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line black, defined by
white on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line prominent, white, waved, angled outwards
at vein 7, inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurved at
middle, with a band of olive-green before it, some green spots
beyond it in the interspaces, and some black in discal and sub-
median folds ; a terminal series of small black lanules ; cilia olive-
green with some black, the tips white. Hind wing ochreous white,
the terminal half and costal and inner areas suffused with fuscous ;
cilia yellowish white; the underside yellowisli wliite, the costal area
irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, indistinct curved post-
medial lino and diffused subterminal band.
Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp.
40 millim.
1319. Polia cuneata. (riate LXXXII. fig. 2.)
Mamestra cuneata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. i. p. 130, pi. 4. f. 9
(1873); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 127.
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grej^ ; frons with
black bar; tegulte with black medial line; patagia with white
patch edged with blackish ; abdomen brown and grey, the dorsal
crests tipped with black, the genital tuft yellowish. Pore wing
grey irrorated and suffused with black-brown, the medial area
darker ; subbasal line double, black filled in with grey, waved and
angled outwards at median nervure, ending at vein 1 ; antemedial
line double, filled in with grey, obliquely waved and angled inwards
on vein 1 ; claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform with greyish annuli defined by black, the former
rather obli(iue elliptical; postmedial line defined by grey on outer
side, dentate and produced to grey and black streaks on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined
on inner side by sligtit black and yellow dentate marks at middle
and more prominent spot in submedian fold, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it rather darker ; a
terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ;
cilia pale, with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish,
thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and sinuous post-
medial line.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal area tinged with red, the
stigmata and terminal area whiter.
Ab. 2. Fore wing almost entirely tinged with red.
Bob. Canada, Vancouver I. ; U.S.A., Washington, 2 5 , Oregon,
California, 3 d, 2 2 type, (Wahinc/ham) 2 c? , 1 $, Mendocino,
1 9 • E.v2^. 34 millim.
144
xocTuiii.t;.
1320. Polia anguina. (Plate LXXXll. fig. 3.)
Mamestra anquina, Grote, Can. Eut. siii. p. 129 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N.Am. p. "lis.
Mameatra /arMM, Smith, Ent. News Philad. vi. p. 338, pi. xv. f. 11 (1895);
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 152.
Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white : frons with
blackish bar ; tegulae with strong medial black line ; tarsi banded
black aud white; abdomen whitish thickly irrorated with reddish
brown, the dorsal crests blackish at tips. Fore wing blue-grey
irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown, the medial area darker;
a fine black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line double, waved,
from costa to submedian fold, and with an obli(]ue striga beyond it
from subcostal nervure to submedian fold ; antemedial line double,
curved, hardly waved ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform large, with brown centres and grey annuli defined by
black ; postmedial line double, the outer line strong, crenulate and
produced to streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved and touching reniform and clavi-
form, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey
slightly defined by brown, anr] with a dark patch before it on costa,
excurved at vein 7 and middle, angled inwards at submedian fold,
where it is crossed by a black streak extending to termen ; a fine
dark terminal line; cilia chequered gre)'- and fuscous. Hind wing
white, the veins brownish, the costal and terminal areas tinged with
brown, nearly uniformly sufl'used with fuscous in female ; cilia
white, with a dark line through them ; the underside with dark
irroration on costal area, an indistinct sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. C.\NAUA, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolhy-Dod\ 3 c? , 3 2 ; U.S.A.,
Maine, New Jersey, Illinois, 1 (S type, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona,
Prescott {Kunze), 1 S ,2 § . Exy. 32 millim.
1321. Polia vicina. (Plato LXXXll. fig. 4.)
Mamestra viciva, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 156 (1874);
Smith, Ciit. Noct. N. Airi. p. 128.
Ma7nesira telicjera, Morr. I'roc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 215 (1874).
Mamestra acutipennis, Grote, Ciin. Ent. xii. p. 214 (1880).
Head and thorax clothed with dark brown and grey scales ;
palpi black at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulae with black
medial line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded with black ;
abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the dorsal crests dark at lips.
Fore wing whiti-sh, suffused and irrorated with fuscous; a sinuous
black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line indistinct, double,
angled outwards in cell and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial
line double, nearly even, oblique from costa to submedian fold
where it is angled ; claviform usually narrow and acute, often filled
in with black, and with a rufous streak above it; orbicular and
reniform with slight whitish annuli defined by black, the former
obliciue elliptical; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side.
POLIA. 145
somewhat dentate and prodnocd to points on the veins, bent out-
wards below costa and incurved below vein 4, touching the reniform
and claviform, some gre)* points beyond it on costa ; subterrainal
line grey, defined on inner side by a dark mark on costa and by a
series of dentate black marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7,
excurved at middle and angled inwards in submedian fold, where it
is developed into a black and white spot, the area beyond it tinged
with fuscous ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing
white, the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous, strongly so
in female ; cilia white, with a brown line through them : the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal
point and sinuous postraedial line or series of striae on the veins.
Ab. 1. acutipennis. More blue-grey and strongly irrorated
with black ; fore wing with the medial area suffused with black
except towards inner margin.
Hub. U.S.A., E. States, 1^,32 type, Maine, Xew York,
Evan's Centre, 1 <S , Texas, Nevada, 1 $ type acutijjennis, California,
Shasta, 1 $ . E.vp. ^54-36 millim.
1322. Polia pensilis. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 5.)
Dianthoecia pensilis, Grote, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 199 ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 128.
Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown ; frons with
black bar ; tegulse with strong medial black line ; abdomen grey
mixed with brown. Fore wing grey irrorated and suffused with
brown ; a black streak below base of cell with a red-brown tinge
above it ; subbasal line defined by grey on outer side, angled out-
wards in cell and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line double,
nearly even, oblique from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards
on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, acute and reaching post-
medial line, filled in with rufous and with rufous streak above it ;
orbicular and reniform rather small, with grey annuli defined by
black, the former oblique elliptical ; the cell and the area beyond
it more or less tinged with rufous ; postmedial line defined by
white on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal
line formed of a scries of yellowish-white lunules except towards
costa, defined by dentate black marks on inner side and with a
more prominent spot in submedian fold, excurved at vein 7 and
middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing semi-
hyaline white, the veins and termen tinged with brown, more
strongly in female ; cilia white, with a brown line through them ;
the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial
line.
Ab. 1. The markings indistinct.
Jlab. C.iN.vDA, Renfrew Co., 4 c? , 1 $ , Calgary (Wolhi/-Dod),
1 J , 1 2 , Vancouver I., 1 J , 1 $ type, (J. J. Walker) 2 2 ;
VOL. V. L
14G NorTuro/'K.
U.S.A., Texas, Wasbirifrton, Colorado, Durango (O.flnr), 2 cJ , 2 2 i
California, Sanzalito, 1 <^ , 1 $, {Walsinqham) 4 $, Arizona,
Prescott {Kunze), 2 d , 2 $ . Ea-p. 30-34 raillim.
1323. Polia segregata. (riate LXXXII. fig. G.)
Mamestra segregata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. iv. p. 100, pi. vi. f. 11
(1803).
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with gre}-. Fore
"wing clothed with dark brown scales edged with grey and suffused
with shining purplish ; subbasal line black, curved from costa to
submedian fold, then bent inwards to base above vein 1 ; ante-
medial line black, defined b}' grey on inner side, oblique from costa
to submedian fold, then waved and with a black fascia in submedian
fold from it to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform well-developed,
defined by black, the former greyish, open above and below, the
latter open above, with greyish annulus and with some rufous
beyond it ; postmedial line sinuous, bent outwai'ds below costa and
strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line white defined by
slight black marks on each side of it, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a fine black terminal line. Hind wing ^rey-
brown with fine dark terminal line, the underside grey irrorated
■with brown.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (WoJley-Dod), 1 $, Laggan,
British Columbia, Roselaud (Danhif), 1 cJ . E.vjj. 38 millim.
*]324. Polia cnivetti. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 7.)
Hadcna hiyvetti, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 203 (1894).
5 . Head and tegu]<© white ; palpi and lower part of frons mostly
black, the vertex with some black scales ; antennae black, tegulse
slightly tinged with brown except at tips ; thorax purplish black
mixed with deep black and a few red-brown scales : tibiae and tarsi
banded with white ; abdomen dorsally whitish, the crests and
segmental lines fuscous, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface
black. Fore wing dark purplish grey, with patches of white and
difi'used white markings ; a white patch near base between sub-
costal nervure and vein 1, crossed by the waved black subbasal line
which is bent inwards above vein 1, and with black markings with
some white on them beyond it; antemedial line black defined by
white on inner side, oblique, slightly sinuous ; claviform defined
by black and with black fascia from it to postmedial line; orbicular
and reniform large, defined by black, the former white, open above
and connected with a white costal patch, the latter purple-grey
with incomplete whitish annulus, angled inwards on median
nervure, the cell before and between them suffused with black,
some white beyond the reniform ; postmedial line black slightly
defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, incurved
and sinuous below vein 4, bent outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal
POLIA. 147
line strong, "white defined by blackish on inner side and with
dentate black marks between it and termen, expanding; into white
patches at apex and betvreen veins 4, 3 extending to termen ; cilia
with a fitie white line at base. Hind wing white slightly tinged
with brown, the veins and a fine terminal line browner ; the
underside with a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmcdial line.
I] ah. SiKKiM {Knyvett), typef $ in Coll. Elwes. Exj). 42
millim.
1325. Polia albomarginata.
CclcBna alhomarginata, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. ii. p. 478, pi. 03.
f. 23 (1898).
5 . Head and thorax white mixed with purple-black ; palpi
black at sides ; legs banded black and white ; abdomen fuscous
black. Fore wing purplish grey suffused in parts with black, the
medial area black, the terminal area yellowish white sparsely
irrorated with black ; a black point on costa at base ; subbasal line
double, black filled in with white, angled inwards and interrupted
in cell, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line fine, white
defined by black, angled outwards below costa where it is developed
into a pinkish-white spot, then oblique, sinuous, and excurved
above inner margin ; claviforra only defined by having a lunulate
white spot beyond it ; orbicnlar and reniform well-developed,
pinkish with slight white aunuli and connected by a pinkish fascia
on median nervure, beyond the cell bent downwards and ending on
subterminal line at vein 3; the orbicular oblique elliptical and
connected with a pinkish spot on costa; postmedial line whitish
defined on each side by black, arising from a pinkish sjwt on costa,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and
sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
only defined by the contrast between the white and purple areas,
and by black patches on its inner side at costa and inner, margin,
somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3, 2, where it is defined by slight
pinkish lunules on outer side ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia
intersected by black. Hind wing black-brown ; cilia white, black
at apex and chequered with black at middle ; the underside with
the basal half of costal area irrorated with white, whitish towards
inner margin, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Costa Eica, Candelaria Mts. (Underivood), 1 $ type,
Godman-Salvin Coll. E-vj^. 32 millim.
1326. Polia mista. (riate LXXXII. fig. 8.)
Mameatra mista, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 35; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 158.
Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some dark brown ;
palpi ])lackish at sides ; frons with dark bar above ; patagia with
some black scales on upper edge ; aljdomen grey irrorated with
brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with golden brown ; the cell
' l2
148 NOCTUIT).!:,
and area between it and postmcdial line, the area between sub-
median fold and vein 1 and the terminal area more or less completely
suffused with golden brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of
cell ; subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa
and cell ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform large, golden
brown defined by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with
brown centres and white annuli defined by black ; an indistinct
waved medial line angled at lower angle of cell ; the base of inter-
spaces above veins 2, 3 tinged with black ; the postmedial line
defined bj' white on outer side, strongly dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some white points
on costa towards apex ; subterminal line prominent, white, angled
outwards at vein 7 and more or less strongly dentate at veins 4, 3 ;
a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with
white. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area
suffused with fuscous, more strongly in female ; the underside
whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal
spot, slight curved postmedial line, and some obscure subterminal
patches.
Hah. W. TuEKESTAN, Isp\k-kul, 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Turkestan,
Khashgar, Hi. Exp. 4U millim.
*1327. Polia mutilata. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 9.)
Mamestra mutilata. Smith, Ent. News, ix. p. 246 (1898) ; Djar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 156.
Head and thorax clothed with dark brown and grey hair and
scales ; tarsi with whitish rings ; abdomen brown and grey. Fore
wing fuscous brown mostly overlaid with purplish-grey scales,
some yellowish in base of submedian fold and beyond the claviform ;
subbasal line waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line oblique,
waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black, incompletely above ;
orbicular and reniform moderate, whitish defined by black, the
former round ; postmedial line rather indistinct, dentate, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved at vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal
line pale, defined on inner side by very slight, minute dentate
blackish marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
traces of a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing uniform
fuscous brown ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a small
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
llah. Canada, British Columbia, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 36
millim.
1328. Polia beani. (riate LXXXII. fig. 10.)
Mamestra heanii, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 87 (1877); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 123.
Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown and red-
brown ; tegulai wnth black medial line ; tarsi blackish with pale
rings ; abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing purplish grey suftused
POLIA. 149
with fuscous and ferruginous red ; a waved black subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold slightlj* defiued by grey on outer side ;
an oblique, waved, black antemedial line, angled inwards on the
veins and defiued by grey on inner side ; claviform small, defiued
by black ; oi-bicular and reuiform large with brown-defined centres
and grey annuli defined by black, rather incompletely above, the
former oblique elliptical, the latter with black patch in lower part ;
an indistinct, curved, waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate
and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4, defiued by grey on outer side, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line fine, grey defined by
rufous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at
veins 4, 3 ; a terminal scries of brown lunules. Hind wing dark
brown, the terminal area sufl^'used with fuscous ; cilia white, with a
browuish lino through them : the underside whitish irrorated with
red-brown, especially on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal spot
and traces of jjostmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Illinois, Texas, Colorado, 1 J > 1 $ type. Exi).
44-48 millim.
1329. Polia legitima. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 11.)
Apamea legitima, Grote, Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 82, pi. 2. f. 4 (1864) ;
Smith, Cat. Koct. N. Am. p. 123.
Head and thorax purple-grey mixed with red-brown ; palpi
blackish at sides ; frons with blackish bar ; teguloe with medial
black line ; patagia with some black scales above ; pectus more
rufous in male ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft tinged with
rufous. Fore wing purple-grey ; the costal area suffused with
rufous to subterminal line, extending over the whole cell and some-
times ditt'uscdly to vein 1 ; a waved black subbasal line from costa
to vein 1 defined by grey on outer side ; an oblique, double, waved
antemedial line, the inner rufous and indistinct, the outer black ;
claviform small or moderate, defined by black and often filled in
with black ; orbicular and renitorm large, defined by black, the
former grey, oblique elliptical, open above, the latter rufous with
pale annulus, its lower part filled in with fuscous ; an •.ndistinct
curved, waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and i/roduced to
points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below
vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lino
waved, grey defined by rufous on inner side, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurvcd at middle, the area beyond it tinged with
fuscous or rufous ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing
whitish suffused with brown and the terminal area with fuscous ;
cilia white, brown at base : the underside irrorated with red-brown,
especially on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal spot and traces
of postmedial line and subterminal band.
Hah. Canada, Xova Scotia (Itedman), 2 J , 1 § ; U.S.A., N., E.,
& Middle States, 1 J , 2 $, New York, 1 $, Oregon, Portland.
E.rp. 42 millim.
150 NOCTUIDiE.
Larva. Head light rod. Body violaceous browu ; subdorsal and
substigraatal lines broad, pale yellow, the subdorsal narrowly, the
substigmatal broadly black-edged above ; a yellow dorsal stripe on
joint 2, vanishing on joint 3, the ground-colour of joint 2 dark ; an
irregular browu lower edge to the substigmatal baud on thorax
only. Feet pale. — H. G. D.
1330. Polia dodi. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 12.)
Mamestra dodii, Smith, ined.
Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with rufous ; tegulae with
dark medial line ; abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous, the anal
tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing blue-grey, the costal area
suffused with rufous, on basal area extending to vein 1, and on
medial area to median nervure ; subbasal line defined by grey on
outer side, angled butwards below costa and cell and extending to
vein 1 ; antemedial line double tilled in with grey, angled outwards
below costa and excurved below cell and above inner margin ;
claviform small, acute at extremity, defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform grey, their centres slightly defined by brown, the
former narrow, oblique elliptical, tinged with rufous above, the latter
suffused with rufous above and fuscous below ; postmedial line
defined by grey on outer side, dentate and produced to points on
outer side, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;
subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and minutely
dentate at veins 4, 3, defined by rufous on inner side forming some-
what dentate marks at middle, the area beyond it dark except at
apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous
white tinged with fuscous, the veins and terminal area fuscous;
cilia whitish ; the underside whitish with a slight reddish tinge
and some black irroration, a slight discoidal lunule and diffused
subterminal band.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 1 J, 1 $. Exp.
34 millim.
1331. Polia lilacina. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 13.)
Mamestra lilacwa. Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 119 (1874) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 123.
Mamestra illahefacta, Mui-r. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 141 (1874).
Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown ; tegulae with
slight blackish medial line ; abdomen grey mixed with reddish
brown. Fore wing purplish grey, mostly suff'used with brown and
irrorated with dark brown ; traces of a waved subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold ; an oblique, waved, antemedial line defined
by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate to large, defined by
black; orbicular and reniform large, with fuscous centres and
greyish annuli defined by blackish, the former oblique elliptical ;
an indistinct waved medial line angled outwards to low^er angle of
cell ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely dentate
roM.v. 151
and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line grey, defined by brown on inner side, the
area beyond it dai'k excej^t at costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the terminal area darker ;
cilia white and brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,
a brown discoidal spot.
Hah. Canada, Alberta (TFo%-DotZ), 2^,2$; U.S.A., N., E.,
Middle & Central States, 1 5 type, Massachusetts, Beverley, 1 5
type iUahefacta, New York, Evan's Centre, 1 <S , Colorado, New
Mexico. Kvj). 36 millim,
1332. Polia illoba.
Agrotis illoha, Bud, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 162 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. B.M. iii
pi. 44. f. 7 ; Staud. Cat, Lep. pal. p. 157.
Grapkipkora pacifica. Ball. A. M. JSf. H. (5) i. p. 165 (1878) ; id. III. Het.
B.M. ii. pi. 30. f. ±
Mamestra decUnans, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 250 ; id. Rom. Mem.
vi. p. 427, pi. 8. f. 2.
Head and thorax grey mixed with dull brown ; tarsi with pale
rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing purplish grey
irrorated and suffused with dull reddish brown : an indistinct, pale,
waved subbasal line from costa tosubmedian fold ; antemedial line
indistinct, double, oblique, waved ; claviform defined by black and
filled in with blackish ; orbicular and reniform large, with brownish
centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former somewhat
obli(jue elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in lower part ; a
slight medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; post-
medial line slightly waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line whitish, defined by red-brown
on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle.
Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown
or wholly suffused with brown ; the underside white, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and
sinuous postmedial line.
Ab. 1. declinans. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with
briglit rufous.
Udh. K.Siberia, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodate, 1 cS type, Yokohama
{Jonas, Frijer, Manley), 7 cT , 7 $ , type ;>rtcj/ir«, Tokio ( J/a/'ies),
1 cJ, 1 ?, Oiwake {'Pnjer), \ 6 , 1 $, Chiuzenji {Leivis), 1 2 ;
CoREA, Gensan (Ito), 1 d" j 1 § 5 ^- China, Iviukiang {Pratt), 1 § ,
Exp. 44-4G millim.
*1333. Polia dictyota. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 14.)
Mamedra dictyota, Lower, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 11)01, p. 643.
9 . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; some black
on vertex of head and extremity of tegulaj ; tarsi black with -^tly
152 NOCXUID^.
rings ; abdomen brown. Fore wing grey suffused with brown and
irrorated with black ; the suubasal and antemedial lines waved,
whitish defined on each side with black, the former from costa to
submedian fold, the latter oblique ; claviform large, pale brownish
with white outline ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres
and whitish annuli, the former round, the latter moderate, the cell
between them blackish ; postmedial line whitish defined on each
side by black, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 3, then oblique ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards
slightly at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with a series of dentate
black marks on its inner side ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing brown ; the cilia whitish at tips ; the underside whitish
with slight discoidal spot ; the terminal area suffused with fuscous
from costa to vein 2.
Hah, ViciOEiA, Melbourne, type t $ in Coll. Lower. Exp. 32
millim.
1334. Polia calberlai. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 15.)
Hadena calberlai, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1883, p. 181 ; Calb. Ins, i. p. 182,
pi. 12. f. 9 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish brown mixed with
black ; tegulae with ill-defined blackish medial line, patagia edged
with blackish. Fore wing i)ale greyish brown suftused and irrorated
with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker; subbasal line black,
angled outwards below costa and ending on the rather wedge-
shaped black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line indistinctly
double, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, large, acute at
extremity and extending to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform
with pale annuli, defined by black and with more or less black
suffusion in cell before and between them, the former rounded, the
latter angled inwards on median nervure ; an indistinct difiused
medial line ; postmedial line double, the inner line black, the outer
indistinct, very minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some jjale points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line pale, defined by fuscous on inner side and
with slight black streaks before it above and below vein 5, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it
suffused with fuscous except at apex, a terminal series of slight
black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with an
ochreous-white line at base ; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal spot and difi'used curved postmedial
line.
Hah. Austria, S. Tirol, 1 d , 1 $ ; Iialy. Eicp. 36 millim.
Larva on Clematis vitalba.
POIJA. l'">3
1335. Polia gavisa. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 16.)
Mamestra gavisa, Schaus, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142(1898) ; Druce,
Biol. Ceutr.-Am. , Het. ii. p. 567.
S . Head and thorax red-brown with a purplish tinge, the scales
with pale tips ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi banded blacl\ and
pinkish ; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral surface more rufous.
Fore wing dark brown irrorated with grey and tinged with purplish
red ; a sinuous black streak in base of submedian fold ; subbasal
line indistinctly double, filled in with greyish, waved, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with greyish,
waved, somewhat oblique ; claviform small, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round,
the latter concave towards base and with white line on its outer
edge ; traces of a medial line, approximated below the cell to the
postmedial line which is double filled in with grey and with some
short black streaks beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small black
and grey dentate marks defined by red-brown on inner side, the
area beyond them fuscous except at apex, slightly angled outwards
at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia
blackish, with fiue pale lines at base and middle. Bind wing
fuscous brown, pale on basal and inner areas ; cilia pale with a
brown line through them ; the underside pale irrorated with dark
brown, the costal area tinged with purplish pink, a black discoidal
spot, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal waved line interruj)ted
at the veins.
Hah. Mexico, Las Yigas, 1 S , type t J in Coll. Schaus. Exp,
36 millim.
1336. Polia goodelli. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 17.)
Mamestra gooJcUt, Grote, Can. Ent. yii. p. 223 (1875) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 124.
Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with red-brown
and grey ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown. Pore
wing dark brown tinged with red-brown and slightly mixed with
grey ; subbasal line double filled in with grey, curved from costa
to submedian fold; antemedial line rather indistinct, double filled
in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform small, strongly defined by
black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former nearly
round, the latter whitish, its centre defined by fuscous ; an indis-
tinct waved medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure ;
postmedial line dentate and produced to white points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line interrupted, grey,
dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with
some small dentate black marks on its inner side ; a tcmiinul
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series of small black lunules ; a series of pale points at base of
cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, with dark terminal line and fine
pale line at base of cilia ; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, thickly on costal and terminal areas, a dark discoidal point
and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., N., E., and Middle States, New York,
Evan's Centre {Grote}, 4 J , 2 $ , type, Nebraska. E.q). 3(i millim.
1337, Polia sadales.
Manuafra mdales, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 477, pi. 93. fig. 19
(1898).
2 . Head and thorax black -brown slightly mixed with grey ;
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen black-brown slightly mixed with
oohreous. Fore wing black, suffused with purplish grey and
slightly irrorated with white and black ; a double, waved subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold ; a double antemedial line angled
outwards below costa, oblique to submedian fold, then waved ;
claviforra rather small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former round, the latter indistinct and with
white point on its upper edge ; a double, waved postmedial line
bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series
of small brownish spots with somewhat dentate black marks on
their inner side, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; a terminal seiies of small black lunules ; a fine white
line at base of cilia. Hind wing white suffused with fuscous brown
except the cell and interspaces below arid beyond it of basal two-
thirds ; the underside with discoidal lunule and irregularly dentate
postmedial line.
JIab. Mexico, Guerrero {H. If. Smith), 1 5 type, Godman-Salvin
Coll. Ewjy. 40 millim.
1338. PoUa chalcia, n. sp. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 18.)
2 . Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with grey ;
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface
fuscous irrorated with grey. Fore wing reddish brown, suffused
with dark brown and iirorated with silvery purple, especially on
the veins ; a waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold ; a rather indistinct, double, oblique, waved antemedial line ;
claviform short, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform indis-
tinctly defined by black, the former rather small, oblique elliptical,
the latter a narrow lunule with ochreous-white point on its outer
edge ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line rather
ill-defined, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal
line pale reddish, defined by black-brown on inner side except
between veins 4 and 2, somewhat dentate, angled outwards at
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vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black
spots ; cilia with a whitish lino at base. Hind wing dark reddish
brown ; cilia dark brown with a whitish line at base ; the under-
side brown irrorated with white, a small black discoidal lunule and
irregular dentate brown postmedial line.
Jlah. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil, 4000' {Champion), 1 5 tj^pe,
Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 40 millim.
1339. Polia ectypa. (Plate LXXXIL fig. 19.)
Mamestra ccti/pa, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. sviii. p. 118(1875) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct.'N. Am. p. 124.
Mamestra bella, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 30 (1883).
S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulte
with black medial line and white tips, patagia with some black
scales near upper edge ; tarsi ringed with A\bite ; abdomen grey-
brown, the segments slightly edged with grey, the anal tuft tinged
with ochreous. Fore wing grey, irrorated and suffused with fuscous
and tinged with violaceous brown before and beyond the postmedial
line ; subbasal line represented by double black stria3 from costa and
median nervure, with slight black marks just beyond it above vein
1 and on inner margin ; antemedial line represented by a black
spot below costa, then bent inwards, double, oblique to vein 1 and
angled ontwards above inner margin ; claviform rather large,
euffused with and defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with
brownish centres and white aunuli defined by black, the former
oblique elliptical, the latter large ; postmedial line double, dentate,
filled in with white towards costa and inner margin, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish white, defined on
inner side by dentate dark marks below costa and from vein 5 to
inner margin, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and
waved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia slightly
intersected with white. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with
fuscous brown, the cilia whitish with brown line through them ;
the underside irrorated with fuscous, the costal and terminal areas
suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule and indistinct curved
postmedial line.
IJah. U.S.A., Delaware, Dover, 1 J; New Jersey, West Virginia.
Exp. 34 millim.
1340. Folia novevca. (I'late LXXXII. fig. 20.)
Mamestra noverca, Grote, Can. Ent. x. p. 236 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 124.
Head and thorax rufous mixed with dark brown ; palpi blackish
at sides ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen pale reddish
irrorated with dark brown ; subbasal line waved, black, defined by
greyish on outer side and with a slight black streak beyond its
156 KOCTTJID.E.
extremity in submedian fold ; aniemedial lino indistinct, waved,
oblique, defined by greyish on inner side ; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former U-shaped, strongly defined, the latter
whitish, open above and with its centre slightly defined by brown ;
a medial shade oblique from costa to median ncrvure where it is
angled ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely
dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line fine, pale, interrupted, dentate,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with some
rather dentate black streaks before it extending beyond it to termen
in interspaces above veins 4 to 6 ; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing whitish
tinged with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ;
the underside paler irrorated with red-brown, a dark discoidal point
and indistinct sinuous postmedial liue.
Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, 1 6 type. Colorado {Bmce), 2 $ , Glen-
wood Springs, California, Knight Valley, 1 $ , Arizona, Nogalea
{Oslar), 1 c? . Exp. 36 millim.
*1341. Polia bolteri. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 21.)
Mamestra. holteri. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 463(1900); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
$ . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with dark brown ; tarsi
with pale I'ings ; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous
brown, irrorated and suffused with fuscous ; subbasal and ante-
medial lines indistinctly double, waved, the former from costa to
submedian fold, the latter slightly oblique; claviform absent;
orbicular and reniform moderate, defined by blackish, the former
round ; a prominent diffused medial shade, oblique from costa to
median ncrvure ; postmedial line indistinct, defined by ochreous on
outer side and with some pale points beyond it on the veins, bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some ])n.\fi points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line greyish slightly defined by
fuscous on each side and with a more prominent patch before it on.
costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, then minutely waved ;
a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous
suffused with brown, the cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous
white irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Xew IJexico, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 42 millim.
1342. Polia mania. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 22.)
Mamestra mania, Streck. Lep. Rbop. & Het., Siippl. 2, p. 5 (1899) ; Dvur,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 15(i.
5 . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with fuscous ;
abdomen ochreous greyish, dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally
FOLIA, 157
irrorated with brown ; tarsi fuscous with ochreous rings. Fore
wing pale reddish brown irrorated and suffused with fuscous, the
medial and terminal areas darker ; the veins slightly irrorated with
white ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian
fold ; an oblique waved antemedial line defined by pale reddish on
inner side ; claviform absent ; orbicular pale reddish incompletely
defined by black, round ; reniform fuscous, with pale reddish
annulus except below, where it has some whitish points on its edge
and is slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; an indistinct
waved medial line, excurved at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line
dentate, produced to short streaks ending in white points on the
veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale reddish,
angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian
folds, excurved at middle, some small dentate black marks before it
at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia pale reddish,
with a fuscous line through them. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia
ochreous with a fuscous line through them ; the underside pale,
irrorated and the terminal area suffused with fuscous, a small
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona (PoUnj), 1 $ . Exji. 36 millim,
13-13. Polia obscura. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 23.)
Mamcstra obscum, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mas. x. p. 468(18111); id. Cat,
Noct, N. Am, p. 124.
cJ . Head and thorax black-brown slightly tinged with grey;
tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing black-
brown, with a reddish tinge on inner area and slightly irrorated
with grey ; hardly a trace of subbasal line ; antemedial line indis-
tinct, waved, oblique ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the
former U-shaped, the latter gi-eyish ; an indistinct waved medial
line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, slightly
defined by brown on outer side, dentate and produced to points on
the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
represented by a series of small grey and black dentate marks,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing
pale fuscous brown, the cilia rather paler ; the underside greyish
thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and sinuous
postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Calgarv ( Wolley-Dod), 5 <S ; U.S. A,, Wisconsiji,
? Arizona. Ex^y. 30 millim.
1344. Polia mcerens, (Plate LXXXII. fig. 24.)
Caradrma mrercna, Bull. Trans. Eut. Soc. 1882, p. 125.
$ . Head and tliorax black-brown, many of the scales tipped
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with white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous irrorated
with grey. Fore wing pale olive-brown, almost entirely irrorated
and suffused with fuscous ; faint traces of a waved subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double,
waved ; orbicular and reniform fuscous with slight pale annuli, the
former round ; traces of a medial line angled outwards on median
nervure ; postmedial line slightly defined by pale brown on outer
side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
with a series of black and white points beyond it on the veins and
some white points on costa ; subterminal line prominent, ochreous,
slightly defined by black on inner side, somewhat angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points
defined by slight ochreous lunules on inner side. Hind wing
fuscous brown, pale at base ; cilia grey with a fuscous line through
them ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a small
discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line.
Hah. Chili {Edmonds), 2 5 type. E.vp. 38 millim.
1345. Polia atrirena, n. sp. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 25.)
2 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black, the scales
tipped with grey ; the tegulae edged with white ; froiis with black
bar ; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral surface purplish red
irrorated with black. Pore wing red-brown with a purplish tinge,
and sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line indistinct, black,
curved from costa to submedian fold : antemedial line double, ill-
defined and interrupted, slightly waved ; claviform represented by
a few black scales ; orbicular and reniform with black centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter
large ; postmedial line indistinctly double, dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some grey points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line a faint fuscous shade, angled
outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, a terminal
series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous, the interspaces
of basal half whitish ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with brown and black, a black discoidal lunule and
rather strong postmedial line.
Hah. Br. E. Africa, Lagari (Betton), 1 5 , Xdimu (Deiton),
1 2 type. Ex2}. 40 millim.
1346. Polia assimilis. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 26.)
Mamestra assimilis, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 119 (1874) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 121.
Mamestra ■pidverulenia. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 468 (1887).
Head and thorax black-brown ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen
ochreous suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing black with a
slight fuscous gloss ; a pale rufous streak on base of inner margin ;
a slight black streak below base of cell; antemedial line somewhat
roT.TA. ] 59
oblique and slightly siimous : claviform defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform defined by black, the former large and touching ante-
medial line, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure ;
traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line somewhat dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
subtermin.al line represented by a series of small, somewhat dentate
black and white marks, stronger below apex and with prominent
white patch above tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and ex'curved
at middle ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing yellowish
white, the veins, costal and terminal areas suffused with fuscous ;
the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
fuscous, the former and costal area of fore wing tinged Avith red, a
discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. pnlvendenta. Fore wing more or less strongly irrorated
with grey ; the underside without red on costal area.
Hah. Canada, Vancouver I. (./. J". Walher), Id: U.S.A., N. &
E. States, Massachusetts, Buffalo (KeUicott), 1 $ , New York.
Exp. 40-42 millim.
Larva. (Original.) Head light red, paler in the sutures. Body
uniform, black or dark green ; subdorsal and substigmatal stripes
broad, pale yellow, strongly contrasted. Subventral region and feet
shaded in dark red, venter pale, spiracles white,
JFood-plants : Brake {Pteris) and other low plants. — H. G. J).
1347. Polia aya. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 27.)
Agrotis aya, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 412 (1897).
Mamestra sobira, Schaus, J. N. Y. Eut. See. vi. p. 110 (1898).
c? . Head and thorax dark red-brown irrorated with a few white
scales ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen greyish fuscous. Fore
wing dark purple-brown, a streak in base of submedian interspace
and the costal area towards apex redder ; subbasal line represented
by an ochreous striga from costa ; antemedial line ill-defined, black,
with patches of ochreous on its inner side ; claviform small, black ;
orbicular and reniform with ochreous annuli defined by black, the
former rounded, open above, the latter with its centre defined by
black and with some white points on its outer side ; postmedial line
defined by ochreous on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards
below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points bevond
it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small rcddish-
ochreous spots angled outwards at vein 7 and cxcurved at middle,
Avith a larger spot at tornus ; a terminal series of white points.
Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and marginal areas fuscous
brown ; cilia white at tips ; the underside with the costal area and
termen down to vein 2 brown irrorated with white, a small dark
discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line.
Hah. Mkxico, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 1 d", Godman-Salvin Coll.;
Ecuador, type f in Coll. Dognin. Typo t (S zobira in Coll, Schaus.
E.rp. 32 millim.
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*1348. Polia nervina. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 28.)
Apamea nervina, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 408 (1897).
c? . Head and thorax black-brown ; tarsi ringed with whitish ;
abdomen fuscous black. Fore wing reddish brown thickly irroraled
and suffused with black ; an indistinct, double, waved subbasal lino
from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved antemedial line
angled outwards above inner margin ; clavit'orm small, obscurely
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fascous centres and
yellow-brown annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter
with a small white lunule on its outer edge and a white point at
lower extremity ; an indistinct oblique medial shade from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; the posttnedial line indistinct, double,
waved, beut outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;
the subterminal line ochreous defined by black suffusion on inner
side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, diffused to
tcrmen towards tornus ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing with the basal half whitish, the terminal half fuscous brown ;
cilia whitish at tips towards tornus ; the underside irrorated with
white, the inner half whitish to postmedial line, a black discoidal
spot and sinuous postmedial line.
llah. Ecuador, Zamora, type t J in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 28
millira.
1349. Polia pannosa.
Apamea pamiosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 3-45 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 27,
pi, 147. f. 1 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 205.
Head and thorax rufous mixed with black and grey ; tarsi with
pale rings ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft tinged with rufous.
Fore wing purplish red-brown more or less completely suffused
with black, leaving pale ochreous patches before the antemedial line
below the cell, beyond the postmedial line between vein 2 and inner
margin, and a whitish apical patch ; the subbasal line double, waved,
from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line double filled
in with ochreous, waved, angled outwards below costa and above
inner margin and inwards on median nervure ; claviform small,
indistinctly defined by black; orbicular and reniform with pale
annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter narrow ;
traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line black defined by
ochreous on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line represented by some pale spots with very
indistinct blackish dentate marks before them, angled outwards at
vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, the apical white patch
indented by the angle at vein 7 ; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous, sometimes
whitish towards base ; cilia with pale tips ; the underside whitish,
the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and
curved postmedial line, the terminal area suffused with fuscous.
roLiA. IGl
Ilah. NiLGiRis {Lindsay, Ilainpson), 2 cJ , 5 $ ; Ceylon, 5 § type.
Exp., c? 40, 2 48 millim.
Hubsp. sichima. Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 109 (1882).
Fore wing much more uniform pale rufous, with less black
suftusion and the pale patches almost obsolete.
Jlib. Punjab, Kasauli, 1 (S ; Sikhiji {Russell), I5 type.
1350. Polia dipterigidia. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 29.)
Mamestra dipterigidia, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 267 (1902).
Head and thorax dark rufous ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen
fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Pore wing dark
rufous suffused with fuscous, the inner area with some yellowish,
becoming a prominent patch beyond postmedial line ; subbasal line
represented by black striie from costa and cell; an indistinct waved
antemedial line ; claviforra, orbicular, and reniform indistinctly
defined by black, the orbicular round : traces of a dark medial
shade ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line represented by indistinct ochreous points on black
streaks ; a terminal scries of black points ; a fine ochreous line at
base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal
half with an ochreous tinge ; the underside ochreous, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and post-
medial strigifurm line.
Hah. Cape Colony, Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 1 cj" , 1 § type,
Exp. 42 millira.
*1351. Polia xanthocosma. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 30.)
Mamestra xanthocosma, Turner, Trans. Roj-. Soc. S. Austr. 1903, p. 3.
$ . Head and thorax grey-brown ; abdomen grey. Fore wing
reddish brown ; the subbasal line represented by ochreous strigae
from costa and cell, defined on inner side by black and with an
ochreous fascia in submcdian fold from it to the antemedial line,
which is ochreous defined on each side by black and slightly sinuous,
with a black mark before it above inner margin ; ciaviform short,
black ; orbicular absent ; a slight ochreous streak in end of cell
before the reniform, which is ochreous defined by black, with a
black spot on its lower part and constricted at middle ; postmedial
line black, defined on outer side by ochreous and with an ochreous
patch beyond it from vein 2 to inner margin, minutely waved, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal
line ochreous, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle,
the area beyond it dark brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with
brown, especially towards costa and terinen ; the underside with the
costal area irrorated with brown and with traces of a postmedial
line on it.
Hah. ? Queensland, type t $ in Coll. Turner. Exp. 28 millim.
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1352. Polia mesoglauca. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 31.)
Mamestra mesoglauca, Huipsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 267 (1902).
5 . Head and thorax dark purple-brown mixed with black and
white scales ; tegulse with medial black line : tarsi with ochreous
rings ; abdomen grey-brown, purplish red on terminal half and
ventral surface. Eore wing dark purplish brown mixed with grey
and black scales, the medial area suffused with white ; the sub-
basal line represented by black stri;e from costa and cell ; a black
streak below the cell to the antemedial line which is defined by
white on inner side, interrupted, waved ; claviform small, defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate, white defined by black
and with slight dark centres, the cell between them blackish or
rufous ; postraedial line minutely waved and produced to blackish
streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal
fold, incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line oclireous, defined on inner side by irregular
diffused dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate
at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it greyish fuscous leaving an
ochreous apical patch ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia
fuscous with a series of ochreous points at base. Hind wing fuscous,
the interspaces of basal half whitish ; cilia ochreous with a brown
line through them ; the underside whitish, with the costal and
terminal areas irrorated and suffused with brown.
Hab. Natal, Durban (Lines, QuecJcett), 2 $ : Cape Colony,
Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett)^ 1 5 type. Exp. 36 millim.
1353. Polia speyeri.
Trigonophora speyeri, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 110. fig. 15 (1874).
Head and thorax purplish fuscous, a few of the scales tipped with
grey ; tegulae with black medial line ; tarsi with whitish rings ;
abdomen white tinged with fuscous towards extremity, uniformly
tinged in female. Pore wing with the basal area and costal half
purplish fuscous, the rest of wing pale ochreous brown suffused
with fnscous towards termen ; the veins with dark streaks ; sub-
basal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line double, waved, very strongly angled inwards on
vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; claviform large, defined
by or filled in with black ; orbicular rather small, defined by black,
somewhat elongate elliptical ; reniform large, narrow, cream-colour
defined by black and with red-brown annulus at middle placed on
a blackish ])atch ; an indistinct dentate medial line ; postmedialline
double, the outer line indistinct, dentate, oblique from costa to vein
5, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line ochreous, with some-
what dentate blackish marks before it at middle, dentate outwards
at veins 7, 4, and 3, the area beyond it purplish fuscous ; termen
crenulate with black line and series of small wedge-shaped black
puLiA. ]()'.^
marks before it. Hind wing pure white ; the apex tinged with
fuscons ; in female the extremity of veins and a waved termin;il
line fuscous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown.
Hub. Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 c? , Durban (Leiyh), 1 $;
Cape Colony, Queenstown. Exy., c? -i-, 2 ^^8 milliai.
1354. Polia cuprescens, n. sp. (Plate LXXXII, fig. 32.)
c? . Head and thorax cupreous red mixed with black ; teguhe
with medial black line ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen greyish
mixed with fuscous, the basal crest and anal tuft rufous. Fore
wing cupreous red-brown mixed with fuscous, the medial area
mostly suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line black from costa to
a short black streak in base of submedian fold ; antemedial line
obliciue, waved ; claviform defined V)y black and with black streak
from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform cupreous defined
by black and with slight fuscous centres, the former round ; an
indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line minutely waved,
bent outwards below costa, slightly angled inwards in discal fold,
incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line cupreous red, defined on
inner side by a series of small dentate fuscous marks, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
small black lunules ; cilia fuscous intersected with cupreous red.
Hind wing white, the veins towards termen fuscous ; a fuscous
terminal line; the cilia tinged with ochreous ; underside with the
costal and terminal areas tinged with ochreous and irrorated with
fuscous, a discoidal spot and postmedial line on costal half.
Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury {MarshaU), 2 (S type. Exp.
34 millim.
1355. Polia mesomelana. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 1.)
Agrotis mesomelana, Hmpsu. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 263 (1902).
Head and thorax reddish, almost entirely suffused with black ;
tegulse with medial black line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen
ochreous tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale thickly striated
with rufous, the costa, medial area except towards inner margin,
and terminal area suffused with black ; subbasal line double,
waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct,
double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular
and rcniform large, fuscous defined by black, the former round,
open above; postmedial line dentate and produced to short streaks
on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and
below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it; siibterminal line
only defined by the area beyond it being dark, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black
lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white, the inner area tinged with
ochreous ; in female nearly the whole wing tinged with fuscous ;
M 2
164 NOCTriDiE.
the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal point and traces of a sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 cS ; Natal, Estcourt
(Rutcliinson), 2 c? type. Ea-j). 32 millim.
135G. Polia fiirvilinea. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 2.)
Mamestra furvilinca, Hinpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Miis. ii. p. 2G8 (1902).
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; abdomen greyish
chreous irrorated with brown, the anal tuft more ochreous. Fore
wing red-brown thickly irrorated with grey, the veins streaked with
grey ; subbasal line represented by an indistinct striga from costa ;
antemedial line obliquely curved, brown defined by grey on inner
side ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform rather oblique, V-
shaped, open above, with grey annuli defined by brown ; postmedial
line indistinct, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4;
subterminal line whitish defined by rufous on inner side, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind Aving white, the veins beyond middle
and terminal area tinged with brown especially in female : cilia
with brown line near base ; the underside with the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown.
Hah. Mashonaland, Salisburj- {MarsliaU), 2 S ; Cape Colont,
Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 2 $ type. E^cp. 38 millim.
*1357. Polia magellaiia. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 3.)
Dianthoecia mageUcnm, Mab. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ix. p. 64 (1885); id.
N. Arch. Mus. (3) i. p. 152, pi. xi. f. 0.
S . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with black and some
red, especially on patagia, which are somewhat irrorated with black :
abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore
wing grey-brown irrorated with black and slightly with pale
rufous ; subbasal line double, black filled in with grey, and slightly
waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double,
black filled in with grey, nearly straight but incurved to inner
margin ; claviform short, rounded, bro\Mi defined by black ; orbi-
cular and reniform with rufous centres and grey annuli defined by
black, the former round ; a waved blackish medial shade ; post-
medial line double, black filled in with grey, minutely waved, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ;
subterminal line white defined b)" black marks before and beyond
it, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal
series of black points; cilia chequered brown and black. Hind
wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscons ;
the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal
point.
Hab. Patagonia, Santa Cruz, type t 6 in Mus. Paris. Exp.
34 millim.
rOLIA.
*13.58. Polia lebruni.
1G5
Apamca hhnmi, Mab. Bull. Soc. Pbilom. (7) ix. p. 03 (1885) ; id. N. Arch.
Mus. (3) i. p. 150, pi. X. f. 10.
S . Head and thorax pale reddish brown slightly mixed with
fuscous ; teguhe with black medial line ; patagia edged with black
above ; thorax with dorsal black streak ; abdomen pale reddish
brown. Fore wiug pale yellowish brown, irrorated and suffused
•with fuscous except on inner margin and terminal area ; the sub-
basal line double, black filled in with grey, waved, from costa to
submedian fold ; anteinedial line black, defined by grey on inner
side, obsolete towards costa, obliquely excurved from subcostal
nervure to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and strongly
outwards above inner margin ; claviform short, rounded, brown
defined by black : orbicular and reniform with brownish centres
and grey annuli defined by black, the former small, elliptical, the
latter connected by black streaks with the postinedial lino, which
is minutely dentate and defined by greyish on outer side, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the sub-
terminal line defined by slight dentate black marks on its inner
side and by the pale area beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and
incurved below vein 3; cilia with two brown lines through them.
Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown ; a
diffused waved black subterrainal band ; the underside irrorated
with brown and with brown discoidal point.
Hah. Patagonia, Santa Cruz, type f ci' in Mus. Paris. Exp.
32 millim.
*1359. Polia densa. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 4.)
Scotof/ramma densa, Smith, lus. Life, v. p. 329(1893); Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 159.
Scofogramnia mo'gcra,, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 44 (1899).
$ . Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; antenrife ringed
•with white ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen grey irro-
rated with brown, the ventral surface browner. Fore wing grey,
tinged w'ith ochreous and thickly irrorated with dark brown ; slight
pale streaks iu discal and submedian folds ; subbasal line repre-
sented by black striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line rather
ill-defined, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform
a small blackish mark ; orbicular and reniform incompletely
defined by black, the former round ; an indistinct medial line
oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line rather
ill-defined, dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, bent
outwards below cogta, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined
by fuscous on inner side, angled outw^ards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; a terminal scries of black points ; cilia ochreous white
and broAvn, with a Ijrown line through them. Hind wing whitish
irrorated with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused witli
166" XOCTUID^.
brown ; cilia whitish and brown ; the underside white irrorated
with brown, a discoidal spot and curved waved postmedial line.
Eah. U.S.A., Colorado, California, Argus Mts., in Coll. J. B. Smith.
Exp. 36 millim.
*1360. Polia stretchi. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 5.)
Scotogramma stretchii, H. Edw. Can. Ent. xix. p. 146 (1887) ; Smith, Oat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 130.
S • Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with gre)- ; tarsi
fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing pale gre3ish thickly irrorated
with dark brown and black ; traces of a subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line rather indistinct, oblique, waved,
angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform represented by a small blackish
mark ; orbicular and reniform rather indistinctly defined by black,
the former round ; an indistinct medial shade ; postmedial line
minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below
vein 4; subterminal line represented by a series of slight dark
marks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of small black spots.
Hind wing whitish irrorated with brown, the terminal area suff'used
with brown ; the underside whiter, with small discoidal lunule and
curved postmedial line.
Hab. U.S.A., Colorado desert, in Coll. J. B. Smith. Exp. '32
millim.
1361. Polia palilis. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 6.)
Dianthcecia palilis, Harv. Bull. BuflP. Soc. Kat. Sci. ii. p. 273 (1875) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202.
S . Head and thorax white with a slight brown tinge ; sides of
palpi and frons black ; patagia with some black scales above ; tarsi
banded with black ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing white,
tinged in places wdth ochreous and irrorated with some large
fuscous scales, the terminal area slightly tinged with fuscous
narrowing to above tornus ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, waved, erect ;
orbicular and reniform very indistinctly defined, with some fuscous
scales at centre, the former small, round : a diffused medial fuscous
shade expanding into a patch in cell between the stigmata ; post-
medial line rather indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, defined by fuscous
marks on innei side at costa and below vein 2 and on outer side in
discal fold, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing pure white ;
the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a
black discoidal point.
$ . Head and thorax tinged with fuscous ; fore wing much more
sufi'uscd with fuscous, especially on antemedial, medial, and terminal
areas ; hind wing sufi'uscd with fuscous.
Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1^,1? type. Exp. 30-32 millim.
1()7
*1362. Polia longiclava. (Plate LXXXTII. fig. 7.)
Mamestra longiclava, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 265 ; id. Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. J 28.
S . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous and some
brown ; tegulse with blackish line near tips ; patagia edged with
blackish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey tinged with pale
reddish brown. Fore wing narrow, grey-white irrorated with
fuscous : the costal area from subbasal to postmedial line and
to median nervure suffused with fuscous ; a black streak below
base of cell ; the subbasal line represented by a black striga from
costa ; the antemedial line very indistinct, excurved below cell ;
claviform defined by blackish above and at extremity, elongate and
extending nearly to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with
brown centres and white annuli, the former oblique elliptical,
defined by black, the latter defined on inner side only ; postmedial
line represented by a black striga from costa and slight streaks on
the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, the
costa beyond it dark with white points ; subterminal line whitish,
defined on inner side by slight dentate brown marks, the area
beyond it darker with black streaks on the veins and in submedian
fold, angled outwards at vein 7, incurved at discal and submedian
folds and excurved at middle ; cilia chequered brown and grey.
Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ;
cilia white with a brown line through them ; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal
point.
Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exy. 30 millim.
*1363. Polia doira.
Mamestra doira, Strec-k. Li'p. Rhop. & Het., Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
Head and thorax pale grey ; tegulae and patagia with slightly
darker edges ; abdomen white. Fore wing pale grey, the band on
costa whitish ; a subbasal line ending on the short streak below
cell ; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with white ; orbi-
cular and reniform with white annuli ; postmedial line indistinct,
double filled in with white ; subterminal line white defined by
fuscous ; a prominent white streak from reniform above vein 5 to
the oblique whitish shade from apex ; a large oval white spot
before tornus between veins 1 and 2 ; the veins on postmedial
area streaked with brown or black; a fine black terminal line;
cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white, the veins
and termen slightly tinged with brown ; the female with traces of
discoidal spot and postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Utah. Exp. 27 millim. This species is unknown
to me.
108 jjoctuid.t:.
13G4. Folia steiiotis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 8.)
S . Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown ; palpi
blackish at sides ; frons with black bar ; tarsi banded with black ; •
abdomen white tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing narrow, white irrorated with black-brown, the medial
area siiftiiscd with black-brown ; the siibbasal line represented by
double black striae from costa and median nervure joined bj- a
short black streak in submedian fold ; antemedial line double,
oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform short and
broad, defined by black; orbicular and reuiform moderate, white
slightly irrorated with brown and defined by black, the former
round ; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, somewhat
dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold,
below vein 4 incurved to below end of cell, some white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by a very obscure
series of small dentate dark marks on iuner side and by the area
beyond it being' sufi'used with fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved to near termen at middle ; cilia chequered brown and
white. Hind wing white, the termen more or less strongly tinged
with fuscous.
Hah. U.S.A., California (WaJsvujJunn), 5 6 type. Exp. 34
milliin,
1365. Polia cappa.
Noctua cappa. Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noet. f. 447 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.
pi. 99. f. 5 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.
Head and thorax white with a few dark scales ; antennae and
tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged
with fuscous except at base and extremity. Fore wing white,
the medial area tinged witli fuscous except towards inner margin ;
the base slightly tinged with fuscous ; subbasal line black, w aved,
from costa to submedian fold, where there is a small luiiule beyond
it ; a curved mark above inner margin near base ; antemedial line
double, waved, the inner line indistinct ; claviform defined by
black, incomplete above; orbicular and reniform white defined
by black, incompletely above, the former round, the latter rather
irregular and with slight brownish centre ; a dentate black medial
line ; postmedial line double, the inner black, dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, the costa beyond it
black with white points ; subterminal line slightly defined on each side
by fuscous, some small dentate black marks on inner side below costa
and at middle, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle • a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered
fuscous and white. Hind wing white; the veins tinged Avith
fuscous • traces of a postmedial line, a diffused subterminal band,
and a waved line from apex to vein 2; the underside with the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous.
Jlab. Fi;.v>cK, Zcllcr, Frey, and !Sand Colls. ; Hlxuakv, Leech
roLiA. 169
Coll.; Italy; Dalmatia, Leech Coll. ; Crete; "Rvssix (CJiristopJi) ;
Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Eithynia ; W. Siberia, Altai.
E.vj). 34-38 millim.
Lca-va. Mill. Icones, i. p. 303, i.l. 48. fF. 3-6.
Dorsal area pale brown, ventral area pale ochreous ; dorsal and
lateral lines rufous ; subdorsal line double, almost obsolete; stigmata
white ringed with l)lack. Food-plants : Delphinium ajacis and
D. staphysagria. 6-8.
1366. Polia dysodea.
Noctua dysodea, Sebiff. Wien. Verz. p. 72 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sohmett.,
Noct. f . 47 ; Dap. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 404, pi. 98. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent.,
Haust. iii. p. 32.
Noctua spinacicB, View. Tab. Verz. Brandenburg, p. 70 (1789).
Noctua Jiavicincta minor, Esp. Sehmett. iv. pi. 153. fF. 6, 7 (1790).
Noctua chrysozona, Borkh. Eur. Scbmett. iv. p. 264 (1792) ; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 160.
Noctua ramcneulma, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 183 (1809).
Mamestra caduca, Herr.-Scbaif. Eur. ' Sehmett. ii. p. 2G6, Noct. f. 484
(1845).
Mamestra innoccns, Staud. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. vii. p. 123, pi. 1. f. JO'
(1870).
Hecatcra ka'ckliiii, Tb. Mieg. Le Nat. xi. p. 181 (1889).
Mamestra turhida, Hiif'm. Jbrb. Karnt. xxiv. p. 174 (1897).
Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and black ;
tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen grey tinged with
rufous and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white thickly
irrorated with dark brown, tbe medial area rather darker ; some
orange -yellow in submedian fold ; subbasal line with yellow marks
on it and defined by white on outer side, waved from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, defined by white
on inner side and witb yellow marks on it ; claviform moderate,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black and
with some yellow at sides, the former round ; an irregularly waved
medial line ; postmedial line defined by "white on outer side, dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterrainal line represented by
yellow spots on inner side of irregular brown marks ; a terminal
series of slight dark lunules : cilia chequered ochreous and brown.
Hind wing pale tinged with brown, the terminal area dark brown ;
slight greyish streaks on extremities of veins 2 and 1 ; cilia pale,
with a brown line near base ; the underside white, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and
waved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. caduca. Fore wing whitish grey without the yellow
markings.
Ab. 2. innoccns. Fore wing whitish grey with slight yelh)w
markings, the medial area more prominently dark. — S. Europe,
W. & C. Asia.
Ab. 3. Darker, especially the medial area of foro wing. —
Kaslimir.
170 NOCTUIDi.
!J<(h. Bkjtain, Leech Coll. ; I'kauck, Sand Coll. ; Germany,
Zeller and JFrey Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Sicily, Zeller
Coll. : Greece, Leech Coll. ; Crete ; S. Sweden ; Asia Minor,
Pontus, Brussa, Zeller Coll. ; Syria, Leech Coll. ; Persia ; W.
Turkestan, Turcomania, Saisan, Issyk-kul, Ferghana, Sarawschan ;
China, 1 (S , Leech Coll. ; Kashmir, Goorais Valley {Leech) 1 S ,
(Filcher) 1 ? . Ex2). 32-36 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 82; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 218, pi. 161. f. 1.
Pale dull green or yellowish irrorated with brown ; dorsal line
pale with dark edges ; lateral line dark, indistinct ; spiracles black ;
head ochreous brown or dull greenish. Food-plants; flowers of
Sonchiis and Lactuca. 7-8.
1367. Polia maderse. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 9.)
Mamedra maderie, Baker, Trans. Ent. See. 1891, p, 205, pi. 12. f. 3;
Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.
J . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and
black ; palpi blackish with some white ; antennae and tarsi black
ringed with white ; abdomen grey mixed with dark brown. Fore
wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the medial area suffused
with brown except towards costa and inner margin ; subbasal line
double, black filled in with white, waved and angled inwards below
cell and on vein 1 ; claviform large, whitish defined by black except
above ; orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black, the former
round, the latter somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; a
waved medial line oblique below the cell ; postmedial line defined
by white on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ;
subterminal line whitish defined by small dentate black marks
on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ;
a terminal series of Idack points ; cilia fuscous intersected with
grey. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and
terminal area fuscous ; slight greyish marks on termen towards
tornus ; cilia grey with a brown line through them ; the underside
white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal lunule and waved postmedial line.
Hah. Madeira (Wollaston), 1 J type. Krj^. 36 millim.
1368. Polia serena.
KocitM serena, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 84 (1776) ; Esp. Sclimett. iv. pi. 166.
f. 4; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 64; Dup. Lep. Fr. Vu pi. 98. f. 3;
Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent., Ilaust. iii. p. ;{3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.
Nocfiia placida, Esp. Schmett. pi. 166. ff. b, 6 (1789).
Nocfua hieracii, Scriba, Beitr. Ins. p. 195, pi. 13. ff. 1, 2 (1793).
Mamestra monficola, Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 315, pi. 92. f. 4 (1826).
Polia Corsica, Eambr. A?in. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 279, pi. 9. f. 3.
Polia leuconota, Ev. Bull. Mcsc. See. 1837, p. 39.
Mamestra hicolorafa. Led. Noct. p. 32 (1857).
Hecatera intermedin, Wlk. xv. 17H) (1858\
Mamestra ohsrura. Stand. Cat. cd. 1, p. 40 (1S61).
FOLIA. 1 71
Head aud thorax bluish white with some dark scales ; tarsi with
dark rings ; abdomen white tinged with brown except at base.
Fore wing bluish white, the medial area suffused with fuscous
brown ; subbasal line double, waved, from csota to submedian
fold : antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform moderate,
indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous
centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former round, the
latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; an irregularly
waved medial line ; postmedial line double, filled in with white and
slightly defined by fuscous on outer side, dentate, bent outwards
below costa and incurved below vein 4, the costal area be5^ond it
blackish with some white points on it ; subterminal line indistinct,
defined on inner side by small dentate black marks at middle,
slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the
area boj'ond it irrorated with fuscous ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish
irrorated with brown, the veins aud terminal area suffused with
brown ; cilia white with a brownish line through them ; the
underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunula and curved
postmedial line.
Ab. 1. leuconota. Ground-colour of head, thorax, and fore wing
pure white.
Ab. 2. ohscura. Darker and more uniform in colour.
Ab. 3. Corsica. Fore wing with the ground-colour bluish grey,
the medial area hardly darker. — Andalusia, Corsica, Sardinia.
Bab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, 8and Coll. ; Germany,
Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Spain,
Andalusia; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy, Capri (C. S. Broivne) \
Scandinavia; Finland. Helsingfors, Zeller Coll.; Russia, Urals;
Armenia ; Asia Minor ; Syria, Leech Coll. : W. Siberia, Altai ;
E. Siberia, Amurland. Hab. ignotus, 1 (S type intermedia. Exp.
30-38 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 81 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 222, pi. 161. f. 2.
Dull jellowish green with dark grey irroration forming obscure
blotches ; spiracular line yellower, well-marked ; head greenish
ochreous. Food-plants : flowers of Sonchus and Lactuca. 7-8.
1369. Polia olivocincta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 10.)
Hecatera olivocincta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 30 (1852).
Mamestra folia, Schaus, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 227 (1894).
S . Head and thorax white mixed with pale olive-green ; palpi
blackish at sides ; tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen pale
ochreous. Fore wing white irrorated with purplish grey, the
antemedial and medial areas suffused with olive-green; subbasal
line waved, black, interrupted, defined by white on outer side ;
antemedial line black defined by wdiite on inner side, oblique
and slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; the claviform represented
by a narrow black patch on its outer side and with a black streak
172 noctcid.t;.
from it to postmeclial line ; orbicular a white aiinulus with, small
green centre ; reniform a small white lunule with black bar before
it ; a rather ill-defined and irregular black medial line somewhat
angled outwards at median nervure : postmedial line double, the
outer indistinct, dentate, strongly bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line
minutely waved, white defined by olive-green on inner side, ex-
curved at vein 7 and middle and angled inwards in submedian
fold, olive-green patches with blackish marks on them on its 'outer
side at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black
points ; cilia olive-green intersected with white. Hind wing pale
yellowish, the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia olive at
base, white at tips ; the underside with the costal and apical areas
irrorated with brown, a discoidal point.
Hah. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1 (S •, Castro Paraiia, type t 6 folia
in Coll. Schaus. Exjj. 34 millim.
1370. Polia marea. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 11.)
Mamestra marea , Sc-liaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 227 (1894); Druce,
Biol. Centi-.-Am., Het. ii. p. 476.
Head ochreous mixed with a few black hairs, the palpi black at
sides ; thorax purplish rufous, some of the scales tipped with black
and white ; the tegulfe black at base ; tarsi black ringed with
white ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with fuscous, the dorsal
crests tipped with black, the hair at sides and anal tuft rufous.
Pore wing whitish, the basal half suffused with, reddish brown
with pale blue-green fasciae on costal area, in submedian fold, and
on inner margin, the antemedial area with some rough white-
tipped scales ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian
fold; antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform green, defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round,
green with some dark irroration and green above it on costa, the
latter constricted at middle, with black centre and incomplete
green annulus strongly defined by black ; postmedial line miuutely
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some fuscous beyond it from vein 4 to inner margin
and some white points on costa ; subterminal line defined by
ferruginous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle, the area beyond it green except towards apex and with
diflfuscd black streaks on the veins, which have white points at,
their extremities ; cilia red-brown intersected by fuscous. Hind
wing white, the veins and terminal area suftused with fuscous ;
cilia white, with a brown line on apical half; the underside with
the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, 1 $ ; Costa Kica, type f d in Coll. Schaus.
Exp. 34 millim.
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1371. Polia subjecta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 12.)
Hadena siibjecia, Wlk. xi. 588 (1857).
Mamestra viriditincta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 230 (1903).
c? • Head and thorax whitish mixed with ochreous, olive-green,
and black ; pectus and legs whitish irrorated with brown, the tarsi
banded with black. Fore wing ochreous whitish suffused in parts
with olive-green and with pale pinkish beyond the cell ; the medial
area rather darker ; a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold ; a black streak above inner margin before the antemedial line,
which is oblique from costa to below the cell, where it is angled
outwards, angled inwards on vein 1 and strongly outwards alaove
inner margin ; orbicular and reniform with rufous centres and
ochreous annuli incompletely defined by black, the former round,
open above ; an ill-defined irregular black medial shade ; post-
medial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5,
where it is acutely angled, then oblique and with short black streaks
beyond it on the veins, some black points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line only defined by the area beyond it being more suffused
with olive except at apex and with black streaks on the veins and a
short black streak before- it above vein 4, somewhat angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia chequered fuscous and green. Hind wing ochreous white, the
veins of terminal half and termcn tinged with fuscous ; the under-
side with the costal area and termen irrorated with brown, a
discoidal point and slight postmedial series.
Hah. Cuba (Schaus), type t viriditincta ^ in Coll. Schaus ;
Colombia, Popayan, 2 c5' : Prazu,, Castro Paraiia, 1 S ■ Exi^. 34
millim. Type t cj" in Mus. Oxon.
1372, Polia confu«a. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 13.)
Hccafera confasa. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 96.
5 . Head and thorax white mixed with black ; palpi black,
whitish at tips ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous.
Pore wing white irrorated with black and in parts suffused with
fuscous; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line nearly
straight, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line oblique,
waved, the costal area before it and the area beyond it clouded
with fuscous ; claviform represented by a black spot at its extremity,
with a small triangular white spot beyond it ; orbicular and reni-
form white defined by black, oj)en above, the former small, rounded;
a waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to a
series of black and white points on the veins, slightly bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by a
dentate black line before it and some fuscous suffusion beyond it,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a" waved
terminal black line expanding into spots in the intervspaces ; cilia
chequered white and black. Hind wing fuscous brown, with a
174 >-UCTL'IDJE.
whitish subterrainal striga above tornus ; cilia fuscous at base,
white at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated thickly with brown,
a discoidal spot, sinuous postraedial line, and some terminal lunules.
Hah. W. China, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 $ type. Exp. 34
millim,
1373. Polia psittacus.
Mamestra psittacus, Herr.-Schiiff. Aiissereur. Schmett. p. 80, f. 216
(1850) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 293.
VaUeria jocom, Scliaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. x.xi. p. 230 (1894) ; Druce,
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 487.
Head and thorax bright moss-green with a few brown scales;
palpi blackish at side ; pectus and legs ochreous, the latter banded
with black ; abdomen dark brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface
ochreous white. Fore wing bright golden green ; some of the veins
with purplish streaks ; the subbasal line represented by double
black strioe from ensta, and a green striga below cell on a black-
brown patch which emits a spur above inner margin ; the ante-
medial line represented by double black striae from costa, then
single, oblique, irregularly waved, and angled inwards on vein 1 ;
the medial area suffused with black from subcostal nervure to vein
1 ; the orbicular and reniform green, the former small, round, with
blackish centre, the latter with its centre slightly defined by
blackish ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved and strongly angled outwards
on vein 1, the costa beyond it black with pale points ; the suh-
terminal line consisting of a series of black lunules which are
small except those below costa and in discal and submedian folds,
somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of black lunules, the cilia intersected with black.
Hind wing dark reddish brown ; the cilia ochreous, with a fuscous
line through them ; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated
with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule and dentate postmedial line
with the area beyond it irrorated with fuscous.
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo, Boe<je), 1 J , 2 $ ; Guatemala,
S. Geronimo ( Champion), 1 (S ; Costa IIica, Irazu ( Ror/ers), 1 cJ ,
Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Venezuela. Exj). 30-34 millim. Type t
jocosa in Coll. Schaus.
1374. Polia pictula.
Bianthmcia pictula. White, Taylor's New Zealand, pi. i. f. 3 (1855);
Hudson, New Zealand Motbs and Butterflies, p. 19 pi. 4. f. 37.
Mamestra rhadopleuru , Meyr. Trans. N. Z. Inst, xix. p. 19 (1886).
S . Head and thorax black, the scales tipped with grey ; vertex
of head, basal joint of antennae, lines near extremity of tegulae, and
upper edge of patagia and the dorsal ridge of thorax golden yellow;
pectus with some pink hair ; tibiae banded with yellow ; tarsi with
pale rings ; abdomen black, the hairs tipped with grey, the dorsal
crests yellow, broad subdorsal pink stripes except on terminal
segment. Fore wing black suffused with leaden grey or rarely with
H'OLIA. 175
pale brown, and irrorated with golden yellow ; subbasal line black
defined by yellow on outer side, waved, from costa to subraedian
fold, some patches of black and yellow scales between it and the
oblique waved antemedial line, which is defined by yellow on inner
side ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,
with yellow annuli defined by black ; the former irregularly
rounded, the latter irregular and sometimes with a white patch on
outer side ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line formed
by a series of black and yellow lunules, bent outwards below costa
and incurved below vein 4, some yellow points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal lino formed by a series of yellow lunules on black
spots, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of black and yellow lunules ; cilia intersected
with yellow. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia of inner margin
yellow, some grey near toriius and on apical half of cilia. Under-
side of fore wing with the base of costa pink ; hind wing pink,
with some brown on termen, becoming a large patch on apical area,
a discoidal spot and postmedial line on costal area,
5 . Hind wing with the upperside pink from inner margin to
discal fold and vein 6 except on terminal area.
Hah. New Zealand, Auckland {Bolton^ Eni/s, J. J. Walker), 8 c? ,
I 2 type. Lake Coleridge, Napier, Wellington. Exj). 40 niillim.
1375. Polia spiculosa. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 14.)
Mamestra spiculosa, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 28 (1883); Smith, Cat. Nocfc.
N. Am, p. 125.
Head and thorax dark brown, the scales tipped with grey ; tarsi
ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown irrorated with grey,
the ventral surface tinged with purple. Fore wing brownish,
suffused with purple and slightly irrorated with grey, some
ochreous in submedian fold ; subbasal line double filled in with
whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
double, filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa and
excurved from cell to inner margin ; claviform rather large,
blackish ; orbicular and reniform small, with whitish annuli slightly
defined by blackish; the former oblique, pointed above, the latter
very narrow, slightly angled inwards on median nervure and placed
on a blackish patch which extends to postmedial line, which is
double filled in with grey, slightly bent outwards below costa,
angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved, the area beyond it paler
and redder, with some whitish points on costa ; subterminal line pale,
aiigk'd outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and angled inwards
in submedian fold, the area beyond it darker ; a pale line at base
of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and costal area slightly tinged
with brown ; the underside with the costal area suffused with
purplish and irrorated with bro«'n, a black discoidal lunule and
indistinct curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Nevada, 1 $ , Arizona (Kunze), 1 J , 2 $ . Kr/).
30 millim.
176 NOCTUIDiE.
137G. Polia renigera. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 15.)
Celmna renigera, Steph.'lll. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 16. pi. xxv. f. 2 (1829) ;
Riley, 1st Eep. Ins. Mo. p. 86, f. 31 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 124.
Celmna herhimacula, Gueii. Noct. i. p. 223 (1852).
Celmna infecta, Wlk. x. 2G3 (1856).
Head aud thorax purple-brown mixed with grey ; tarsi with
white rings ; abdonieu fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore
wiug purple ; a black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold,
angled outward at median nervure, with an oblique striga beyond
it in submedian interspace and a golden-green patch extending to
antemedial line ; a black patch above inner margin before middle ;
antemedial line oblique, waved, defined by some pale scales on inner
side ; claviform moderate, filled in with black ; orbicular small,
defined by black, incompletely above and below ; reniform narrow,
oblong, with green centre partly defined by black and white annulus
defined by black, the end of cell and area beyond and below it
suffused with black ; an indistinct medial line angled outwards
below cell ; postmedial line black, define'] on outer side by pale and
green scales, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, angled
outwards at vein 5, then incurved, a green patch beyond it in
submedian interspace and some pale points on costa ; subtormiual
line formed of slight black marks with green and pale scales on
them, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area
beyond it blackish ; a series of pale points at base of cilia. Hind
wing white, the costal and terminal areas down to vein 2 tinged
with fuscous ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas to
vein 2 irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point.
Hah. Canada {Norman), 2 S , Kenfrew Co., 8 d" ; U.8.A.,
E. States, Massachusetts, Beverley, 6 (^ , 'New York, Trenton Falls
(Doubledap), 3 c? , 1 2 type herhimacula and infecta, Evan's Centre
(Grote), 2 (S , Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska, Missouri, 1 5,
Colorado, Durango (Oslar), 2 <? , 1 $ . ^Irp. 26-32 millim.
Larva. Head small, shagreened, nearly black, the paler ground
showing only in small spots. Body robust, pale sordid brown ; dorsal
space luteous including a faint brown segmentary lozenge-shaped
marking, obscurely cut by dorsal and addorsal lines. A narrow
pale obscure subdorsal and lateral line, the lower half of lateral
space black-shaded. Substigmatal line broad, pale. Tubercles rather
large, brownish black. Cervical shield black-shaded, cut by three
pale lines. Leg-plates blackish. — H. G. D.
1377. Polia stricta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 18.)
Hadena stricta, Wlk. xxxiii. 728 (1865) ; Smith, Cut. Noct. N. Am.
p. 125.
Maniedra cinnaharina, Grote, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi. p. 241
(1874) ; Grote, Ccin. Ent. vii. p. 25 (1875).
Mameslra ferrea, Grote, Can. Eut. xiii. p. loO (1881).
Mamedra circumcincta. Smith, I'roc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 253 (1891);
id. Cat. Noct, N. Am. p. 125.
roLiA. 177
Head and thorax ferrugiaous red mixed with grey; tarsi fuscous
with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous, with the dorsal crests rather
darker. Fore wing bright rufous ; a waved subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold defined by pale colour on outer side ; ante-
medial line oblique, waved, defined by pale colour on inner side ;
claviform moderate defined by blackish, sometimes at extremity
only ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by blackish, tho former
oblique elliptical, with pale annulus, the latter narrow with pure
white annulus, its lower extremity slightly angled inwards on
median nervure ; an indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa
to below cell; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, angled
outwards at vein 5, then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond
it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by the area beyond it
being dark brown, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle
and to tornus ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing
yellowish suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia yellowish white with
a brown line through them : the underside pale reddish irrorated
with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Ab. 1. cinnabarina. Dark brown instead of rufous ; fore wing
with a purplish tinge, the postmedial area pale rufous except
towards costa.
Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Sicamons Junction, 1 J , Coldstream
Ranch, 1 c? (Miss llicardo), Vancouver I., 1 cT , 2 $ , type ferrea,
(Haicl-ins) 1 S type, (J. J. Walker) 2 c^ ; U.S.A.., Washington,
1 c? , 2 5 5 Oregon, California, 3 c5' type cinnahar'uia. Exp. 30
millim.
*1378. Polia ferrealis.
Mmnestra ferrealis, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 29 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 128.
Bright brown, thorax rather pale, the teguloe and patagia with
black lines. Fore wing with the antemedial and postmedial costal
areas and inner medial area darker ; the subbasal line white ;
antemedial line oblicjue, waved ; claviform small ; orbicular small,
round, with dark dot in centre and defined by black ; reniform
slightly constricted at middle, with two dark spots in centre and
whitish annulus defined by black ; a blackish medial shade ; post-
medial line double, black filled in with white, bent outwards below
costa and incurved below vein 5 ; postmedial area suffused with
whitish except at costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner
side by a brown shade and on outer by the terminal area being
fuscous except at apex, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle. Hind wing fuscous; the underside with post-
medial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Montana. Exp. ? about 32 millim. This species
is unknown to me.
178 NOCXUID^.
1379. Polia lorea. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 17.)
Hydrcecia lorea, Guen. Noct. i. p. 126 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 127.
Hildrcecia ligata, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 253 (1860).
Mamestra dodgei, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 90 (1875).
Head and thorax rufous with some dark brown scales ; abdomen
pale rufous irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated
with darker rufous, the medial area suffused with deep rufous
except towards costa and inner margin ; the veins streaked with
brown ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line waved, angled outwards below costa, oblique
to submedian fold, then erect ; claviform small, with very indistinct
dark outline ; orbicular and reniforra with greyish annuli defined
by dark brown, the former rather oblique, elliptical, the latter with
some fuscous in its lower part ; an indistinct waved medial line
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; post-
medial line bent outwards below costa, oblique and very slightly
sinuous below vein 5 ; subterminal line indistinct, pale slightly
defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing fuscous
brown with a yellowish tinge ; the cilia yellow ; the underside
yellow irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. Canada {Norman), 1 S , Renfrew Co., 4 cT , 1 § , Calgary
(Wolhif-Bod), 1 d", 1 $; U.S.A., E., Middle, and Central States
(Doubleday), 2 c? type, Massachusetts, Beverly, 2 d" , Buffalo, 1 c? ,
New York, Evan's Centre, 1 $ , Nebraska, Kansas (Snow), 1 c? »
1 2 , Colorado. Exj}. 32-36 millim.
Larva. Beuten, Cau. Ent. xxii. p. 16.
Head black with sordid whitish markings ; body sordid creamy
brown, the thorax blackish ; dorsum with a series of lozenge-shaped
segmentary blackish patches and ill-defined oblique stripes on the
sides ; vertex whitish ; tubercles minute ; thoracic feet brown. —
H. G. D.
1380. Polia olivacea. (Plate LXXXIII. fig, 18.)
Mamestra olivacea, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 143 (1874);
Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv. iii. p. 797 (1877); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 125.
Mamestra comis, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 130 (1881).
Mamestra obscurior, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 465 (1887).
Mamestra rectilinea, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 465 (1887) ; id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 125.
Celana hamara, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 275, pi. 26. f. 27
(1889).
Mamestra luciiia, Smith, Traus. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 236 (1901).
Mamestra altua, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 236 (1901).
Mamestra mvgarena. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. j). 236 (1901).
Mamestra davena, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 237 (1901).
Mamestra ohnigra. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 238 (1901).
Mamestra fetiia, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 239 (1901).
Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with grey and black ;
I
roLiA. 179
abdomen dark brown and greyish. Fore wing grey tinged with
olive-green and thickly irrorated and suffused with black especially
on medial area ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold defined by greyish on outer side ; antemedial line
double, nearly evenly excurved from below costa to inner margin
and with a dark patch before it on vein 1 ; claviform moderate,
slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reiiiform small, with olive
and black centres and grey annuli defined by black ; the former
oblique elliptical, a rufous spot between them in cell ; a dentate
medial line oblique from costa to below cell ; postmedial line bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved ; the post-
medial area paler except at costa, on which there are some pale
points ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, with a rufous patch before
it in submedian interspace, the area beyond it darker except at
apex, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus ;
the veins streaked with black towards termen. Hind wing whitish
tinged with fuscous, especially on veins and terminal area ; the
underside white with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Ab. 1. ohscurior. Fore wing much more thickly and evenly
irrorated with black.
Ab. 2. comis. Fore wing with the reniform and postmedial area
whitish.
Ab. 3. rc'ctiUnea. Fore wing with the postmedial line more
oblique and less incurved below vein 5.
Jlab, Canada (Norman), 2 c? , Renfrew Co., 1 c? , Manitoba,
Winnipeg, 1 cS » Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 d" , 1 2 , Van-
couver I., 1 d" , 4 2 ; U.S.A., throughout the Northern, Eastern,
and Middle States to Florida, 1 c? , 1 $ , Washington, 1 c? , 2 $ ,
Oregon, Corvallis, 1 5» Colorado (Cpclcerell), 1 c?, Glenwood
Springs (Barnes), 1 d" , Hall Valley, 1 5, Durango (Oslar), 1 d' ,
3 2 5 California ( Walsingham), 1 <5 ■, 2 $ ; Mexico, Coatapec
(Brook), 1 (S type Jiamara, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 25-30
millim.
Larva. (Original.) Head small, shagreened, dotted, reticulate in
black with a black patch at the vertex of each lobe. Body robust,
with spicular granules, the seta) swollen. Pale grey-brown ; dorsal
and subdorsal lines pale, the latter edged below by a series of black
segmentary triangular patches. Dorsal diamond-shaped marks
grey, faint. Subventral markings obsolete ; spiracles black. On
joint 12 the subdorsal band is widened by a diffuse ochraceous patch.
A general feeder, hiding in the earth which adheres to the rough
skin.— H. G. D.
Larva. Var. comis. (Original.) Head small, shagreened, re-
ticulations and vertical bands black. Body as in olivacea, but with
a more pinkish tint ; the dorsal diamond-shaped markings much
darker, distinct, cut by the pale dorsal line. Substiginatal band
broad, pale, reddish filled, fairly well contrasted, its upper edge
curved upward in the segmental incisures. The seta) are swollen
and the skin rough as in olivacea. Spiracles black. A general
feeder, hiding in the earth. — H. G. 1).
n2
180 >'ocjuiDj!:,
*13S1. Polia vau-media.
Mamestra vau-media, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 466 (1887) ; id. Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 126.
(S . Head and thorax grey largely mixed with fuscous ; abdomen
fuscous grey. Fore wing dark fuscous grey, the postmedial area
paler, tinged Avith reddish ; subbasal line indistinct ; antemedial
line double, remote from base, even, obliquely curved ; claviform
represented by a blackish mark ; orbicular and reniform small,
almost obsolete; postmedial line indistinctly double, slightly curved,
incurved below vein 5 and almost touching antemedial line at inner
margin ; subterminal line pale, irregular, indistinct ; a pale spot
near tornus. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ; the underside grey
with darker irroration.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado. Exp. 23 millim. This species is
unknown to me.
1382. Polia subpicta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 19.)
Mamestra suhpict a, Scbaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. tI. p. Ill (1898); Druce,
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 567.
S . Head and thorax black mixed with grey and some pale
brown ; tarsi with pale rufous rings, the terminal part of hind
tibiae and the tarsi rufous ; abdomen black irrorated with grey, the
crests rufous at tips, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore
wing leaden black slightly irrorated with grey, the ante- and post-
medial areas mostly pale brown irrorated with black ; an indistinct
waved whitish subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; a double, waved
antemedial line filled in with pale brownish, angled inwards in cell
and with the minute claviform on its outer edge ; orbicular and
reniform small, brownish defined by black, the former round ; an
indistinct oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, with short black streaks beyond it on the veins crossing
the pale brown area and some pale points on costa ; subterminal
line represented by an ill-deiined series of black and pale brownish
dentate marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a series of small black spots before termen ; cilia slightly
chequered with pale brown. Hind wing black-brown, the cilia
yellow at ti})s except at apex. The underside whitish, suffused and
irrorated in parts with pink and fuscous : fore wing with black
striga from middle of costa, blackish reniform and sinuous post-
medial line, the apical half of terminal area black ; hind wing with
black medial band from costa to mediai] nervure angled inwards in
cell, a deep black discoidal spot and indistinct minutely waved
postmedial line.
IJab. Mexico, Orizaba, 1 J , type f S in Coll. Schaus. Exp.
24 millim.
POLI.V.
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1383. Polia poliastis. (Plalc LXXXIII. fig. 20.)
Mamestra poUastis, Hiiipsn. Ann. S. Al'r. Mus. ii. p. 268 (1902).
Head and thorax white with a slight greenish tinge and with a
few black scales ; palpi black, pale at tips ; tegulaj sometimes with
black line near tips ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen
whitish, dorsally tinged with fuscous and with pale segmental lines.
Fore wing white tinged with olive-green and more or less thickly
striated with black ; subbasal line black, waved from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line black, obliquely waved ; medial area
often tinged with black towards inner margin ; claviform and
orbicular absent ; reniforra represented l)y a black luuule : post-
medial line more or less interrupted, dentate and produced to short
streaks on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa and strongly
incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line sometimes represented by
ill-defined black marks at veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of black
spots; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white, the
terminal area tinged with fuscous from apex to vein 2, in female
wholly tinged with fuscous, the veins and terminal area suffused
with fuscous ; the underside usually with slight discoidal lunule
and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Br. E. Africa, Machakos {Crawshay), 1 S type, Eb Urru
(Betton), 2 $ , Nairobi (Betton), 1 $ , Kui (Betion), 1 $ . Exji. 28-
3o millim.
Subsp. Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged with pale brown
instead of green.
Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 $ ; Cape Colony,
Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 $ .
1384. Polia laud abilis. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 21.)
Hecatera laudabilis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 30, pi. 8. f. 4 (1852) ; Drnce, Biol.
Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 291 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 12(;.
Hapalia indicans, Wlk. x. 359 (1856).
Hecatera strigicollis, Wllgrn. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 170 (18riU).
MaTnestra iUaudabiUs, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 27 (1875).
Head and thorax white mixed with pale green ; palpi and frons
blackish at sides ; teguUc with slight medial blackish line ; patagia
blackish on outer side ; tarsi with black bands ; abdomen fuscous,
whitish at base, the underside white irroratcd with black. Fore
wing pale green ; a double, waved, black subbasal line filled in with
white and interrupted in cell, its lower extremity connected with
base by a black streak ; antemedial line black defined by white on
inner side, oblique, waved ; medial area tinged with black from
subcostal nervure to submedian fold ; the claviform green defined
by black ; the orbicular and reniform with green centres and white
annuli defined by black, the former small, round, open above;
an indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell ;
a bright red spot between the stigmata and some red beyond
olavit'orni : postmedial line black defined by white on outer side,
1S2 xoctuid.t:.
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, the costa beyond it with black and white points ; sub-
terminal line whitish, defined oji inner side by an oblique black
shade from costa, then by some more or less obsolescent dentate
marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered black and
white. Hind wing semihyaline white, the costal area and terraea
tinged with fuscous ; cilia with a fuscous line through them ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous.
Ab. ] . Fore wing with the whole medial area suffused with
black and without the red marks ; orbicular entire.
Ab. 2. illaudabilis. The green tinge almost entirely replaced by
white.
Ab. 3. Fore wing with the ground-colour white irrorated and
suffused with pale rufous.
Hah. U.S.A., New Jersey, Alabama, 1 S , Florida, 5^,1$ type
mdkans, Texas, Dallas {Boll), 1 $ , Colorado, Manitou, 2 J ,
(Bruce) 1 c? , 1 $ , California, 3 d" , 2 $ type illavdahilis ; Mexico,
Jalapa (Hoer/e, Trujillo), 3 d , 3 $ , Cordova {R'umcU), 1 c^ ;
Guatemala {Champion), Id, 2 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. Eaj^.
26-38 millim.
Larva. Head small, shagreened, dark reticulate, the vertical
bands broad and black. Body sordid and brown, skin pointed
granular ; dorsal dark diamond-shaped markings ; dorsal and sub-
dorsal lines narrow, pale, the latter edged below by triangular
black segmentary marks ; an indistinct pale waved stigmatal line ;
substigmatal line broad, pale, ill-defined above. Thoracic feet black-
ringed. Spiracles black. — H. G. D.
*1385. Polia marmica. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 22.)
Hecatera marmica, Sehaus, J. N.Y. Eiit. See. vi. p. 112 (1898) ; Druce,
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 567.
5 . Head and thorax white mixed with black, the head and
tegulae tinged with ochreous; tarsi ringed black and white; abdo-
men dorsally grey-brown, ventrally white irrorated with brown.
Fore wing white, almost wholly suffused with fuscous and irrorated
with black, leaving a white patch beyond the subbasal line, which is
angled at median nervure and recurved to base above vein 1 and
with traces of a similar line beyond it ; antemedial line oblique,
waved, angled inwards on vein 1 : claviform with its extremity
slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous
centres and greyish annuli defined by black, the former small,
oblique ; 'postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a white patch beyond it from
vein 2 to inner margin extending to tornus ; subterminal line
represented by some small dark dentate marks at middle defined
by white on outer side, connected with an apical white patch
leaving the medial part of termen fuscous; a terminal series of
small l»hick lunulct- ; cilia clic(iuercd black and wliitc. Hind wing
POLIA. 183
semihyaline white, the veins, costal area, and termen down to vein
2 brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown,
a discoidal point and some postmedial points on costal half.
Hah. Mexico, Oaxaca, type f $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 32
millim.
1386. Polia quadrilineata. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 23.)
Mamestra quadrilineata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 140, pi. 4.
f. 15 (1873); Smith, Cat. NocL. N. Am. p. 126.
Head and thorax white more or less strongly mixed with dark
brown and black ; palpi blackish at sides ; frons with black bar ;
teguhe with medial black line ; patagia edged with black ; abdomen
whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing bluish white irrorated
with pale brown, the medial area and the basal area also in female
suffused with black ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal
line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
double, the inner not prominent except at costa and inner margin,
oblique, minutely waved and slightly angled inwards below costa
and at vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and
reniform small, with brownish centres and white annuli defined by
black, the former round, the cell before and between them often
suffused with rufous ; an indistinct waved medial line oblique from
costa to below cell ; postmedial line dentate and produced to points
on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4,
defined by white on outer side and with a more prominent patch
in submedian interspace, the area beyond it blackish with some
white points ; the veins of terminal area blackish, with a more
prominent fascia on vein 2 ; subterminal line indistinct, dentate,
slightly defined by rufous on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind
wing semihyaline white, the termen tinged with brown especially
at apex ; a dark streak on extremity of vein 2 ; the underside with
brown irroration on costal area and dark discoidal point.
Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing with the ground-colour grey-
green.
Hah. U.S.A., California, 4 d" , 2 $ type, (Walsuigham) 1 $.
Krp. 30 millim.
Larva. Head sordid brown, heavily dark-banded and reticulate.
Body sordid brown, skin pointed granular ; markings much as in
landahilis^ sordid, obscured, the granules marked. Spiracles black.
Thoracic feet brown. Setae stiff, pale, distinct. — H. G. D.
*13S7. Polia vittula. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 13.)
M(nnesfra vittula, Grote, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci. viii. p. 48 (1882) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 117.
^ . Head and tliorax grey mi.\ed with fuscous ; tegulse black at
tips ; abdomen pale grey. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated
184 KOCTTTID^.
with fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line
represented by double black strite filled in with pale colour from
costa and median nervure ; antemedial line double, filled in with
pale colour, nearly erect, obsolescent on costal half; medial area
darker ; claviform short, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
small, with greyish annuli defined by black, the former round, the
latter narrow ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line
indistinctly double, filled in with pale colour, bent outwards below
costa and strongly incurved below vein 4; postmedial area paler
except at costa, on which are some white points ; subterminal line
pale, defined by the area beyond it being darker, angled outwards
at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurved at
middle, defined by black towards inner margin and with a black
streak from it to termen in submedian fold ; a terminal series
of black striae. Hind wing white, the veins and termen slightly
tinged with brown.
Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico, Las Vigas, Hot Springs. Exp. '24
millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing
from type in Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sci.
*1388. Polia incurva. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 14.)
Mamestra incurva, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 466 (1887) ; id. Cat.
Noct. N, Am. p. 126.
Head and thorax dark grey ; tegulse with black line ; abdomen
brownish grey. Fore wing dark grey, irrorated with fuscous and
slightly tinged with olive, the medial area rather darker ; subbasal
line double, ending in a slight black streak ; antemedial line double,
slightly excurved in interspaces; claviform small, defined by black:
orbicular and reniform small, with obscure pale annuli defined by
black, the former irregularly rounded, the latter narrow ; post-
medial line double, filled in with pale colour, bent outwards below
costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, strongly below vein 4 and
becoming confluent with lower edge of reniform ; subterminal
line pale, slightly defined by fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7 and
slightly excurved at middle, in submedian fold interrupting a short
black streak extending to termen. Hind wing white ; the under-
side with the costal area irrorated with fuscous.
Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico, Las Vigas, Arizona.
Ea-^y. 25 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a
drawing from type in Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sci.
*1389. Polia intentata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 15.)
Mamestra intcnfata, Smith, Ent. News, is. p. 245 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 1.56.
Head and thorax pale to dark fuscous grey irrorated with black ;
tegulse with indistinct medial line and daik tips; patagia with
dark edges ; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing pale
to dark fuscous grev irrorated with black : the medial area with a
POLIA. 185
yellowish tinge, most prominent below cell ; siibbasal line double
filled in with white or yellowish, ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line
double filled in with white or yellowish, interrupted, waved, some-
what oblique ; claviform large, defined by blackish ; orbicular and
reuiform with fuscous centres and whitish aunuli defined by black,
the former small, round, the latter moderate and somewhat con-
stricted at middle; postmedial line double filled in with yellowish
or reddish, minutely waved and produced to white points on the
veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ;
subtermiual line whitish, defined on each side by fuscous, irregular ;
a terminal series of black points ; cilia pale intersected with fuscous.
Hind wing white, the veins and fine terminal line fuscous, in female
almost wholly tinged with fuscous, darker on terminal area ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, the female
with postm-.'dial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Estes Park. Exj^. 29-33 millim. This
species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type iu
U.S. Nat. Mus.
*1390. Polia ciniva. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 24.)
Mamestra ciniva, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142 (1898) ; Druce,
Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. ii. p. 567.
5 . Head and thorax mixed black, brown, and white ; teguhe
with strong black line near tips ; tarsi banded black and white ;
abdomen brown irrorated with grey, dorsally white irrorated with
brown. Pore wing bluish white, thickly irrorated with black and
suflused in parts with grey ; antemedial line double at costa, then
single, oblique to submedian fold and angled inwards on vein 1 ;
claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined
by black, the former small, round ; postmedial line rather indistinct,
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; subterminal line ill-defined, irregular, with a blackish
patch beyond it above tornus wdth two white points on it; cilia
white with fuscous lines through them. Hind wing semihyaline
white, the veins and marginal areas tinged with fuscous ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,
a small discoidal spot.
Hah. Mexico, Oaxaca, typef $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 24 millim.
1391. Polia hodeva.
Hccatera hodeva, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Ilet. i. i). L"J1, pi. 27. f. 21
(1889).
2 . Head and thorax clothed with pale brown, white, and black
scales; tarsi banded with black; abdomen i)ale brown, the ventral
surface white irrorated with black. Fore wing white, tinged in
parts with pale brown and thickly irrorated with black, the medial
area suffused with black except on inner area; a black fascia below
186
NOCTTriDJi;.
base of cell ; a waved subbasal lino from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line double filled in with white, oblique, waved : clavi-
form with its extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
with fuscous-brown centres and whitish aunuli detined by black, the
former small, round ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer
side, dentate, indistinctly double towards inner margin, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal
line very ill-defined, whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle, with blackish patches beyond it at discal and submedian
folds ; a fine waved terminal line ; cilia chequered black and white.
Hind wing semiliyaliue white, the apical area and termen to vein 2
tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area slightly
irrorated with brown.
Ilab. Guatemala, S. (leronimo {Champion)^ 1 § type, Godman-
Salvin Coll. Exy. 28 millim.
1392. Polia alboguttata. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 25.)
Mamestra alboguttata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 85 (1877) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 126.
$ . Head and thorax black mixed with white, the head mostly
Avhite, the patagia and metathorax with white patches; abdomen
fuscous brown, with whitish segmental rings ; pectus, legs, and
ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white irrorated with brown.
Pore wing black, suffused with silvery blue on veins of inner half
and on antemedial and postmedial areas ; subbasal line black, defined
by white on outer side, angled outwards at median nervure and
ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by white on
outer side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform
obscurely defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black,
the former small, round, the latter with brownish centre and white
annulus ; postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish and
some rufous at submedian fold, dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by some dentate
black marks at middle, angled outwards at v<;in 7, excurved at
middle and to tornus ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia
chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish, the veins, costal
and terminal areas tinged with fuscous ; the underside irrorated
and the terminal area suffused with brown, a small discoidal spot.
Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, 1 $ type, California, New Mexico. Exp.
32 millim.
1393. Polia erecta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 26.)
Celmna erecta, Wlk. x. 264 (1856) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 127.
Perif/m const ipata, Wlk. xi. 734 (1857).
Ferigmphn inne.ra, Grote, Bull. Buff. See. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 123 (1874).
Anthophita erecta. Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 499 (nee Wlk.).
Head and thorax reddish brown, the scales tipped with white ;
abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown thickly irrorated
VOUA. 187
wilh purplish grey ; sul)liasiil line grej', from costa to sultmediau
fold ; aiitemediiil lino rletined by grey on inner side, oblique from
costa to median nervure, then excurved ; claviform obt^olete ;
orbicular and reniform defined by grey, the former elliptical, the
latter constricted at middle ; an oblique dark line from lower angle
of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer
side, bent; outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white with some grey
suffusion on inner side, excurved below costa and at middle ; a fine
dark terminal line. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and
marginal areas tinged with reddish brown ; cilia white with a brown
line through them ; the underside with the costal area irrorated
Avith red-brown.
Ilab. U.S.A., E. Florida (Doubleday), 1 J type, Texas, ] J ,
1 $ , types coiistipata and inneoca; Mexico, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 2 $ ;
Guatemala {Rodriguez), 1 J Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30 millim.
1394. Poliadatis.
Celana datis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (B) xiii. p. 359 (1894) ; id. Biol. Ceuti-.-
Ain., Het. ii. p. 478, pi. 93. f. 13.
Hctfh'na /PTjecre, Scbaus, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xxi. p. 1228 (1894); Druce,
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 487.
Mamestra seminaria, Schaiis, Trans. Am. Eiit. Soc, xxi. p. 227 (1894) ;
Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ani., Het. ii. p. 476.
Haihna vii/as, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xxi. p. 229 (1894) ; Druce,
Biol. Ceiitr.-Aui., Het. ii. p. 488.
Ccfceiia quadrUincafa, Drnce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 479 (nee Grote).
S . Head and thorax orange-red mixed with black : tegulae with
medial black line ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous.
Fore wing orange-red irrorated with black, the veins streaked with
blackish ; subbasal line double, black, waved, from costa to sub-
median fold where it emits a streak to base and a slight sjHir on
outer side ; antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, obli(]uc
from costa to submedian fold and slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ;
claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small,
indistinctly defined by black and with brownish centres, the former
round; an obscure medial shade angled outwards on median nervure;
postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa and oljlique
below vein 4, defined by whitish on outer side towards inner
margin ; siibterminal line only defined by a blackish patch beyond
it on costa; a black streak in terminal part of submedian fold ; cilia
fuscous, with a whitish line through them. Hind wing white, the
costa andtermen tinged with fuscous ; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial series of
short streaks on the veins.
5 . Thorax grey and brown; fore wing grey suffused with fuscous
brown, some orange-red at base and in discal and submedian folds.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trvjillo), 4 c? , 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin
Coll., typest frprca and I'emhwna in Coll. Schaus, Las Yigas, type -f S
vvjas in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 'lb millim.
188
NOCTUID^f;.
l;395. Polia rugosa. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. -27.)
Mamestra ritgosa, Morr. Prop. Bost. Soe, Nat. Hist, xviii. n. 110 (1875) ;
Smith, Ciit. Noct. N. Am. p. 128.
$ . Head and thorax whitish with a few black-hrowu hairs and
scales ; abdomen clothed with dark brown and whitish scales. Fore
wing whitish, slightly suffused and irrorated with dark brown ;
the area below base of cell irrorated with some large black scales ;
subbasal and antemedial lines obsolete ; claviform moderate,
incompletclj' defined by black ; orbicular and reniform white with
brownish centres, defined by the cell before and between them being
black, the former obli(|ue oblong, open above and below, the latter
oblong, its lower extremity angled inwards on median nervure and
confluent with former ; postmedial line indistinct, pale, minutely
waved, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, the
area before it below the cell suffused with black ; subterminal line
pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined on
inner side by dentate black spots except towards costa, the area
beyond it suffused with dark brown : a terminal series of small
black Innules. Hind wing pale suffused with red-brown, the
terminal area tinged with fuscous ; the underside paler, a dark
diseoidal lunule and diffused subterminal band.
Hah. U.S.A., Maine, 1 $ . Ex^). 'SI millim,
1396. Polia marinitincta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 'IS.)
Mamestra viarbiitinda, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. '278 (1875) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 126.
Head and thorax white mixed with some blackish scales, the
latter tinged with blue-green ; palpi and frons black at sides ;
tegula) with medial black line, patagia edged with black ; tarsi
banded with black ; abdomen fuscous. Fore wing whitish or pale
brownish grey more or less tinged with green and the medial area
with black ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell : subbasal
line black defined by whitish on outer side, angled outwards on
median nervure, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double filled
in with whitish, the outer line strong, oblique from costa to sub-
median fold, angled slightly outwards below costa and strongly on
vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
small, whitish defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical ;
an indistict waved medial line obliijue from costa to below cell ;
postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved, a blackish streak beyond it on vein 2 and
some white points on costa ; subterminal line represented by a
series of more or less developed dentate black and white marks,
defined on inner side by an oblique black shade from costa, angled
outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered black and white.
Hind wing fuscous black ; cilia white with a dark line through
POLIA, V 189
thera ; the underside whitish irroratod with blaclf, a small discoidal
luuule and indistinct sinuous ])ostmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 3 d" , 2 $ , type. Exp. 30 millim.
1397. Polia mediana. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 29.)
Bry&phila mediana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1S81, p. 332; Hmpsii. Moths Ind. ii.
p. -im.
Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale brown, the patagia
sometimes with a few black scales ; abdomen grey suffused with
brown. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with dark brown;
subbasal line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line oblique, waved, angled outwards in cell and above inner
margin; medial area dull reddish brown ; claviform absent ; orbicular
and reniform small, conjoined below, usually with brownish centres,
the former oblique elliptical ; postmodial line dentate, represented
by black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved
at discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; subterminal line only
defined by the area beyond it being clouded with brown, angled
outwards at veins 7 and 4 and inwards at discal and submedian
folds ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown ;
the underside grey irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and
curved postmedial line with black points at the veins.
Hah. Punjab, Knlu, Sultanpur (G'. Young, Pllcher), 2 (S ., 6 5)
Simla {Reed), 2 $ type, Subathu {Harford), 1 $ . Exp. 30-
34 millim.
1398. Polia fasciata. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 30.)
Hecatera fccsciata. Leech, Trans. Ent. See. 1889, p. 134, pi. ix. f. 8.
5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with dull brown ; abdomen
grey suffused with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with
dark brown : the subbasal line represented by a patch on costa
and spot below cell ; the ante- and postmedial lines only defined by
the medial areas being fuscous brown, the former oblique, waved,
angled outwards in cell and above inner margin, the latter some-
what dentate, angled outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold
and strongly below vein 4 ; stigmata absent ; subterminal line only
defined by the area beyond it being dark brown, angled outwards
at veins 7 and 4 and inwards in discal and submedian folds. Hind
wing fuscous brown ; the underside grey irrorated with brown ; a
small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Centr. China, Kiukiang {Pratt), 1 $ type. Ex2^.
34 millim.
*1399. Polia roseosuffusa. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 12.)
Mrniirsfra roxcomffusa, Sinitli, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 4()() (19U0);
Dvar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. ir)G.
J. Head and thorax whitish mixed with grey and tinged with
190 NOCTUIDyE.
rosy pink ; aLdoraen yellowish fuscous. Fore wing whitish suffused
with rosy pink and tinged with fuscous to the medial shade, on
postmedial area at costa, middle and inner margin, and on terminal
area except at apex ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish,
waved ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique,
waved ; claviform hardly traceable ; orbicular small, very indistinct,
with whitish annulus ; renitbrm represented by a little dark shading;
a fuscous medial shade ; postmedial line fine, single, crenulate,
slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;
subterminal line whitish, defined by tbe dark patches before it and
terminal area, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a terminal series of dark points ; cilia chequered pale and
fuscous. Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown : the underside
pale yellowish.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona. Exp. 28 millim. This species is unknown
to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus.
1400. Polia renisigna. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 31.)
Celmna renisigna, Wlk. x. 267 (1856).
Dianthoecia prcBtermissa, Wlk. xi. 506 (1857).
Hadena depulsa, Wlk. xi. 590 (1857).
Hadema inculta, Wlk. Trans. Eot. Soc. (3) i. p. 88 (1862).
Hadena ficita, Wlk. xxxiii. 734 (1865).
Hadena contracfa, Wlk. xxxiii. 735 (1865).
Hadena servilis, Wlk. xxxiii. 736 (1865).
Head and thorax purplish red-brown more or less strongly mixed
with grey and black ; tegulse with medial black line ; tarsi with
ochreous rings ; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore
wing purplish red-brown to purplish fuscous mixed with grey; sub-
basal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial
line defined by pale colour on inner side, angled outwards below
costa, oblique to vein 1 , then bent inwards ; claviform moderate or
small, defined or filled in with black ; orbicular and reniforui defined
by black, small, the former round, oblique elliptical, or oblique
V-shaped, sometimes filled in with white, the latter narrow with
brown centre and pale annulus, becoming white below, angled
inwards on median nervure ; traces of a medial line oblique to
median nervure ; a blackish patch between reniform and postmedial
line, which is bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,
somewhat dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, ending
in pale points, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal
line formed by a series of small whitish and black marks, angled
outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it
rather darker ; a fine terminal black line : a series of pale points
at base of cilia. Hind wing uniform fuscous brown, or the basal
half more or less whitish ; cilia white at tips ; the underside
whitish or reddish irrorated with black, a discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
POLIA. 191
Hah. Br. E, Africa, Nairobi (Betton), 2 $ , Kikuyu {Crcavshay,
Betion), 3 d* , 3 $ , Neugia (Crawshai/), 1 $ , Ndimu {Bet ton), 3 j ,
Morendat (Betton) 1 d' , Nairowa (ZJciion), 1 $ , Kilima-njaro (7/«w-
nimjton), 1 $ ; Delagoa Bat (Junod), 1 cJ , 1 $ ; Transvaal, Piet
Retief (Crciwshay), 3 J; Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 6^,15,
Howick, 1 $, Durban {Leigh), 'S 2; Basutoland, Maseru {Craw-
shaij), 3 (5 ; Cape Colony, Kenilworth, 1 (S {Dr. Smith), 6 2 > type
and types prcelennissa and depulsa, Knysna {Trimen), 1 (5,2 $ ,
type contractn, Aunsbaw {31iss F. Barrett), 1 c? , Cape Town
{Trimen, Lightfoot), 1 J, 1 5, type ^ciia. -S/a'^^. 26-36 millim.
Types t inculta and servilis in Mus. Oxon.
*1401. Polia goniophora. (Plate LXXXIIT. fig. 32.)
Alamestra ffoniaphura, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 231 (1903).
(S . Head and thorax olive-green, some of the scales tipped with
white ; palpi blackish at sides ; legs mixed with black and white •
abdomen whitish, pale brown, and black. Fore wing olive-green
the disk suffused with brown ; a white subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold, dentate outwards in cell ; antemedial line repre-
sented by white spots on costa and inner margin, then by an obscure
dark line with an oblique striga below costa and point on median
nervure ; orbicular a small round white spot, reniform an oblique
white bar, angled inwards in lower end of cell; postmedial line
obscure, dark, dentate, with white spots at costa and inner margin
some white points on the portion bent outwards below costa and
white points at extremity of teeth on veins 4, 3, 2 ; subterrainal
line indistinct, dark, irregular, with white spots on it towards apex,
a white spot at inner margin and three white spots beyond it on
middle of termen. Hind wing fuscous brown, with some obscure
white spots on termen ; the cilia ochreous ; underside whitish
irrorated with large black scales, a black discoidal lunule on a
rather indistinct medial line, a sinuous postmedial line.
Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t <S in Coll. Schaus. Kvp
28 millim.
*1402. Polia rudis. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 1.)
Pasfona rudis, Wlk. xv. 1754{18.n8).
Maguza aUmjidtulis, Wlk. xxxiv. J 224 (1865).
c? . Head and thorax olive-brown, the hairs pale at base, the
scales tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen dark
brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing dark brown irrorated
with black and slightly with wliite ; a white spot at base ; a waved
white sul)basal line from costa to submedian fold ; an interrupted
waved white antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform white, the former
small, round, the latter elliptical ; postmedial line represented by a
series of wbitc points, bent outwards below costa and obli(iue l)elow
vein 4, with larger spots displaced inwards at discal and submedian
folds, Hoine white points beyond it on costa; subterniiiuil line
192 NOCTUIDiE.
represented by a series of small white spots, angled outwards at
vein 7, inwards at discal and submedian folds, and excurved at
middle. Hind wing dark brown, with a series of rather ill-defined
white spots just before termen ; the underside brownish white
irrorated with some large black scales on basal half, a discoidal
lunule and curved postmedial line.
llah. Bkazil, Theresopolis. Exp. 30 millim.
1403. Polia esopis.
Celana eso]ns,T>ruce, Biol. Centr.-Ani., Het. i. p. 275, pi. xxvii. f. 1 (1889).
c? . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with dark brown ; tarsi
with yellow rings ; abdomen fuscous. Fore wing reddish brown
suffused in parts with black ; a waved subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold defined by ochreous on outer side ; antemedial line
double, irregularly waved, filled in with ochreous ; claviform repre-
sented by a slight black mark ; orbicular a small black annulus ;
reniform ochreous, incompletely defined by black ; an indistinct
waved medial line with the area between it and postmedial line
dark brown ; i)ostmedial line defined by ochreous white on outer
side, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved below vein 5 and
retracted to inner margin, the veins beyond it slightly streaked
with white and some pale points on costa ; the subterminal line
somewhat dentate, whitish towards costa, defined on inner side by a
dark patch at costa and by a slight dark shade from middle to inner
margin, the area beyond it dark brown with patches of white
suffusion at apex and between veins 4 and 2 ; a terminal series of
black points ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous. Hind wing
dark brown ; the cilia ochreous with a dark line at base ; the
underside paler brown, the costal area irrorated with large whitish
scales extending to vein 5 beyond the cell, a dark discoidal spot
and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Guatemala, Totonicapam [Champion), 1 c? type, Godman-
Sahdn Coll. Eap. 28 millim.
1404. Polia bohemanni.
Anarta hohcmanni, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1861, p. 370; Mill. Te. i. pi. 39.
f. 6 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218.
J . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown slightly mixed with
grey. Fore wing dark brown irrorated with grey ; subbasal line
represented by dark marks below costa and cell, defined by grey
on outer side ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, curved
and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform indistinctly defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform small, with greyish annuli defined
by black, the former round ; a dark medial shade ; postmedial line
somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved ; subterminal line very indistinct, grey, dentate; cilia
chequered brown and yellowish. Hind wing orange-yellow ; a
POLIA. 193
brown discoidal point and rathe^ broad terminal band ; cilia
chequered brown and yellow ; the underside with the costal and
terminal areas suffused with brown, a discoidal lunule.
Hah. Scandinavia, Lapland, 1 ^S '■> Arctic llussiA; N.E.Siberia.
Exp. 32 niillim.
1405. Polia secedens. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 2.)
Phisia secedens, Wlk. xii. 913 (1857) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 294.
S . Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white scales and
hairs ; abdomen dark brown with the dorsal crests blackish. Fore
wing dark brown slightly irrorated with white; an indistinct waved
black subbasal line from eosta to submedian fold ; an oblique
slightly waved antemedial line ; claviform with its extremity
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform rather small, the former
round, the latter open above and below ; postmedial line somewhat
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved; subterminal line represented by a series of dentate black
marks defined by white scales on inner side ; cilia intersected
with white. Hind wing bright yellow, the costal and terminal
areas dark brown with diffused edges ; cilia yellow at tips ; the
underside with brown discoidal lunule conjoined to the costal
area.
Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls (Dr. Barnston)^
1 (5 type. Exp. 32 millim.
b. {Hm-modia.) Abdomen of female with the extremity
produced and conical, the ovipositor exserted.
a\ Fore wing with the subterminal line strongly dentate
on veins 4, 3 and forming a distinct ^-mark.
a}. Fore wing with the reniform strongly angled inwards
on median nervure and connected with the orbi-
cular or nearly so cucubali.
b"^. Fore wing with the reniform well separated from tlie
orbicular.
a^. Fore wing with the orbicular oblique elliptical ... bicruris.
b^. Fore wing with the orbicular rounded.
a'. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique,
double carpu'phaga.
6'. Fore wing with the antemedial line erect, single, lijpru.
b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line not forming a
^-niark on veins 4, 3.
a^. Fore wing without white patch on medial area.
a^. Fore wing with the groimd-colour olive-brown ... maynolii.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey and dark
brown,
a'*. Fore wing with orange fulvous on ante- and
postmedial areas Jiligramma.
i'. Fore wing without orange fulvous on ante- and
postmedial areas.
fl°. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved
below vein 4 tephrolenca.
¥. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique
below vein 4 pvmihi.
VOL. V. 0
194 X0CTUIDJ5.
b^. Fore wing with white patch on medial area.
a^. Fore wing witli the wfiite patch not extending
below submedian fold.
a*. Fore wing olive-brown not suffused with
fuscous albimacula.
h*. Fore wing olive-brown suffused with fuscous . . . conspersa.
h^. Fore wing with the white patch extending to inner
margin.
a*. Fore wing with the claviform large, forming
part of the dark area compta.
6*. Fore wing with the claviform absent guenei.
1406. Polia cucubali.
Koctua cucubali, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 84 (1776); Esp. Schraett. iv.
pi. 173. f. 6; Hiibn. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. 56; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.
p. 331, pi. 93. f. 5 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 187 ; Curt. Brit.
Ent. p. 308; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163.
Noctua rivularis, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 234 (1781).
Nochia rivosa, Strom. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skr. p. 77 (1783).
Noctua behensis, Frr. Beitr. v. p. 142, ^\. 467. f. 4 (1831).
Dianthxeia mandarina, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 51.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purple, grey, and dark
scales; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing
red-brown, irrorated with fuscous and suffused with violaceous
especially near the lines ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to
mm ^s=^ ^^
Fig. 26. — Volia cucubali, ? . } .
submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform large,
suffused with and defined by black : orbicular and reniform with
brown centres and yellow annuli defined by black, the former
oblique elliptical, usually conjoined to the latter, which is more or
less angled inwards on median nervure; an indistinct waved medial
line ; postmedial line double, the inner crenulate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellow, defined on
inner side by diffused blackish, somewhat dentate marks and some
difli'used black on outer, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at
veins 4, 3, and excurved to tornus ; a terminal series of small blaclc
lunules. Hind wing pale, suffused with reddish brown especially
on terminal area and in female; the underside pale irrorated with
red-brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial and sub-
terminal lines.
Ab. 1. mandarina. Darker, browner, and without the violaceous
iinge; the annuli of stigmata and subterminal line whiter. — Japan,
China.
POLIA. 195
Hah. Beitain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller,
Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia
Minor, Pontus ; Kurdistan ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; Amur-
land, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate {Andrexvs), 7 c?, 1 $» Yokohama
{Manley, Jonas), 1 c?, 1 $ , Tokio (Maries), 1 d" , Oivvake (Pryer),
1 S , Tsuniga (Leech), 1 $ ; China, Chusan (J. J. Walker), 1 c? ,
Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 c? , Psu-tu-fang, 1 c? type. Exj). 32-
36 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 79; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 238, pi. 163. f. 1.
Greenish grey tinged with orange and with numerous white dots ;
dorsal line brown ; a subdorsal series of oblique brown marks ;
head with dark markings. Food-plants : leaves and seed-capsules
of Silene and Lychnis. 7-8.
1407. Polia bicruris.
Phalfsna bicruris, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. 3, p. 302 (1766).
Noctua capsincola, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 84 (1776); Esp. Schrnett. iv.
pi. 173. f. 5; Hlibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 57; Diip. Lep. Fr vi.
p. 334, pi. 93. f. 6; Stepb. 111. Brit. Eut., Haust. ii. p. 188 ; Stand. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 163.
Noctua impressa, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 152. f. 3 (1788).
Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey and some
blackish scales ; tegulne with dark medial line ; tarsi ringed with
white ; abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown
irrorated with black and some white scales ; subbasal line double,
waved, from costa to submedian fold; some dark scales above inner
margin near base ; antemedial line double, waved, angled outwards
above inner margin ; claviform large, suffused with black and
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former rather irregularly oblique
elliptical ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double,
crenulate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
strongly incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line white, with some diffused fuscous, somewhat dentate
marks on its inner side, strongest in submedian fold, angled
outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 : a terminal series of
small black lunules defined by whitish ; cilia intersected with
white. Hind wing whitish snffused with brown, deepest on
terminal area; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them;
the underside wliitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal s])ot and
curved postmedial and subterrainal lines.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France ; Germany, Zeller and Leech
Colls. ; Austria ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain ; Italy ; Scan-
dinavia ; KussiA, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Crimea; Armenia; W.
Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 30-40 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 79 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 242, pi. 163. f. 2.
Light brownish ochreous irrorated with brown ; dorsal line pale,
indistinct, traversing a series of dark V-shaped marks ; head with
dark markings. Food-plants : seed-capsules of Silene and Lychnis,
7-9.
o2
19G NOCTUIDiE.
1408. Polia carpophaga.
^octua carpophaga, Borkli. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 4'22 (1792) ; Dup. Lep.
Fr. vi. p. yU5, pi. 92. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 103.
Noctua ochracea, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 199 (18U9j.
Noctua perplexa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 89 (1827).
Dia7ii kacia capsophila, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 125 (1840); Dup. Lep. Fr.,
Suppl. iv. p. 100, pi. 68. f. 8 (1842).
Dianthaecia nisus, Herr.-SchaiF. Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 249, pi. 90. f. 461
(1845), nee Germ.
Opigena repanda, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 330, Noct. f. Gl
(1845).
Dianthoecia capsophoha, Embr. Oat. Lep. S. And. pi. 9. f. 2 (1858).
Bianthoecia pallida, Tutt, Brit. Noct. iii. p. 30 (1892).
Head and thorax dull red-brown mixed with some grey and
black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore
wing dull reddish brown slightly irrorated with black, the lines
usually filled in with greyish ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa
to submedian fold ; a curved black mark above inner margin near
base ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform moderate,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former round ; a waved medial
line ; postmedial line double, the inner lunulate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side
by some dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate
at veins 4, 3, then incurved ; a terminal series of small black
lunulas defined by whitish ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind
wing pale suffused with reddish brown, especially on terminal area ;
cilia pale, with a rufous line through them ; the underside whitish
irrorated with red-brown, a slight discoidal lunula, sinuous post-
medial line, and diffused subterminal liiie.
Ab. 1. ochracea. Ground-colour ochreous to pale reddish bi'own.
Ab. 2. capsophila. Ground-colour dark brown, the thorax and
fore wing more variegated with grey.
Hab. Britain, Scotland, Leech Coll., I. of Man (Grer/son),
England (Doubledaij), Ireland, Leech Coll. ; Eeance, Sand Coll. ;
Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Leech Coll. ; Corsica ;
Spain ; Italy, Capri ( C S. Browne) ; Dalmatia, Frey and Leech
Colls. ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Crimea ; Armenia ; Asia
Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Mardin ; Syria ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana,
Askabad; E. Turkestan, Hi ; W. Siberia, Altai. £'a^:». 26-34 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 79; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 23.3, pi. 102.
Pale greyish ochreous or brownish ochreous ; dorsal, subdorsal,
and spiracular lines p.ile ; head light brown with darker markings.
Food-plants : seed-capsulos of Silene infiata and S. maritima. 7-8.
*1409. Polia lypra. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 3.)
Lianthmcia lypra, Piing. Iris, xvi. p. 287, pi. vi. f. 3 (1904).
$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with olive-brown
POLIA. 1 97
and mixed with fuscous ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing
brownish grey, almost entirely suti'uscd with pale olive-browu ;
subbasal line black, waved from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line minutely waved, erect, stronger in submedian fold ;
claviform represented by a V-shaped black mark at its extremity ;
orbicular and reniform moderate, whitish, incompletely defined by
black, the former round ; postmedial line dentate, strongly bent
outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, thickened in
submedian fold, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal
line pale, defined on inner side by slight dentate black marks below
costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3
and forming a rather obscure ^-mark ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia ochreous grey mixed with fuscous. Hind wing-
pale with an ochreous tinge and almost uniformly suffused with
fuscous ; cilia ochreous, with an obscure fuscous line near base ;
underside grey-white slightly irrorated with fuscous, a small
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line, the area beyond it
suffused with fuscous.
Hah. W. Turkestan, Askabad, type f in Coll, Piiugeler. Exp.
32 millim.
1410, Polia magnolii.
Bianthcecia inax/noUi, Boisd. lud. Meth. p. 125 (1829) ; Dup. Lep. Fr.,
Suppl. iii. p. 241, pi. 22. f. 4 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 71 ;
Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.
Mi&elia nimvuo&a, Ev. Faun. Volg. Ur. p. 232 (1844) ; Frr. Beitr. iv.
pi. 351. f. 6.
Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with white and black ; tarsi
ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing olive-brown
with a reddish tinge, sparsel}' irrorated with white, chietiy on the
veins, and slightly suffused with black ; a whitish patch at base of
costa traversed by the double, waved, black subbasal line from costa
t'l submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with
white ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
Avith brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former
round, the latter rather irregular and with its outer edge indented ;
a medial shade, oblique to median nervure, then somewhat dentate ;
postmedial line defined by white on outer side, strongly dentate,
bent outwards below costa and stroiigly incurved below vein 4,
some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white,
defined on inner side by a series of small dentate black marks,
angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ;
a terminal series of small black lunules defined by white ; cilia
intersected with white. Hind wing ochreous white slightly irrorated
with brown, the veins and marginal areas strongly suffused with
brown; cilia with a brown line near base; the underside with
discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subtermiiuil
band.
Hah. Fkance, Sand Coll.; Switzerland, ZcUer, Frey, and Leech
Colls.: Austria; Italy, Capri (C. /S'. i?>-oiwe) ; Dalmatia ; Russia,
198
NOCTtJID^.
Sarepta; Aemenia ; Asia Mikok, Pontus, Autioch, Mardin ; W.
TuEKESTAN, Ferghana. Exp. 36-40 millim.
Subs]), conspunuta. Frr. Neue Beitr. Schmett. v. p. 82, pi. 430. f. 3
(184.n); Ilerr.-Sclmfl'. Eur. Schmett., JS'oct. ff. 463, 470; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 162.
Head, thorax, and fore wing grey-brown without tlie rufous
tinge, the last with the elaviform reduced to a small black mark,
the orbicular oblique elliptical, the reniform slightly angled inwards
on median ncrvure but not on subcostal nervure.
Hah. C. and S. Russia, Urals ; W. Siberia, Altai ; ? E. Siberia ;
Punjab, Hunza {Sir M. Conivay), 1 d •
Larva. WuUscblegel, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxii. p. 406.
Pale reddish grey with a dark maculate dorsal stripe, oblique
subdorsal marks, and pale lateral lino. Food-plant : Sihne nutans.
8-9.
1411, Polia filigramma.
Nod ua fili gramma, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. o9(i, pi. 130. f. 4 (1788) ; Dup. Lep.
Fr. vi. p. 413, pi. 98. f. 5; Herr.-Schaft'. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 465;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.
Koctua polymifa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 48 (1827), nee Linn.
Noduafiavivibica, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Text, p. 171 (1827).
Koctua xanthocyanea, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. fF. 640-1 (1827).
Diaiithoecia lutencincta, Embr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1834, p. 382, pi. 8. f . 1 ;
Mill. Ann. Soc. Cannes, 1878, pi. 3. f. 10.
Bicnithoecia xa.nthofusca, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1841, p. 243.
Licmthoecia melanochroa, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 273 (1891).
Head and thorax reddish ochreous mixed with fuscous brown ;
tarsi witli whitish rings ; abdomen grey- brown. Fore wing pale
brown, more or less strongly suffused and irrorated with fuscous ;
some rufous below base of costa, in base of submedian fold, and
above inner margin ; subbasal line ill-defined, double, waved, from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line waved ; elaviform short,
filled in with rufous ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres
and rufous annuli defined by black, the former round ; medial line
oblique to median nervure, then dentate ; postmedial line strongly
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some ])ale points beyond it on costa : subterminal line
pale, defined by diffuse dentate rufous marks on inner side, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the ter-
minal area darker ; cilia ochreous white, with a brown line through
them ; the underside pale, the costal and terminal areas sufiused
with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. c^antliocyanea. Head, thorax, and fore wing irrorated
wit! 7, ::ite, the ground-colour fuscous and grey without the reddish-
brown tinge.
Ab. 2. luteocincta. Paler and more mixed with white, especially
on medial and terminal areas of fore wing.
Ah. '3. melanochroa. Smaller and darker ; fore wing slightly
mixed with white and rufous. — Asia Minor ; W. Turkestan.
Hah. France, Sand Coll. : Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. ;
POLIA. 199
Austria, Zeller Coll. ; Hungaky, Zeller and D'Emmick Colls. ; Swit-
zerland, Frey Coll. ; Italy ; Dalmatia ; Scandinavia ; Lapland,
Leech Coll. ; Russia, Sarepta, Zeller and Fray Colls., Urals ; Armenia ;
Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus ; Syria, 1 c3" ; Persia; W.Turkestan,
Turcomania, Saisau, Ferghana, Issyk-kul, Ala-Tau ; W. Siberia,
Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 30-40 millim.
Larva. Feeds on Si.lene rudans. 7-8.
1412. Polia tephroleuca.
Bianthoecia tephroleuca, Boiscl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 374, pi. 14.
f. 4 ; Dup. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 244, pi. 22. f. 5 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. fP. 140, 469 ; Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 162.
c? . Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; tegulse
with black medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-
brown. Fore wing grey-white suftused and irrorated with fuscous
brown; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submediau fold;
antemedial line double, waved, filled in with whitish ; claviform
very small, defined by Ijlack ; orbicular and reniform small, with
brown centres and grey-white annuli defined by black, the former
round ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmediai line dentate,
defined on outer side by grey-white lunules, bent outwards below
costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey-white, defined on inner
side by small dentate blackish marks, angled outwards at vein 7,
excurved and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of
small black lunules. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown,
the terminal area darker; cilia whitish, with a brown line through
them ; the underside pale suffused with brown, a slight discoidal
spot and curved postmediai line, a diffused subterminal band.
Hah. Switzerland {Gerhard), 1 6 . Exp. 32 millim.
1413. Polia pumila. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 4.)
Dianthcecia ■pumila, Stand. Ilor. Soc. Eut. Ross. xiv. p. 378 (1879) ; id.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164.
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black ; tegulae
with black medial line ; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Foro
wing whitish, largely suffused and irrorated with brown ; subbasal
line double, waved, filled in with whitish, from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line indistinctly dou])le, filled in with whitish,
waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform short or moderate,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, with brown centre
and defined by black, the former rounded, tlie latter slightly concave
on inner side ; traces of a medial line ; postmediai line double filled
in with whitish, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and
oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line white, defined on inner side by slight dentate black
marks below costa and at middle, excurved at vein 7 and at veins
4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing
200 NOCTUID^.
whitish suffused with fuscous brown, especially on terminal area,
more uniformly in female ; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, a fine dark terminal line.
Hah. Asia Minor, Pontus, 1 (5,1 $ , Taurus ; Syria, Mardin.
Exp., 6 2Q, $ 28 millim.
1414. Polia albimacula.
Nnctita albimacula, Borkh. Eur. Sclimett. iv. p. 149 (1792) ; Steph. 111.
Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 137, pi. 19. f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.
Noctiia coinpta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 117 a. f. 7 (1790), nee Schiff.
Noctua concinna, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 51 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. Fr.
Ti. p. 359, pi. 95. f. 3.
Head and thorax reddish olive-brown with white markings ;
tegular with white and black medial line ; patagia with white
patch edged with black ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brown.
Fore wing reddish olive- brown ; a white patch on base of costa
traversed by the double, waved, black subbasal line and ending at
submedian fold, where there is a black lunule beyond it followed by
a curved mark above inner margin ; an irregularly waved black
antemedial line defined by white on inner side ; claviform incom-
pletely defined by black, and with a bidentate white patch beyond
it on base of vein 2, extending into the cell on outer side of the
orbicular, which is round, white defined by black and with brown
centre, and with white mark above it on costa ; reniform with
brown centre and white annulus defined by black ; a waved medial
line ; postmedial line black defined by white on outer side, dentate,
bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4,
some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line white,
defined by small dentate black marks on inner side and some black
beyond it in discal fold, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and
somewhat dentate at middle ; a terminal series of small black
lunules defined by white ; cilia brown intersected with white.
Hind wing pale suffused with reddish brown, especiallj' on terminal
area ; a white spot on vein 2 near termen ; cilia white with brown
line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated
with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a small
discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,
Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Leech Coll. ; Hungary, Leech
Coll.; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asia Minor,
Pontus ; Persia ; W. Siberia, Altai. E,vp. 28-38 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 77 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 245, pi. 103. f. 3.
Pale brownish ochrcous ; dorsal line fine, indistinctly pale,
traversing a series of blackish spots connected with indistinct
V-shaped marks ; supra-spiracular line waved, fuscous, indistinct ;
head brown-streaked. Food-plant : seed-capsules of Silene nutans.
7-8.
POLIA.
201
1415. Polia conspersa.
Nodua nana, Kott. Naturf. ix. p. 132 (ITTC)), nee Hiifn. ; Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 1G2.
Noctua cojispersa, SchifT. Wien. Verz. p. 71 (1776) ; Esp. Schmet.t. iv.
pi. Ill), f. 5; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 52; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.
p. 3.U pl. 95. f. 1.
Bomhi/x annulata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 204 (1781).
Lianthoecia ochrea, Gregson, Ent. Eec. ii. p. 306 (1891).
Dianthoecia dealbafa, Staud. Iris, v. p. 365 (1892).
Dianthofcia hethlandica, Staud. Iris, v. p. 366 (1892).
Head and thorax white with black markings ; tegulae and patagia
edged with black, the former with black medial line ; tarsi ringed
with white ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing olive-grey suffused
in part witli black and with white patches tinged in part with
yellow ; a basal white patch on costa traversed by the double,
waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double,
waved, antemedial line traversing a white patch on inner margin ;
claviform defined by black, with a bidentate white patch beyond it
on base of vein 2 extending into the cell on outer side of the
orbicular, which is round, white defined by black, and with some
white marks on costa above it ; reniform white defined by black
and with olive centre ; postmedial line double, lunulate, filled in
with white towards costa and inner margin, bent outwards below
costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4,
some white points beyond it on costa, and a white patch
on inner area ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side
by some dentate black marks at middle, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it more or less
suffused with white and with a white apical patch; a terminal series
of small black lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous and white. Hind
wing fuscous brown, the interspaces rather paler towards base ; cilia
white at tips ; the underside greyish thickly irrorated with fuscous,
a discoidal spot and curved postmedial and subterminal bands.
Ab. 1. ochrea. Fore wing with the markings ochreous instead
of white.
Ab. 2. hethlandica. Fore wing much darker, often almost
uniform fuscous, the cilia without white. — Shetland Is.
Ab. 3. deaJbata. Fore wing with the white markings reduced,
the apical patch absent. — Armenia ; W. Turkestan ; E. Siberia.
llah. Britain, Shetland, Orkneys, Hebrides (McArthur), England,
Ireland, Leech Coll. ; Fk^nce, Sand Coll. ; Gkrmany, Zeller and Frey
Colls. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland, Zeller Coll. ; Algeria,
Eone (Lewis), 1 (5' ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia ;
W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; W. Siberia, Altai ; Mongolia, Uliassutai,
1 c?, Urga ; Tibet, Amdo ; S.E. Siberia, Dahuria, Ussuri. E.vp.
36 millim.
Lnrra. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 77 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 252, pl. 1G4.
Pale brownish ochreous ; dorsal line pale, traversing a series of
dark V-shaped marks ; two lateral pale brownish lines ; apiracular
line whitish; spiracles pink; head p;ile brownish with four dark
streaks. Food-plants : seed-capsules of Lychnis and Silene. 7-9.
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1416. Polia compta.
Noctua cornpia, Sohiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.
p. 169 (1787); Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 119. f. 6; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct, f. 53; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 356, pi. 95. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 163.
Dianthcecia viscarice, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 26 (1852).
JDianthoecia armerice, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 26 (1852) ; Mill. Ann. Soe. Cannes,
1878, p. 9, pi. 3. f. 9.
Mamestra huviilis, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92 (1893).
Head and thorax brown mixed with black and white; tegulse
Avith black medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-
brown with whitish segmental lines. Fore wing fuscous black
suffused in parts with purplish ; a whitish patch on base of costa
traversed by the double, waved subbasal line from costa to sub-
median fold, in which there is often a yellow streak ; antemedial line
double, waved, filled in with white towards costa and inner margin ;
claviform defined by black ; a white medial band, its outer edge
defined by the waved medial line ; orbicular and reniform white
defined by black, the former round, the latter with brown centre ;
postmedial line double, dentate and produced to white spots on the
veins, filled in with white towards costa and inner margin, bent
outwards below costa, and strongly incurved below vein 4, some
white points bej-ond it on costa; subterminal line white, defined on
inner side by a series of small dentate black marks often placed on
yellow patches, some black beyond it in discal fold, angled outwards
at vein 7, excurvcd and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal
series of small black lunules slightly defined by white : cilia inter-
sected with white. Hind wing fuscous brown, rather paler towards
base; a small whitish spot on vein 2 near termen ; cilia white at
tips ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with fuscous,
the terminal area suff"used with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and
curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. viscaricf. Fore wing with the medial band suflfused with
yellow or brown.
Ab. 2. Inmiilis. Fore wing dull greyish, the medial white band
dirty white, obsolescent and almost reduced to a spot. — Armenia ;
Taurus ; W. Turkestan.
Ab. 3. armerio'. Fore wing dull grey-black, the lines obsolete,
the medial white band broad. — S. Russia.
Hah. Britain, Ireland ; Feance, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and
Frey Colls. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll.
Sweden ; Rdssia ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus, Bithynia
Persia ; W. Turkestan, Sarawschan ; W. Siberia, Altai
E. Turkestan, Thian Shan Mts. ; S.E. Siisehia, Amurland, 1 $
Japan, Oiwake (Pryer), 2 J , 2 $ , Hakodate, 1 J , Tokio (Maries),
1 d . Exj). 28-3(3 millim.
Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 221.
lleddish grey, with a reddish-brown dorsal stripe intersected
with white and expanding into segmental spots ; a yellowish -grey
lateral stripe. Food-plauts : seed-capsules of Silenc and DiauiJuis.
7-9.
POLIA. — rACUETKA. 203
1417. Polia guenei. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 5.)
DiantluBcia gueneei. Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163 (1901).
Head and thorax black irrorated with white and slightly with
ochreous ; pectus ochrcous, legs ochreous and fuscous, the tarsi
banded with black ; abdomen ochreous irrorated Avith fuscous.
Fore wing black irrorated with white and some ochreous, especially
at base ; the medial area yellowish white except at middle of costa
and beyond the reniform ; subbasal line defined by white on outer
side, waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double
filled in with whitish, waved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and
reniform moderate, incompletely defined by black, the former
round, the latter with irregular outline and ill-defined whitish
annulus ; a medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then
dentate ; postmedial line lunulate, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line ill-defined, whitish tinged with ochreous and with
traces of dentate black marks before it at middle, excurved at vein 7
and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small
black luuules ; cilia fuscous intersected with ochreous. Hind wing
white tinged with ochreous, the veins and terminal area fuscous ;
cilia ochreous white mixed with fuscous ; underside white, the
costal area irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal point, sinuous
postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.
Hah. Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Taurus ; Sxeia, 1 5 , Antioch,
Mardin ; Cyprus. Exp. 40 millim.
Genus PACHETRA.
Type.
Pac^e^rff, Guen. Ann. Soc Ent. Fr. 1841, p. 241, non descr. ;
id. Noct. i. p. 177 (1852) huco'phma.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, frinn;cd witli hsiir in front; frons
smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenn;e of male bipoctinate with long branches
to near apex ; head and thorax clothed with rough hair and hair-like scales,
the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with dorsal series of
crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and .5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below
middle of discocellulars ; (5, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
1418. Pachetra leucophaea.
Noctua leucophaa, Schiff. Wien. Vorz. p. 82 (1760) ; View. Tab. Verz. v.
2, p. 23 (.1790); Iliibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett, Noct. f. 80; Dup. Lep.
Fr. vi. p. 282, pi. 90. f. 6; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Ilaust. ii. p. 190;
Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. l.')5.
Bomhyx fulminea, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 205 (1781).
lldmhijx matigialu, Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 53. ff. 4, 5 (1785).
:Socfua ravidii, Esp. Schmett. iv. {d. 145. f. 1 (1789).
Hadeva homhijciva, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1847, ii. p. 78, pi. 6. ff. 1, 2.
Mamesira incana. Mill. Cat. rais. Suppl. ii. p. 17 (1875).
Pnchetra pyrenaica, Oberth. "ki. Ent. viii. p. .50 (1884) ; id. ix. pi. 3. f. 10.
Head and lliorax whitish mixed with red-brown and black ;
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NOCTUIDiE.
tegulae with black medial line ; patagia edged with hlack ; tarsi
ringed with white ; abdomen whitish mixed with brown. Fore
wing Avhitish suffused with pale yellowish and dark brown and
irrorated with black, the veins streaked with whitish ; subbasal line
represented by a striga from costa and double striga from cell ;
a slight black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line double,
minutely waved, angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform
well-developed, defined by and suffused with black, its edges often
continued to the basal black streak ; orbicular and reuiform large,
with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former
round ; some black suffusion often present in and below cell ; traces
of a diffused medial line ; postmedial line double, bent outwards
Fig. 27. — Pacheira leucoj}h(ea, (^ . \.
below costa, then oblique and acutely dentate on veins 5 to 2,
some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line whitish,
defined on inner side by a series of dentate black marks, angled
outwards at vein 7 and indented at veins 4, '3 by dentate whitish
streaks defining the veins ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia chequered white and brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with
brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia
brown at base, white at tips ; the underside whitish, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved
postmedial line.
Ab. 1. hombycina. Fore wing with the markings more prominent.
— Urals, Centr. Asia.
Ab. 2. 2^iirenaica. Fore wing more or less suffused with fuscous.
— Pyrenees, Spain, Asia Minor.
^b. 3. Hind wing white, the veins only tinged with brown.
— Syria.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,
Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Switzerland, Zeller and Frey Colls. ;
N. Italy ; S. Sweden ; Finland ; Russia, Livonia, Urals ; Asia
Minor, Bithynia, Pontus ; Syria, Leech Coll. ; W. Turkestan,
Tarbagatai Mts., Ala Tau ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi.
Eap. 44-52 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 147, pi. 153. f. 1.
Ochreous or brownish ochreous ; dorsal line pale, traversing a
series of oblique blackish marks ; subdojsal line indistinct, s])ira-
cular line pale, edged with blackish marks above. Food- plants :
Grasses. 6-4.
ODONTESTKA.
205
Genus ODONTESTRA, uov.
Type, 0. vittigera.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi sboi't, oblique, fringed with hair in front ;
frons with rounded prominence with small corneous plate below it ; eyes
large, rounded ; antennne of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly
with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with
dorsal crest on Ist segment only. Fore wing rather short and broad, the
ternien evenly curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; b obsolescent from middle of disco-
cellulars, B, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
A. Fore wing without whitish streak below vein 2 vittigcra.
B. Fore wing with whitish streak below vein 2.
a. Fore wing without M'hitish fascia on inner margin albivitta.
b. Fore wing with whitisli fascia on inner margin.
a? . Fore wing with the subteruiinal line narrow, whitish.
«'-. Hind wing white, the terminal area suflused with
fuscous simiUima.
/*-. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous potanini.
i'. Fore wing with the subterminal line broader,
yellowish submargincdls.
1419. Odontestra vittigera.
Mamestra vitfigera, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 266 (1902).
c5' . Head and thorax purplish fuscous mixed with grey and red ;
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface dark
brown. Fore wing purplish fuscous, the medial area more or less
tinged with purplish pink ; subbasal line represented by pink striae
from costa and cell, with diffused black on each side of them ; ante-
medial line double, filled in by brown, curved; claviform large,
Fig. 28. — Odontestra vittigera, (^ . \.
filled in with black ; orbicular usually obsolete, sometimes a small
round ochreous spot ; reniform large, ochreous white defined by
black and with rufous centre, some blackish suftusion before ajid
beyond it ; an ochreous-whitc fascia on medial part of inner margin ;
postmedial line double, filled in with ochreous, minutely dentate,
bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; suhtcrininal
line ochreotxs, defined by dentate black marks on inner side, angled
outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; an apical ochreous
patch ; a terminal scries of small black lunulos ; cilia intersected
206 XOCTUIDJE.
with ochrcous. Hind wing pure white, the costal area tinged with
fuscous ; the underside with discoidal point and postmedial series
of short streaks on the veins.
5 . Hind wing dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous at base from apex to
vein 2.
Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Dobbie), 1 $ ; Zulttland, Lower
Tugela (Reynolds), 4 c?; Natal, Victoria District (GoocJt), 1 d type,
Northdene, 1 $ , Durban (Leigh), 1 5 . Kvp. 30-34 millim.
1420. Odontestra alhivitta, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 6.)
c? . Head and thorax purplish fuscous, the hairs tipped with
grey, the patagia with rufous patches ; tarsi with ochreous rings ;
abdomen ochreous, ventrally fuscous. Fore wing purplish fuscous,
■subbasal line represented by black striae on reddish marks from
costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct, slightly deiined by
ochreous on inner side, angled outwards in cell, then incurved ;
claviform large, filled in with black, a whitish fascia above it, above
and below median nervure and vein 2 to near subterminal line ;
orbicular a small ochreous-white spot or obsolete ; reniform with
rufous centre and ochreous annulus, slightly angled inwards on
median nervure, black patches before and beyond it ; postmedial
line slightly defined by rufous on outer side, dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series
of ochreous spots with dentate black marks before them, angled
outwards at vein 7, the area beyond it reddish ; cilia pale rufous,
with two brown lines through them. Hind wing ochreous white,
with diffused fuscous subterminal band; the underside with the
costal area irrorated with fuscous, a postmedial series of short
streaks on the veins.
Hab. Er. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 J , Kikuyu
(Craivshai/), 1 cJ type. Exp. 32 millim.
1421. Odontestra simillima. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 7.)
Keuria simillima. Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 344 ; Hrapsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 201.
Head and thorax purplish fuscous mixed with black ; tarsi with
pale . rings ; abdomen brownish ochreous, dorsally tinged with
fuscous. Fore wing purplish fuscous mixed with some red-brown ;
an ochrcous-white fascia on inner margin from near base to tornus,
with some red-brown above it on medial area : subbasal line double,
waved, from costa to submcdian fold ; antemedial line double, waved,
obsolete below vein I ; claviform large, defined by and suffused with
black ; vein 2 defined by a dentate white streak to postmedial line ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former somewhat
elliptical, the latter angled inwards on median nervure, with whitish
annulus and rufous patch on outer side ; postmedial lino double,
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,
ODONTESTRA.
207
obsolete below vein 1 ; subteriniual line white, slightly waved,
angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold, defined
on inner side by dentate black marks ; a terminal series of small
black lunules. Hind wing whitish, the costal and terminal areas
tinged with fuscous.
Hah. Punjab, Simla {Reed, Swinhoe, Harford), 1 d', 2 ^ type;
SiKHiM. Exp. 36 millim.
1422. Odontestra potanini.
Mamestra pofnnini, Alph. Iris, viii. p. 192 (1895); id. Eom. Mem. ix.
p. 137, pi. ix. f. 10(1897).
Head and thorax irroratcd with grey ; tegulae with black medial
line ; patagia edged with black above ; tarsi with pale rings :
abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing purple-grey ; the costal area
suffused with purplish red except towards base ; the inner margin
with ochreous-white fascia from near base to tornus ; subbasal line
represented by double striae from costa and a^black patch below the
cell crossed by an oblique ochreous striga ; antemedial line double,
dentate towards costa, usually filled in with ochreous in submedian
interspace, obsolete below vein 1 ; claviform very large, filled in
with black ; vein 2 defined by an ochreous-white fascia below or on
both sides to just beyond postmedial line; orbicular and reniform
with ochreous annuli defined by black, the former very small,
round, or oblique elliptical, the latter with ochreous centre and
bent inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line double, dentate
and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique, obsolete below vein 1, some pale
points beyond it on costa often present ; subterminal line ochreous
white, defined on inner side by prominent dentate black marks,
angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold, some
red-brown suffusion beyond it, the apex usually ochreous ; a terminal
series of small black lunules ; cilia grey, with black lines through
them. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia ])ale, with a brown line near
base ; the underside pale, the costal and terminal areas thickly
irroratcd with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial
line.
Hah. W. China, Wa-ssu-kow, 2 d" , 1 $ . Chow-pin-sa, 1 6 ,
Omei-shan, 1 $; Punjab, Simla (Harford), 1 c? , 1 $, Dalhousie,
1 c? , Dharmsiila (Hocking), 1 2 • Exj). 44 millim.
1423. Odontestra submarginalis.
Heliophobus submarginalis, Wlk. Cliar. Undcecr. Ilet. p. 32 (1809).
Neuria wcisa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 344 ; Ilmpsn. Mollis Ind. ii. p. 201.
Xeuria auripicta, Butl. III. Het. B. M. vii. p. 53, pi. 127. f. 3 (1889).
Head and thorax grey mixed with brownish ochreous and black ;
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey tinged with fuscous. Fore
wing purplish grey irroratcd and suffused with black, some yellow
scaling in base of cell and on medial area below the cell ; an
208 NOCTUID^.
ochrcoiis-white fascia on inner margin from near base to tomus ;
snbbasal line double filled in with white, angled inwards in cell,
from costa to vein 1 ; antemcdial line double filled in with whitish,
angled outwards below costa and inwards on subcostal nervure and
on vein 1 ; claviform large, filled in with black ; vein 2 defined
below bj- a \\ bite fascia to just beyond postmedial line ; orbicular
and reniform with ochreous-white annuli defined by black, the
former small, oblique elliptical, the latter dilated below ; postmedial
line double filled in with whitish, dentate, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white shading into yellow
on outer side, defined on inner side by prominent dentate black
marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold ;
an apical ochreous patch ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing suffused with fuscous ;
cilia whitish at tips ; the underside pale suffused with fuscous, a
discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line,
IJah. Punjab, Kulu, 1 S , Dharmsala (HocHng), 9 c? , 5 $ , type
and types incisa and auripicta. Exp. 42-46 millim.
Genus HADENA. ^
Type.
Hadeva, Schrank, Faun. Boiea, ii. (2) p. 158 (1802) reticulata.
Nettria, Guen. Noct. i. p. 166 (1852), nee Guen. 1841, non
clescr reticulata.
Bargida, Wlk. ix. 201 (1856) graminivora.
Eupsephopaetes, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Kat. Sci. i. p. 137
(1873) procincta.
Proboscis fully cleveloped ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed
with hair in front, t lie 3rd short ; irons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennae
of male ciliated ; thorax quadrately clothed with hair and scales, prothorax
typically with divided crest; pectus clothed with long hair; tibise fringed with
long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment, clothed with woolly
liair at base and with lateral fringes of hair towards extremity. Fore wing
rather narrow, the apex produced and the termen obliquely curved, the cilia
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 Ironi angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.
Sect. I. Thorax with divided ridge-like crest.
A. Fore wing with white fascia below median nervure and
vein 4.
a. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines confluent
on vein 1.
a^. Hind wing pure white gramiiiea.
h^. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area brown procincta.
h. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines not con-
fluent on vein 1.
a\ Fore wing with short white streak above extremity of
claviform ; orbicular very oblique, narrow graminivora.
b\ Fore wing without short white streak above extremity
of clavifcrin ; orbicular oblique, quadrate meridionalis.
HADENA. 209
B. Fore wing with the veins narrowly streaked with white.
a. Fore wing with the postinedial Une strongly excurved
from below eosta to vein 4. then oblique dissecta.
b. Fore wing with the postmedial line raoderaiely excurved
from below costa to vein 4, then incurved.
a^. Fore wing with the veins defined by pale streaks on
postmedial area reticulata.
i\ Fore wing with the veins not defined by pale streaks
on postmedial area texturata.
C. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with white, the
terminal area whitish uimfera.
1424. Hadena graminea. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 8.)
Dargida graminea, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 231 (1894).
c5' . Head and thorax pinkish white ; palpi rufous ; frons with
rufous bar above ; tegulae with three rufous lines ; patagia edged
with rufous and black above ; pectus rufous ; abdomen ochreous
white, the dorsal crest rufous, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral
surface suffused with rufous. Fore wing yellowish white largely
suffused with purplish pink, and with patches of red-brown between
the markings except on costal and inner areas; subbasal line re-
presented by an oblique striga from costa slightly defined by black,
and a very oblique striga from cell to vein 1 strongly defined hy
black ; antemedial line indistinct on costal area, angled inwards on
medial nervure, then white, very oblique to middle of vein 1 where
it meets the postmedial line, a white streak below median nervure
and vein 4 from it to subterminal line ; orbicular and reniform very
narrow, with rufous centres and white annuli defined by black, the
former very oblique, open above and below, the latter inwardly
oblique, pointed above and open below ; postmedial line white, bent
outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique to
join the antemedial line at vein 1, some white points beyond it on
costa ; an oblique white band from apes, at vein 5 joining the
postmedial line ; a fine sinuous white subterminal line angled out-
wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; termen white, with a fine
pink terminal line ; cilia whitish, with a strong brown line through
them. Hind wing yellowish white.
Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 S , type t S in Coll. Schaus.
Exp. 34 millim.
1425. Hadena procincta. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 9.)
Eupsephopactes prorinctus, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 13S, pi. iv.
f. G (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 170.
Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale purplish red-brown ;
frons with blackish bars ; tegulae with black and white lines ;
patagia whitish edged by black and purplish brown ; tarsi blackish
ringed with white ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal and lateral
tufts with a rufous tinge. Fore wing brown, the marginal areas
greyish i)urple, the inner margin fawn ; the veins dark defined by
VOL. V. p
210 KocxTJiD.f;.
jrrej'-purple ; the median nervure with creamy-white fascia forkinf^
between veins 3, 4 ; the subbasal line represented by a very oblique
whitish striga from costa, defined on each side by black and by an
inwardly oblique striga from median nervure with some black on
each side of it ; the antemedial line double, black filled in with
creamy white, angled outwards below costa, then strongly inwards
on median nervure and very strongly outwards to postmcdial line
on vein 1, its inner side defined below the cell by purjilish grey, at
median nervure ang]ed back below the subbasal striga ; claviform
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform very narrow and oblique,
with pale brown centres defined by dark brown and creamy-white
annuli defined by black, the former confluent with the antemedial
line above and open above and below; postmedial line creamy
white, pai'tially defined on inner side by black, angled inwards
below costa, then very oblique to vein 4, where it is joined by a
creamy-white fascia with slight dark line on it from apex, then
very oblique to vein 1 near middle, then angled outwards to inner
margin, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line re-
presented by a series of creamy-white lunules with strong dentate
black marks before them and some black on their outer edges ; a
fine black terminal line ; cilia pale brown, with two black lines
through them. Hind wing whitish, the veins brown ; the marginal
areas broadly brown ; cilia whitish, with brown line near base ; the
underside with black discoidal point.
Hah. Canada, Calgary {WoJIeif-Dod), 2 §, Vancouver I., 1 J;
U.S.A., Oregon, Portland, Colorado, California (Behr, Walsingliam),
3 d" , 1 $ ; Costa Rica, Irazu {Rogers), 1 S, Candalaria Mts.
(^Underwood), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 48-54 millira.
Larva. Head rounded, pale brown, reticulate with dark brown,
vertical lines obsolete. Body thickly shaded in brown, leaving
little pale strigae only. Dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and substigmatal
lines broad, straight, pale. Dorsal space dark, the dorsal line
reddish strigose, an elongate, black segmentary shade edging sub-
dorsal line above. Subdorsal line yellowish white, strigose ; lateral
line fainter; substigmatal line broadly red-filled. Spiracles white,
in patches of dark shading. Shields concolorous, weakly chitinized,
the anal plate pale, but cut by the subdorsal line. Feet pale. —
H. G. D.
1426. Hadena graminivora. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 10.)
Barqida qranunivora, Wlk. is. 202 (1856) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.
i.'p. 270.
Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with ochreous and red-
brown ; tegulae with blaclf medial line ; patagia edged with black ;
abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal tuft and ventral surface
rufous. Fore wing black, the marginal areas suffused with purplish
grey, the inner margin ochreous brown, the veins black defined by
purplish grey, the median nervure streaked with ochreous white
forking between veins 4 and 3 : the subbasal line ochreous white.
HADKNA.. 211
defined on each side by blaclv, angled at cell and ending at sub-
median fold ; the antemedial line double, black filled in with
ochreous white, angled outwards below costa, inwards on median
nervure, strongly outwazxls just below vein 1 and retracted above
inner margin ; claviform defined by black and with an oblique
ochreous striga above its extremity ; orbicular and reniform very
oblique, narrow, brown with ochreous annuli defined by black, the
former open above and confluent with the antemedial line, the latter
open above and below ; postmedial line double, black filled in with
ochreous, slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 4,
where it is joined by an oblique ochreous band from apes, then
very oblique to inner margin, some pale points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line represented by a series of ochreous points on
dentate black marks ; cilia brownish with two black lines through
them, an ochreous line at base and intersected with ochreous.
Hind wing white ; the veins brown ; the costal and inner areas
suffused with brown ; the terminal area broadly brown with rather
diffused inner edge ; the underside with the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with brown, the former tinged with reddish, a dark
discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hab. ^Mexico, Milpas (Forrer), 2 5 , Godman-Salvin Coll. ;
Venezuela, 4 d > 3 5 » type. Exj). 46 millim.
1427. Hadena meridionalis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 11.)
5. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with white; tegute with
black medial line ; patagia edged with black above ; abdomen
brownish grey. Fore wing black-brown, the marginal areas
suffused with purplish grey, the inner margin brownish ochreous ;
the median nervure streaked with white extending along vein 4 to
termen ; subbasal line white defined on each side by black, angled
at cell and ending at vein 1 ; the antemedial line double, black
filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, inwards on
median nervure, then strongly outwards just below vein 1 and
retracted above inner margin ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform with brown centres and whitish annuli defined by
black, the former oblique quadrate, open above and below, the
latter oblique elliptical ; the postmedial line double, black filled in
with white, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4
where it is joined by an oblique white band from apex, then oblique
to inner margin ; subterminal line represented by a series of small
ochreous lunules on dentate black marks ; a terminal series of black
lunules. Hind wing white ; the veins brown ; the costal and inner
areas suffused with brown ; a broad terminal brown band with
diffused inner edge ; the underside with black discoidal point.
Uab. Bkazil, Tvio Janeiro, 1 $ type, Exp. 42 millim.
212 NocxriD^.
1428, Hadena dissecta.
' HcliopJiohHS dissecfus, Wlk. xxxii. 656 (1865); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 22,
pi. 146. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 200.
Mamedra cmcifer, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 30 (1874).
Head and thorax red-brown irrorated with black ; teo^ulae with
black medial line defined by whitish above and with whitish tips ;
abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing golden
brown suffused and irrorated with black, the veins streaked with
ochreous ; subbasal line black, defined by ochreous on outer side,
excurved from costa to base at vein 1, an oblique ochreous striga
beyond it across the cell ; antemedial line black on a narrow
ochreous band, angled outwards below costa, then incurved to above
inner margin, where it is angled ; claviform obscurely defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform with ochreous annuli defined by
black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter oblique
oblong ; postmedial line black on a narrow ochreous band, bent out-
wards below costa, then oblique to vein 6, where it is joined by an
oblique ochreous band from apex, then very oblique to above inner
margin, where it is angled inwards; subterminal lino ochreous,
interrupted at the veins, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with
ochreous line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces
of basal area whitish, especially in male ; cilia ochreous with a
brown line through them ; the underside paler, the costal and ter-
minal areas irrorated with brown, the former tinged with rufous, a
dark discoidal point and waved postmedial line.
Hab. Japan, Nikko (Leech), 1 cj' ; W.China, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt),
1 $ ; SiKHiM (Lidderdale, Mbller), 1 d" , 3 § , type ; Ceylon, 1 c? ;
Philipptnes. Exp. 50-52 millim.
1429, Hadena reticulata.
Noctua reticulata, Vill. Linn. Ent. ii. p. 254 (1789) ; Stand. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 159.
Nortua calcatrip'pa, View. Schmett. p. 71 (1790).
Noctua saponaria, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 198. ff. 3, 4 (1790) ; Dup. Lep. Fr,
vi. p. 272, pi. 90. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 188.
Noctua marqinosa, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 195 (1803).
Noctua typica, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 58 (1827).
Mamesfra unicolor, Alph. Rom. Mem. v. p. 147 (1889).
Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey and black ;
tarsi blackish with pale bands ; abdomen ochreous thickly irrorated
with dark brown, Fore wing dark brown, suffused with violaceous
before the antemedial line, beyond the claviform and on postmedial
area ; the veins streaked with white except on postmedial area,
where they are black ; the subbasal line represented by double
oblique black striae filled in with white from costa and cell, a very
oblique white striga across the cell just beyond it ; the antemedial
line double, black filled in with white, angled outwards below
costa and above inner margin, incurved between those points ;
KADENA. 213
claviform large, defined by black and with pale streak at centre ;
orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined by black, the
former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter narrow and with
white lunule at centre; a fine black medial liue obliqne from costa
to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line double, biack filled in with
white, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved and angled inwards above inner margin, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, with a
Fig. 2'd.—Hudena reticulata, c?. \.
series of dentate black marks on its inner side ; a terminal series
of small black lunules ; cilia with fine pale line at base and inter-
sected with white. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown,
the veins and terminal area brown ; cilia ochreous white with a
fine brown line at base ; the underside with the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct
curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. unicolor. Fore wing without violaceous tiTige.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller
and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland; Italy, ISorth and Central; Austria;
Hungary ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Siberia,
Altai, 1 d , 1 $ ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul ;
E. Turkestan, Thian Shan ; Mongolia, Uliassutai, Urga ; Kashmir,
Nubra {Mc Arthur), 1 2, Goorais Valley {Leech), 1 ^ . Exp. 40-
44 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 81 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 153, pi. lf)3. f. 2.
Tale greenish ochreous or pinkish ochreous with darker irroration;
dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and spiracular lines faintly paler ; head
pale brownish. Food-plants : SUene, Rumex, Primula, etc. 8-4.
1430. Hadena texturata.
Mamestra texturata, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ro.sa. xxvi. p. 44(i (1892) ; id.
Roui. Mem. ix. p. 14, pi. 3. f. 2 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. IS'J.
Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with some grey ; tegulae
and patagia edged with grey, dorsal crests tipped with grey ; tarsi
black with pale rings ; abdomen brown mixed with greyish. Fore
wing deep purplish red-brown slightly suffused with fuscous, tho
veins white to just beyond postmedial line ; subbasal line double.
214 NOCTUID^.
black filled in with white and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line
double filled in with white, angled outwards below costa and bent
inwards to inner margin ; claviform large, defined by black ;'
orbicular and renitbrm with brown centres and ])ure white annuli
defined by black,^the former irregularly oblique elliptical, the latter
constricted at middle and with its lower edge excised ; an indistinct
medial line angled on median nervure ; postmedial line double
filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique and slightly sinuous, some white points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by diffused
dentate black marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and
dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia
brown with blackish line at base. Hind wing brown, pale at base ;
cilia white at tips ; the underside pale irrorated with brown, a
discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.
Eah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, Amdo, 1 J , 1 $ . Exp. 42 millim.
1431. Hadena uncifera. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 12.)
Prodenia uncifera, Mssn. Stiibel's Reise, p. 140, pi. vi. f. 11 (1890).
Head and thorax mixed grey, ochreous, rufous, and black ; tarsi
blackish with ochreous rings; abdomen fuscous, sufi'used with
purplish red especially towards extremity. Fore wing dark
purplish grey largely suffused with fuscous, the terminal area pale
reddish-grey, the medial area suffused with red-brown except
towards costa and inner margin ; a double, waved, black subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, black
filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa, oblique to vein 1,
then excurved and retracted to inner margin; claviform broad,
black defined by a prominent dentate yellowish-white mark ;
orbicular and reniform rufous with yellowish annuli defined by
black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter angled
inwards on median nervure ; some rufous and grey streaks on the
veins beyond lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double, black
filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved and
lunulate to vein 4, then oblique, some yellowish points beyond it
on costa ; subterminal line formed of yellowish points, defined on
inner side )jy dentate black marks and slightly defined on outer
side by black before the pale terminal area, somewhat excurved
from below costa to below vein 3 and bent outwards to tornus ; a
series of blackish points just before termen ; cilia grey with a
brown line at base. Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal
areas suffused with brown ; cilia white with a brown line through
them ; the underside with the marginal areas irrorated with fuscous
and the costal area suffused with brown, a short black streak in
cell and black discoidal spot, a sinuous postmedial line.
Huh. Colombia, 1 5 , Chiles ; Eccadok, Pichincha, Mojanda.
Exp. 40 millim.
HADE.VA. 215
Sect. II. Thorax with spreading crest.
A. Fore wing with the basal area blackish bidgeri.
B. Fore wing with the basal area not blackish ruptillnea.
1432. Hadena bulgeri.
Mamcstra bulgeri, Feld. Keis. Nov. pi. 110. f. 18 (1874).
Head and thorax purplish fuscous, slightly mixed with brown
and grey ; tegul* with slight dark medial line ; tarsi with pale
rings ; abdomen white more or less tinged with brownish ochreous,
the anal tuft brown. Fore wing brown and ochieous, the basal
and postmedial areas almost entirely suffused with leaden fuscous,
the veins of medial area streaked with ochreous ; subbasal line
indistinct, waved from costa to submediau fold; autemedial line
double, waved ; claviform small, fuscous defined by black ; orbicular
and reuiform small, with brown centres and whitish annuli defined
by black, the former elliptical, nearly erect, the latter with the
discocellulars whitish and more or less angled inwards on median
nervure, the cell before and between the stigmata and the area
Fig. 30. — Hadenabalyerl, c?. \.
beyond the reniform darker ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line
double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein -1, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line whitish, defined on inner side by a series of rather
large brown and black dentate marks, angled outwards on vein 7
and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ;
cilia with fine ochreous lines at base and middle. Hind wing pure
white, with brown terminal line from apex to vein 2, in female the
terminal half suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunulo and postmedial
series of short streaks on the veins.
Hah. Ek. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Bettou), 1 $ , Eb Urru
(Betton), 1 c? ; Natal, Estcourt (//utchinson), 3 c?, 2 $ ; Cape
Colony, Transkci {Miss F. Barrett), 7 6, 1 $• Fa-p. 32-40
millim.
1433. Hadena ruptillnea. (Plato LXXXIV. fig. 13.)
Dianthoscia ruptilinea, Wlk. xi. 507 (1857).
Head and thorax grey, reddish brown, and black mixed ; tarsi
banded with black ; abdomen pale brown. Eore wing pale red-
brown irrorated with black ; the veins streaked with white ; the
costal and inner areas suffused with white; subbasal line black
216 uocTuiD-aE.
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, bent outwards
at median nervure, then waved and with a blackish spot before it
above vein 1 ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
with blackish centres and white aunuli, both rather triangular, the
latter with dark shade from it to postmedial line, which is defined
by pale brown on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
white, defined by a fuscous patch before it at costa and the area
beyond it fuscous, arising from apex and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a
terminal series of black lunules defined by white ; cilia purplish
grey, with black line through them and intersected by white.
Hind wing white with a slight ochreous tinge ; a terminal series of
black striaj, in female the terminal area tinged with brown ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with black, a black
discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins.
Hah. Natal, Durban {Gueinzius, Leigh), 2 cJ , 1 $ type. Exj).
36-38 millim.
Genus THOLERA.
Type.
Tholera, Hiibn. Verz. p. 214 (1827) ces2ntis.
JS'euronia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 215 (1837), nee Leach, Neiir. 1815 ... popularis.
Charaas, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 108 (1829) cespitis.
Epineuronia, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155 (1901) fopularis.
Proboscis weak, non-functional ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint
fringed witb long hair, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth, not prominent ;
eyes not ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax
with spreading crests ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen clothed
with rough hair at base and with dorsal crests on 1st segment. Fore wing
with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins
3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco-
cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.
Sect. I. (Neurcmia). Antennae of male bipectinate with long branches to
apex.
A. Fore wing with the ground-colour brown popularis.
B. Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey americana,
1434. Tholera popularis.
Bomhyx popularis, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 577 (1775) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.
p. 279 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii, p. 189 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 155.
Nocfua fframims, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Hiibn. Samml. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. f. 59.
Bomhyx lolii, Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 48. ff. 1-5 (1785) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.
pl."90. f. 5.
Epineuronia hilaris, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155 (1901).
Head and thorax clothed with red-brown and white scales and
hair ; ])atagia with some black scales at edges ; abdomen ochreous
white tirieed with red-brown and fuscous. Fore wing brownish
grey slightly irrorated with black, the veins streaked with white ;
the subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and
cell ; the antemedial line double, excurved below costa and strongly
THOLERA.
217
angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform large, defined by
black and with white streak in centre ; orbicular and reniform
with red-brown centre and ochreous annuli defined by black, the
former rather small round, the latter, angled inwards on median
nervure and with white discocellular line ; postmedial line double,
minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
Fig. 31. — Tholcra poptdaris, (^
then incurved ; subterminal line represented by a series of pale
lunules with dentate black marks on their inner side, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine waved
terminal black line ; cilia ochreous, with brown line through them
and brown at tips. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown,
the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the
costal area irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal point and sinuous
postmedial line.
Ab. 1. hilaris. Paler ; hind wing of male almost entirely white.
— S.E, Russia, Armenia, Asia Minor,
Ilab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Leech Coll. ; Germany,
Zeller and Frey Colls.; IS", and C. Italy; Norway, ZellerColl. ;
Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Sarepta,
Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ; Siberia. Ea;p. 38-50
millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 76; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 135, pi. 152. f. 1.
Bronze-brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and subspiracular lines
■pale ochreous edged with blackish ; head brownish marked with
black. Food-plant : Grasses. 4-6.
1435. Tholera americana. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 14.)
Neuronia americana. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 59, pi. iii. f. 3
(1894).
S . Head and thorax white mixed with ochreous brown ; tegula?
pale at base and tips ; patagia witli blackish line near upjjcr edge ;
tarsi with white rings ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing
ochreous suffused with grey and irrorated Avith black ; the veins
prominently streaked with white except on terminal area, where
they are blackish defined by white ; subbasal line indistinct,
represented by double, oblique dark striae from costa and median
ncrvuro filled in with whitish ; antomedial line indistinct, e.\curved
in interspaces and angled inwards in cell ; claviform elongate,
218
NOCXUIDj;.
(letinccl by blackish ; orbicular and reniform large, rather indistinctly
defined by blackish, the former round "wil h darkish centre : post-
medial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, with series of
dentate fuscous marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a dark terminal line ; cilia intersected with
white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area suffused
with fuscous ; cilia pure white ; the underside with the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal lunule and
curved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 1 S ; U.S.A.
Montana, Boulder, "Wyoming, Yellowstone Park. Exp. 34 millim.
Sect. II. {'Tholera). Antennae of male with very short branches, the apex
serrate.
1436. Tholera cespitis.
Nochia cespitis, ^chi&. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Hiibn. Samml. Eur.
Schniett., Noct. f. 428 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 26, pi. 102. f. 1 ; Steph.
111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 109 ; Schultz, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1901, p. 15
(ab. 2) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155.
I^'odua hordei, Sehrank, Faun. Boica, ii. 1, p. 351 (1802).
Acjrotis autumnalis, Curt. Brit. Ent. p. I(i5 (1825;.
Charaas conjinis, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 109 (1827).
Apamea chloris, Mill. Ann. See. Linn. Lyon, 1883, p. 172, pi. 4. ff. 1, 2.
^euronia ferruginea, Kofni. Soe. Ent. ii. p. 121 (1887).
Neuronia decolor, Sobn, Soc. Ent. xi. p. 115 (1896).
Head and thorax black-brown with some red-brown scales ;
abdomen brown with a greyish tinge. Fore wing reddish brown
y
Fig. 32. — Tholera cespitis, ^J. \.
suffused with black and irrorated with a few ochreous scales ;
subbasal line waved, black, defined by pale rufous on outer side,
from costa to submcdian fold ; antemedial line black, defined by
palo rufous on inner side, slightly angled outwards below costa and
cell and above inner margin ; claviform rather small, defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and ochreous
annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter slightly
angled inwards on median ncrvure ; postmedial line black, defiued
by pale rufous on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the
veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, theu incurved,
some pale points beyond it on costa ; faubtcrminal line ochreous
TllOLERA. — ODONTELIA.
219
white, waved, and dentate at veins 7, 4, 3, defined on inner side
by a series of dentate black marks ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia with ochreous line at base. Hind wing
ochreous white, the terminal area suffused with brown, more strongly
in female ; the underside with the costa irrorated with brown, a
slight discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line,
Ab. 1. ferrwjinea. Much paler. — Tyrol, Carinthia.
Ab. 2. Right hind wing with the colour and markings of fore
wing except on costal area.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; P'rance ; Germany, Zeller and Frey
Colls. ; SwiTZEEi-AND, Frcy Coll. ; N. and C. Italy ; Austria, Hungary,
Leech Coll., Dalmatia ; Scandinavia ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ;
W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 38-40 milim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 81; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 139, pi. 152. _f. 2.
Bronzy olive-brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines
whitish with dark edges ; lateral line hardly paler, with dark edges ;
head brownish. Food-plant : Grasses. 4-0.
Genus ODONTELIA, nov.
Type, 0. margiana.
Proboscis absent in male, rather slender in female ; palpi oblique, fringed
with long hair in front ; frons with rounded prominence, with corneous plate
below it ; eyes large, rounded ; anteunai of male bipectinate, with rather long
stiff branches to apex ; head and thorax clothed with scales and hair and without
distinct crests ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base and lateral fringes of hair.
Fore wing rather long and narrow ; veins o and 5 from the angle of cell ; 6
from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle
of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.
1437. Odontelia margiana.
Thargdia margiana, Piing. Iris, xiv. p. 182, pi. ii. f. 1-4 (1904).
6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with fuscous.
Fore wing grey-white, slightly tinged with ochreous in places and
Fig. 33. — Odontelia margiana, ,^. }.
Ihickly irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by very ill-
defined double stria; from costa and cell ; hardly a trace of the
antcmedial line; claviform elongate, defined bv black; orbicular
220 NOCTUID.I:.
and reniform "whitish defined by black, the former very narrow and
elongate, the latter with some fuscous in upper part, angled inwards
on median nervure and its lower extremity produced ; postmedial line
represented by a striga irom costa ; traces of a dentate subterminal
line, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins
of terminal area with dark streaks ; cilia chequered brown and
white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half streaked
with fuscous ; cilia white ; the underside white irrorated with
fuscous, a slight discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short
streaks on the veins.
5 . Fore wing more ochreous, more or less developed black
streaks before and beyond the claviform; the antemedial line
sometimes more developed on inner area and strongly angled
inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular confluent or nearly confluent with
reniform, which is bidentate at lower extremity ; subterminal line
more distinct, dentate, with some black streaks beyond it in the
interspaces.
Hah. W. TxjEKESTAN, Merv, type t in Coll. Pungiiler, Tedschen
oasis (Haiiser), 2 $ . E.V2^. 48 millim.
Genus THARGELIA. ^
Thargelia, Piing. Iris, xii. p. 104 (1899) distincta.
Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed with hair below ;
frons with rounded prominence ; with triangular corneous plate below it ; eyes
large, rounded ; antenna; of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; thorax
clothed chiefly with scales ; the pro- and nieiathorax with spreading crests ;
fore tibia? with small claw at extremity ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base
only. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; o obsolescent from below angle
of discqcellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
A. Fore wing with the stigmata large and prominently defined ... distincta.
B. Fore wing with the stigmata small and rather indistinctly
defined fissilis.
1438. Thargelia distincta.
Scofochrosta distincta, Christ. Eom. Mem. i. p. 124, pi. 8. f. 3 (1884) ; Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.
(5 . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and black ;
palpi blackish at sides except at base ; tegulae with black medial
line ; abdomen brownish grey, the dorsal crest and anal tuft with
some black. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown ; subbasal
line represented by double oblique black strite from costa ; an
irregular black streak below base of cell to the claviform which is
elongate and defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by
black, the former elongate elliptical, the latter open above, its
lower part produced to two points on outer side and one on inner ;
THARGELIA. HTPOBARATHRA.
221
postmcdial line very hij^hly and irregularly dentate, interrupted by
the reuiform ; subterminal line represented by a series of dentate
black and white marks angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; a
terminal series of small black lunulcs ; cilia chequered brown and
white. Hind wing white, the veins brownish, the terminal area
Fig. 34. — ThargeHa distincta, (^ . \.
irrorated with brown, a brown terminal line ; the underside white,
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot
and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins.
Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania; E. Turkestan, Kungess,
1 (S . Ex_p. 46 millim.
1439. ThargeHa fissilis.
Scofochrosta fissilis, Christ. Rom. Mem. i. p. 125 (18S4);
Mem. ix. p. 217, pi. 8. f. 9 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1(51.
Alph. Rom.
c? . Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi with dark
rings. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal
line absent ; anteraedial line only traceable near inner margin ;
chiviform small defined by black, on inner side produced as a
narrow streak to vein 1 near base ; orbicular and reniform small,
indistinctly defined by black, the former elongate elliptical,
the latter with its lower part produced to points on veins 4, 3 ;
postmedial line represented by double striae on costa, then by
short streaks on the veins and a striga on inner margin, ex-
curved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; tlie veins of terminal
area streaked with black, the postmedial line being represented by
indistinct dentate whitish marks defining the veins. Hind wing
white ; a discoidal spot and terminal series of stria3 ; the underside
with postmedial series of short dark streaks on the veins.
Hah. W. Turkestan, Transcaspia, 5 J , Turcomania ; E. Turk-
estan, Kungess, 1 S • Exp. 38 millim.
Genus HYPOBARATHRA, nov.
Type, H. icterias.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in
front ; frons sii\ooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennjc of male ciliated ; iiead
and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and inetatliorax with
spreading crests ; fore tibite with long curved claw on inner side ; abdomen
with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with veins 3 and ."> from near angle
009
xocxriDJ:.
of cell ; fi rom upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tbe
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wiiig with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;
6 obsolescent from just below angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle
or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
A. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellow icterias.
B. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous or rufous repetita.
1440. Hypobarathra icterias.
Xylina icterias, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1843, iii. p. 548; Herr.-SchiiflT. Fur.
Schmett.,.Noct. f. 626; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.
S . Head ami thorax fulvous with a few dark scales ; legs
tinged with fuscous ; abdomen fulvous yellow irrorated with dark
scales below. Fore wing yellow, suffused with fulvous and irrorated
with a few dark scales ; the costal edge dark ; subbasal line very
indistinct: antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform defined by
fulvous and black ; orbicular and reniform defined by fuscous, the
former yellow, the latter white with fuscous centre ; a fuscous
medial line angled at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line
Fig. 35. — Bypoharathm irferias, <^ . -}.
obsolescent, represented bv short dark streaks on the veins, bent
outwards below costn, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; some
yellow points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line only
defined by the area beyond it being suffused with fuscous, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excnrved at middle ; a terminal series of
small blackish lunules ; cilia with black points at tips. Hind wing
yellow, the veins bej^ond middle with some dark scales : the
terminal area below apex slightly darker ; the underside with slight
discoidal point and curved postmedial line.
5 . Fore wing paler, with the markings less distinct.
Hah. Russia, Urals ; Amdrland, 1 J , 1 $ , Ussuri. Exp. 38-42
millim.
1441. Hypoharathra repetita.
Xylofladarcpetifcu Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 52, pi. 127. ff. 1,2 (1899) ;
Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 202.
Head and thorax rufous tinged with fuscous ; tarsi with pale
rings ; abdomen rufous with a yellowish tinge. Fore wing greyish,
more or less completeh' suffused with rufous and irrorated and
HYPOB.VRAXnR.V. OXTCHESTRA. 223
striated with brown, the veins slightly streaked with blackish ;
subbasal line indistinct, slightly defined by greyish, waved, from,
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique
from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein i :
claviform very indistinctly defined ; orbicular and reniform with
fuscous centres and grey annuli defined by rufous, the former
rounded ; postraedial line dentate and produced to short streaks on
the veins, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below
vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale,
defined on inner side by somewhat dentate rufous marks, angled
outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3, the area
beyond it suffused wdth rather darker rufous except at apex ; a
terminal series of slight points. Hind wing fuscous with a rufous
tinge, the basal area slightly paler ; the underside whitish irrorated
with rufous and brown, a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct post-
medial line with short dark streaks at the veins.
Ab. 1. Brighter and more uniform ferruginous, Yatung.
Hah. Punjab. Dharmsjila (Hocliiu/), 2 c? , 3 5 , type; SIKHr^t
Tibet, Chumbi Valley, Yatung (IJohson), 2 $ . Ejjj). 42-50 millim.
Genus ONYCHESTRA., nov.
Type, O. sicca7ioru?n.
Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, the 1st and 2nd joints
fringed with hair below ; t'l-ons with rounded prominence, with curved corneous
process below it from middle of frons, a corneous plate below the frons laterally
produced into wings ; eyes large, rounded ; antennte of male minutely serrate
and fasciculate; head and thorax clothed with rough liair and scales and with
ill-defined crests on pro- and njetathorax ; fore legs with the tarsal joints very
short and broad, the spines on the first three joints developed into short thick
claws, the ungues very large ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment and
Literal fringes of hair. Fore wing rather narrow ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; C> from upper angle ; 0 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent
from just below middle of discocellulars ; (5, 7 shortly stalked ; 9 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
1442. Onychestra siccanorum.
Mameatra siccanorum, Staud. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1870, p. 114: Mill. Icones,
pi. 1.52. f. 8 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. KJO.
S . Head and thorax ochreous brown mixed with white ;
abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing white, largely suffused and
irrorated with ochreous brown ; an indistinct whitish subbasal
line from co.sta to submedian fold with some fuscous on each
side of it ; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, filled in
with whitish, slightly angled outwards below costa, oblique to vein 1
where it is angled inwards, then outwards above inner margin ;
claviform minute or short and broad, defined by black, a whitish
patch beyond it ; orbicular and reniform wit h small brown centres
and broad white annuli slightly defiiunl by black, the former rather
quadrate or oblique elliptical, the latter slightly angled inwards on
224
NOCTUID^.
median nervure ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line
double filled in with white, minutely dentate, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; veins 3, 4, 6, 7 with
Fig. 36. — Onychestra siccanorum, (^ .
dark streaks usually defined by white but not indenting the white
subterminal line, which is angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved
at submedian fold, with a series of small dentate dark marks before
it at middle ; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia
chequered brown and white. Hind wing white with an ochreous
tinge, the veins towards termen with slight dark streaks, a fine
terminal line ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hub. S. Russia, Sarepta {Christoph), 3 c? ; W. Turkestan,
Issyk-kul, 2 d • Exp. 30 millim.
Genus PRONOTESTEA, nov.
Type, P. dlenides.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, fringed with hair ; frons with
truncate conical promiueuce with vertical ridge at middle and corneous plate
below it, produced to a point in front ; eyes large, rounded ; antennse of male
serrate and fasciculated ; thorax clothed with scales, the pro- and metathorax
with spreading crests ; fore tarsi with the joints shortened and with curved claw-
like spines on outer side ; abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment. Fore wing
with veins ?> and 5 from near angle of cell ; (i from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of disco-
cellulars ; G, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
1443. Pronotestra silenides.
Mamestra silenides, Staud. Iris, vii. p. 273, pi. ix. f. 14 (1894) ; id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 160.
S . Head ochreous, the frons with blackish bar above ; thorax
grey-white mixed with rufous, the patagia with some black scales
above ; tarsi black with ochreous rings ; abdomen grey mixed with
brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing red-brown, the area
before the antemedial line, the inner medial area, and the terminal
area suffused with blue- white ; a slight blackish streak in base of
submedian fold ; snbbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line double, slightly angled inwards below
costa and strongly on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, pointed
PRONOXESTEA. — AGLOSSESTRA. S^T)
at extremity and reaching posfcmedial lino ; orbicular and reniform
large, blue-white defined by black, the former round ; a medial
line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved and
■waved; postraedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below costa
and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct,
white, defined on inner side by a brown patch at costa and dentate
black marks between veins 5 and 2, angled outwards at vein 7
and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a waved black terminal line with short
Fig. 37. — Vronotc^fra silevide'i, J. \.
black streaks before it at middle and longer streak above vein 3 ;
cilia with a waved black line through them. Hind wing grey,
uniformly suffused with fuscous ; the cilia pale, with a dark line
through them ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a
discoidal s|)ot and curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. Paler ; fore wing less suffused with red-brown.
Hah. Spain, Andalusia ; Algiers, 1 S ; Tunis, 1 5 ; Syria,
Jerusalem, in Coll. Piiugeler. llvj). 34 millim.
Genus AGLOSSESTRA, nov.
T_v]ie, A. demrficola.
Proboscis aborted, small; pnlpi obliquely porrect and frincred with hair;
frons with truncate conical prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes
larjre, rounded ; antenntc of male bipectinate, with moderate branches; head
and tiiorax clothed with scales atul hair, the crests slight; fore tnrsi with the
joints sliort, with hiteral series of curved claws longer at extremity of joints;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base. Fore wing with veins .3 and .5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein.s 3, 4 from angle of cell;
.'") obsolescent from below angle of discocellulars ; fi, 7 from upper angle;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
1444. Aglossestra deserticola, n. sp.
S. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white; tarsi with
dark bands ; abdomen white slightly irrorated with red-brown.
Fore wing white, mostly suffused and irrorated with red-brown ;
subbasal line defined by white on outer side, waved, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemcdial lino oblique, waved, defined by white
on inner side; claviform slightly defined by red-brown ; orbicular
and reniform white defined by red-brown, the former small, round,
vol.. V. u
226
NOCTUID^.
the latter rather quadrate and with dark patch on its lower part ;
postmedial line dehned by white on outer side, dentate and pro-
duced to white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, diffused,
angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and dentate on
veins 4, 3, angled inwards and forming a white patch in submedian
0/
Fig. 38. — Aglossestra deserticola, S ■ \-
fold ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia rufous intersected
with white. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with
rufous ; the underside with discoidal point and sinuous postmedial
line showing through to upperside.
Hah. Egypt, Suez {J. J. Wallcer), 1 d" type. Exj). 3G millim.
Genus EPIA.
Type.
Epia, Iliibn. Verz. p. 214 (1827) irregularis.
Proboscis fully developed; palpi short, upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with
hair in front ; frons with truncate conical prominence on lower part with
corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna; of male ciliated ; liead
and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests; fore tibia with long curved claw-like spines on outer side of proximal
joints ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing rather short
and broad, the ajjex rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
A. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards below
costa to near subterminal line, then obliquely curved picturata.
B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not bent outwards
below costa to near postmedial line.
a. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly incurved
below vein 2.
o}. Fore wing largely suffused with rufous irregularis.
b^. Fore wing with hardly any rufous tinge.
«-. Fore wing with the basal area whitish aberrajis.
IP-. Fore wing with the basal area not whitish.
a?. Fore wing with black streaks on terminal area
below veins 5, 4, 3.
a*. Fore wing with the sublerminal line dentate on
veins 4. 3, and forming a distinct ^-mark, and
with prominent dentate black marks before it . capsidaris.
b*. Fore wing with the subterminal line slightly
angled at veins 4, 3, and with slight dentate
black marks before it minorata.
EPiA. 227
P. Fore wing without black streaks on terminal area
below veins 5, 4, 3.
a*. Fore wing witii slight black streak below base of
cell, the antemedial line evenly curved from
costa to vein 1 eclrapela.
b*. Fore wing without black streak below base of
cell, the antemedial line waved.
a^. Fore wing suffused witli brown, the sub-
terminal line dentate at veins 4,3 n/'g/is.
b'. Fore wing whitish suffused with fuscous, the
subterniinal line not dentate at veins 4, 3 ... circunivadls.
b. Fore wing with the postmedial line nearly straight below
vein 2.
«'. Fore wing with the ground-colour reddisli brown.
a^. Fore wing with the orbicular round, the reniform
small, lunulate mendax.
b"^. Fore wing with the orbicular elongate, the reniform
large, constricted at middle rcnati.
i'. Fore wing whitish tinged with reddish brown slloies.
c^. Fore wing whitish tinged with grey-brown christo2)hi.
*1445. Epia picturata. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 15.)
Dianthoecia picturata, Alpli. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 73, pi. 3. f. 53
(1882) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.
S . Head and thorax grey mixed witli dark brown ; tegulse with
black line near upper edge ; patagia with black line near edges ;
tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey with a violaceous tinge
and largely suffused with brown except on marginal areas ;
subbasal line represented by a black streak excurved from costa to
base and a similar one from median nervure to base defined by
white below, and with a black streak below it curved outwards to
antemedial line, which is defined by white on inner side, angled
outwards below costa, then strongly inwards in cell, then outwards
to submedian fold, then recurved to vein 1 near base ; claviform
moderate, defined by black, a somewhat bidentate white patch
beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform with
brownish centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the
former very oblique elliptical, open above and below, the latter
much curved ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below
costa to close to subterminal lino, then obliquely curved, the
inner line minutely waved, the outer sinuous, some white
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, defined by
brown on inner side and slightly on outer except towards costa,
obliquely curved ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia brown, with
whitish lines through them. Hind wing whitish tinged with
brown and the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; a curved
postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side ; a dark terminal
lino ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the underside
whitish irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial line and
diffused subterminal band.
Hah. W.Turkestan, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul in Coll. riingelcr ;
E. Tdhkestan, Hi. Exp. 84 millim.
ft2
228
NOCTUIBiK.
144G. Epia irregularis.
jS'cctua irregularis, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 394 (1767) ; Stand. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 104.
Nocti/a echii, Bork. Eur. St-limett. iv. p. 166 (1792) ; Hiibn. Sauiml. Eur.
Schraett., Kot-t. f. 90 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. m\. p. 308, pi. 92. f. 2.
Koctua hreccio'formis, Esp. Sc'hmett. iv. pi. 198. f. 5 (1790).
Noctiia syngcncsia, Scriba, Beltr. iii. pi. 13. f. 5 (1793).
Head and thorax white and bright rufous mixed : teguloe with
rufous medial line ; patagia with dark line near upper edge ; tarsi
with white rings ; abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore wing
ochreous white mostly suffused with rufous, the veins slightly
streaked with white ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; the antemedial line double, waved, oblique, the
outer line more prominent ; claviform defined by rufous; orbicular
and reniform white, defined by rufous and with slight brownish
centres, the former round or somewhat elliptical ; a waved medial
line; postmedial line double, the inner line more prominent,
Fig. 39. —Epia irregularis, ^j" .
somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at
discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line white, irregular, defined by slight
dentate dark marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7
and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; cilia chequered rufous and white.
Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal area
darker ; cilia white ; the underside white mostly suffused with
pale brown, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial and sub-
terminal bands.
Hah. BuiTAiN, Leech Coll.; France; Germanv, Zeller Coll.;
Switzerland, Frey Coll.; Austria; Hungary, D'Eramick Coll.;
Italy; Dalmatia; S.Russia; Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Turkestan,
Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Eccp. 34-36 millira.
Larva. Mpyr. Brit. Lep. p. 78; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 226, pi. Ifil. f. 3.
Pale brownish, with darker brown dorsal and lateral stripes, the
former composed of V-shaped marks most prominent on abdominal
somites ; subdorsal line indistinct, whitish, narrowly edged with
brown. Food-plauts : Silene otites an^ GypsopTiila ixiniculata. 8,
1447. Epia aberrans.
Dianthoacia aherrans, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 185G, iii. p. 104 ; Stand. Oat. Lep.
pal. p. 164.
Bianthuecia admiranda, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 77, pi. 7- f. H (1880).
Epia claripcniiis, Butl. Trans. Eut. Soc. 1886, p. 134.
Head and thorax white, tinged with reddish brown on palpi,
frons, and teguUe ; pectus and legs tinged with fuscous, the tarsi
with pale rings ; abdomen white tinged A^ith brown. Fore wing
white, the area from just before the antemedial line to just beyond
the postmedial tinged with red-brown and more or loss suffused
with black ; subbasal line represented by black striae from costa
and cell ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform defined
by black ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and white
annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter
with its lower part suffused with black ; an indistinct waved
medial line ; postmedial line double, the outer indistinct, dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly
incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
white defined by pale reddish brown on each side and with two or
three small deutate black marks on inner side at middle, slightly
excurved below costa and at middle ; a terminal series of slight
lunules. Hind wing white, more or less tinged with fuscous brown,
especially on terminal area ; the underside white slightly irrorated
with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Ifah. E. Siberia, Ussuri, Amurlaud, 1 cj" ; Japan (Pnjer), 1 5 >
Kikko {Prijer), 1 c? type clarijiennis. Exp. 34 millim.
1448. Epia capsularis. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. IG.)
Dianthoecia capsuhvis, Grueii. Koct. ii, p. 22, pi. 8. f. 3 (1852) ; Siiiitli, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 1 17.
Eajjhia fropul&a, Wlk. xi. .529 (1857).
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; frons above and
vertex of head with black bars ; tegula) with black medial line ;
patagia edged by black and white scales above ; tarsi with
pale rings ; abdomen ])ale ochreoua, more or less tinged with
brown. Fore wing lilacine grey suffused and irrorated with pale
bi'own ; a double, waved, black subbasal line bent inwards to base
■above vein 1; a double sinuous antemedial line; claviform small
or moderate, acute at extremity, defined by black and often filled
with black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the
former round, with white annulus incompletely defined above and
below, the latter with its centre defin(!d by brown and some white
on inner side of annulus ; an indistinct irregular medial line in-
curved below cell ; postmedial line double, the inner sti-ong, bent
outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and
waved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; post-
medial area suffused with white, bent outwards below costa to
apex ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate
230 NooimD^.
to termen at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, -with black
streaks from before it to termen in interspaces between veins 2
and 5 ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing whitish suflPused
with brown ; a dark terminal line ; cilia white at tips ; the under-
side white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and
sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., E. States, Massachusetts, New Jerse)-,
Wisconsin, Racine {Mesle), 1 c? , Virginia, Florida, St. John's
Bluff {Douhleday), 2 J , 1 $ , type and type projjulsa, New Mexico.
Exp. 34 millim.
*1449. Epia minorata. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 17.)
Mamestra minorata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 467 (1887) ; id. Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 122.
5 . Head and thorax mixed with red and dark brown scales ;
frons with blackish bar ; tegulte with slight dark line ; patagia
with blackish line near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous whitish
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish suffused with pale and
dark brown ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved,
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, oblique,
waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform represented by an
ill-defined blackish patch with pale patch beyond it ; orbicular and
reniform moderate, brown with strong white annuli slightly defined
by brown ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards
below costa, incurved below vein 4 and dentate on vein 1, some
white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line white, angled
outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate on veins 4, 3, with slight
dentate black marks before it at middle, and black streaks from it
to termen above veins 3, 4, 5 ; a terminal series of small black
lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale with a brown
line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, California, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp.
32 miUim.
*1450. Epia ectrapela. (Plate LXXXIY. tig. 18.)
Mamestra ectrapela, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ii. p. 249 (1898) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
S . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with brown ; tegulaa
and patagia whitish, the former with diffused blackish medial line,
the latter edged with blackish ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;
abdomen reddish ochreous. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated
and suffused with brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell
intersected by the subbasal line, which is defined by whitish on
outer side ; antemedial line strong, black defined by pale colour
on inner side, evenly curved from costa to vein 1 where it is angled
inwards on vein 1, then outwards above inner margin; claviform
EPIA.
231
elongate, defined and almost filled in with black, a whitish patch
above it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform large, defined
by black, the former whitish with small brown centre, rounded, the
latter with brown centre and slight white annulus ; postmedial line
defined by whitish on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards
below costa, incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by slight
dentate black marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and
strongly dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing whitish
Bufi^used with brown ; the terminal area brown ; cilia white with a
brown line through them ; the underside white irrorated with
brown, a discoidal lunule, the terminal area suff'used with brown.
Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Agnes Lake, in U.S. Nat. Mus. ;
U.S.A., Colorado, Gasfield Co. E.vp. 34 millim.
1451. Epia nisus.
Noctiia nisus, Germ. Faun. Ins. Eur. xxii. pi. 18 (1812); SUuid. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 163.
Dlanthixcia sancta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18.39, p. 213.
Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and red-brown ;
tibife and tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous
white mixed with brown. Tore wing grey, mostly suff'used and
irrorated with reddish brown ; the subbasal line double, waved,
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ;
claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
whitish, the former oblique elliptical, open above ; an indistinct
waved medial line ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent
outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; some
white points on co.sta towards apex ; subterminal line defined
by brown on inner side and by some dentate black marks at middle,
the line dentate, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3; the apex suffused
with white ; a terminal scries of minute dentate black marks. Hind
wing brown, the interspaces whitish towards base ; cilia white with
a brown line through them ; the underside white thickly irrorated
with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. sancta. Darker, the fore wing greyer, orbicular and reni-
form with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the
former round.
JJab. Spain, Andalusia, 1 S , Castillo ; Sicily. Exp. 38 millim.
*
1452. Epia circumvadis. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 19.)
Mamestra circumvadis, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 42 (1902) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.
S . Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown ; frons
with black bar ; tegular with ill-defined black line ; two black spots
behind tcgute ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;
abdomen pale reddish brown dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crest
232 NOCTUID^,
.at base white. Fore wing white, suffused iu parts with fuscous
brown ; three obliquely placed black spots at base and an oblique
streak above base of inner margin ; antemcdial line double, ihe
inner line less distinct, oblique, waved ; elaviform large, filled in
with blackish and indistinctly defined by black, a dentate white
mark beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular aud reniform white
defined by black and with slight fuscous centres, the former round ;
an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double, the outer
indistinct, dentate, bent oiitwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, more strongly below vein 2, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line diffused, white, defined on
inner side by slight dentate black marks below costa and at middle
and with a slight black mark beyond it in discal fold, excurved at
vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia
chequered brown aud white. Hind wing pale sutfu.sed with iuscous
brown especially on terminal area ; cilia white and fuscous ; the
underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irroratcd with
fuscous, a black streak in ceD, discoidal lunula and curved post-
medial line.
Bab. Canada, Alberta, Calgary, iu Coll. AVoUey-Dod. Fa^j.
3G millim.
1453. Epia mendax. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 20.)
Hadena inenclax. Stand. Hor. >Soc. Ent. E,os3. xiv. p. 383 (1878) ; id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 16U.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish ; tegulae with
black medial line and black tips, patagia edged with black; tarsi with
pale rings ; abdomen whitish suffused with pale reddish brown. Fore
wing rufous slightly suft'used and irroraTed with black ; a double,
waved subbasal line ending on the black streak in base of sub-
median fold ; antemedial line double, waved, angled inwards on
vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; elaviform rather small,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with prominent
white annuli defined by black, the former round ; an indistinct
irregular medial line ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer
side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, then oblique,
some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented
by somewhat dentate white marks defined on inner side by small
dentate black marks, stronger at middle, angled outwards at vein 7
and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia
brown intersected with ochreous. Hind wing pale sufluscd with
brown, especially in female ; the veins and terminal area brown ;
cilia ochreous at base, with brown medial line and white tips ; the
underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal
band.
Hah. Asia Min"ok, Pontus, 1 c? , 1 $ , Bithynia, Taurus. Exp.
34 millim.
EPiA. 233
*1454. Epia renati.
Matncstra renati Oberth. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 187.
Mamcstra mcigdalene, Obertli. Et. Eut. xx. p. 68, pi. 9. f. 157 (1890);
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.
2 . Head and thorax clothed "with red-brown, grey, and fuscous
scales ; frons with bhick bar; tegulsc with black medial line, patagia
with black line near upper edge ; teguloe and tarsi ringed with
white ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing red-brown with a greyish
tinge and slight fuscous suffusion in ])arts ; subbasal line defined b}'
white on outer side, angled outwards on subcostal and median
nervures and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line double at
costa, then single and defined by white on inner side, acutely angled
inwards on the veins and outwards in submedian fold and above
inner margin ; claviform minute, indistinctly defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined
by black, the former small, elongate elliptical, the latter large,
constricted at middle and prominently marked with white at lower
extremity ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, dentate
and produced to points on the veins, strongly bent outwards below
costa, then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of small white lunules with
dentate black marks before them, slightly angled outwards at vein 7
and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia intersected with white and with black line
through them. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins
and terminal area suffused with brown, a terminal series of blackish
striae : cilia whitish ; the underside white, the veins streaked with
brown, the costal and terminal areas irroratcd with brown, a dis-
coidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Fkance, Pyrenees, Veruet type t $ in Coll. Oberth iir.
Exp. 40 millim.
1455. Epia silenes.
Noctua silenes, Iliibn. Eta-. Schmott., Noct. f. 653 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. Fr.,
Suppl. iv. p. 219, pi. m. f. 2 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164.
Dianthcecia sejuncfa, Hcrr.-Schaff. Sclimett. Eur. ii. p. 249, f. 391 (1843).
Head and thorax clothed with white and roddish-brown hair ;
tegulffi with dark medial line ; patagia with dark edges ; tarsi with
pale rings ; abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown. Fore
wing ochreous white suffused with reddish brown, the inner ante-
medial and postmedial areas white with a slight violaceous tinge ;
subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform large, M'ith bro\vn centres and white ainiuli
defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical ; an indistinct
waved medial line excurved from costa to median nervure ; post-
medial line double, slightly waved, bent outwards below costa,
slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some
■white points beyond it on costa; subtcrminal line white, defined
234 NOCTtriD^E,
on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at middle,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3 ;
a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown intersected
with white. Hind wing pale suffused witli brown, the veins and
terminal area brown ; a white mark on termen below vein 2 ; cilia
white, with a brown liiie through them ; the underside whitish
irrorated with brown, an indistinct sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. S. Fkance ; Spain ; Sicily ; Hungart, Leech Coll. ;
Greece ; Armenia ; Syria, "Mardin. E.vp. 34 millim.
1456. Epia christophi. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 21.)
Dianthatcia christophi, Moschl. Wien. eiit. Mon. 1862, p. 235; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163.
Diant/ioecia corrwpta, Herz. Iris, xi. p. 25G (1898).
Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown ; palpi fuscous
at sides ; frons and vertex of head Avith fuscous bars ; teguloe with a
black medial lino : patagia edged with black ; abdomen white
slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing white, slightly tinged and
irroi'ated. with brown ; subbasal line black, defined by white on
outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold and bisecting a
black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line double, waved ;
claviform moderate, strongly defined by black ; orbicular and reni-
form with slight brown centres and prominent white annuli defined
by black, the former round ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line
double, minutely waved, bent outwai'ds below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then strongly incurved ; some white points on costa towards
apex ; subterminal line white, with dentate black marks before it at
middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at veins 4, 3 ; the
apex suft'used with white ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia
intersected with white. Hind \\ing white slightly tinged with
brown ; the veins, a sinuous postmedial line, and diffused sub-
terminal band brown ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia
fuscous, whitish at tips ; the underside white, the costal area
irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, the postmedial lino and
subterminal band more prominent.
Ab. 1. corrupta. Darker, especially the hind wings.
Huh. llussiA, Sarepta, 1 §; Siberia, Altai; W. Turkestan,
Uliassutai, 1 cj' , 1 $ , Pamirs ; Mongolia, Urga ; Tibet, Amdo ;
Amurlani), Ussuri. Exp. 34 millim.
Larva. Yellowish white, with white dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral
stripes.
Genus CARDEPIA, nov.
Type, C. irrisor.
I'roboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique ; frons with truncate reniforra
proniiuence, excised below ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna of male ciliated ;
thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and luetathorax with spreading
crests; fore tarsi with curved claw-like spines on outer side of 1st joint;
abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
CARDBPIA. 235
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discoeellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ;
8 anastomosing with cell near base only.
A. Head, thorax, and fore wmg not tinged with rnfous in-isor.
13. Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged with rufons nova.
1457. Cardepia irrisor.
Mamestra irrisor, Ersch. Fedtsch. Eeis. p. 42, pi. 4. f. 53 (1874) ; Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.
Mamestra albipicta, Christ. Eom. Mem. i. p. 119, pi. 8. f. 1 (1884).
Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown ; antennte
ringed wnth black ; abdomen ochreous white. Eore wing grey-
white, often slightly tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with
pale brown and fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double black
striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line double, waved, angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular
small, round, whitish defined by black ; reniform large, with
whitish annulus defined by black, its lower part filled in with
fuscous ; a faint medial shade ; postmedial line defined by white on
outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line white, defined by small fuscous dentate marks on inner side,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal
series of small black lunules. Hind wing white slightly tinged
with fuscous, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous,
leaving a white patch on termen near tornus ; cilia white ; the
underside white irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule, sinuous
postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.
Ab. 1. deserticola, Bang-Haas, ined. Fore wing rather more
ochreous ; hind wing white, the veins and medial part of terminal
area slightly tinged with fuscous. — Syria.
The claws on fore tarsi small, larger towards extremity of joints.
Hah. S.E. llussiA ; Syria, Jordan, 1 c? , 1 § ; Kikghistan ;
W. Turkestan, Tekke, 3 c? , 1 $ , Turcomania, Ferghana, Sarawschan,
Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 J , 1 $ • Exp. 30-34
millim.
1458. Cardepia nova.
Trichoclca nova, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 198.
Head and thorax rufous mixed with white ; abdomen whitish
irrorated with brown ; tarsi with fuscous bands. Fore wing
whitish tliickly irrorated with rufous and in part suffused witli
fuscous ; svibbasal line represented by double stritc from costa and
cell ; antemedial line double, distinct at costa, then indistinct,
obli(iue, waved ; claviform minute, fuscous defined by black ; orbi-
cular and reniform with pale annuli defined by black, the former
small, round, the latter with its lower part filled in with fuscous ;
a medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then
dentate ; postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below costa,
230
K0CTU1DJ5.
then dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subtermiual line verj^ indistinct, i)ale, di fined on inner side
by slight dentate dark marks at middle, anplcd outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small ])lack lunules ;
Fig. 40. — Cardepia nova, (S . \.
cilia whiti.sh with two brown lines through them. Hind wing
white, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the
iinderside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,
a small discoidal spot and postmedial series of short streaks on the
veins.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Grand Junction (Oslar), 3 J, 1 $ , New
Mexico, Arizona, Tucson (Kemj)), 1 5 cotype, Prescott {Kunzc),
2 $ . Exj). 38 millim.
Genus TEICHOCLEA.
Type.
Trkhoclea, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 30 (1883) decepta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint fringed
with hair, the 3rd .sluirt, porrect ; froiis with small rnvuided prominence with
corneous plate below it ; eyes large, round, not ciliated ; autennre of male
ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and nietathorax with
slight spreading crests ; tibia; fringed with hair on outer side ; fore tarsi with
the 1st or first two joints with long curved claw-like spines on outer side ;
abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment. Fore wing witii the termen slightly
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 I'rom 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with veins
3, 4 from angle of cell ; 6 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with tlie cell near base.
A. Fore wing with the antemedial line absent U-scrijila.
33. Fore wing with the antemedial line present.
a. Fore wing with the gi-ound-colour ferruginous red avtcsta.
h. Fore wing with the ground-colour fuscous brown to olive-
brown.
fl\ Fore wing with more or less prominent whitish points
on lower part of reniform albicolon.
b\ Fore wing without wliitish points on lower part of
reniform.
a^. Fore wing fuscous brown atahaitica.
h"^. Fore wing olive-brown cholica.
c. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey more or less tinged
with brown.
a^. Fore wing with white aunulus to reniform fuscolutca.
TRICnoCLKA. 237
b^. Fore wing witliout wliite annulus to reiiifonn.
a^. Foi'e wing strongly suffused with brown s^nciahllis.
h'^. Fore wing slightly tinged with rufous decepta.
C-. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with brown.
a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line white, dentate
on veins 4, 3 donoiica.
b^. Fore wing with the subtenuinal line indistinct, not
dentate on veins 4, 3.
a*. Hind wing with the terminal band pale brownish.
a". Fore wing with the antemedial line very
oblique from costa to subniedian fold an/iea.
b^. Fore wing with tlie antemedial line more erect
from eosta to subniedian fold pofitica.
h^. Hind wing with the terminal band deep fuscous edvardsi.
1459. Triclioclea U-scripta. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 22.)
Mamestra IJ-scripta, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 228 (1891) • id Cat
Noct. N. Am. p. 119. . • •
S . Head and thorax grey and fuscous with a brownish tinge ;
abdomen grey and fuscous, paler at base. Fore wing yellowish
brown slightly irrorated with fuscous ; the costal area and veins
fuscous irrorated with white ; subbasal and antemedial lines and
clavit'orm obsolete ; orbicular and reniform small, the former hardlv
traceable, oblique elliptical, the latter with its upper part verV
indistinct, its lower with prominent white U-shaped mark with
white streak on median nervure before it ; postmedial line hardly
traceable, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some white points on costa beyond it ; a subterminal
series of slight dentate dark marks, the terminal area darker • a
series of pure white streaks from extremity of veins intcrsectin"-the
cilia. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown, the veins and
termen darker; cilia whitish with a dark line through them inter-
sected by a series of white streaks from extremity of veins ; the
underside whitish thickly irrorated with large brown scales.
Fore tarsi with rather long curved claw-like spines on outer side
of joints.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado {Bruce), 1 J , California, Sierra Nevada
Exp. 38 millim.
1460. Trichoclea artesta. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 23.)
Mamcafra artcsfn, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 197.
6 . Head and thorax pale red mixed with brown and white ;
antenna? whitish ; abdomen pale ochreous, ventrally brownish.
Fore wing pale red sparsely irrorated with white, more strongly on
inner area and costal area beyond middle ; subbasal line indistinct,
defined by white on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian
fold; antemedial line indistinct, defined by white on inner side,
waved, angled inwards on the veins ; claviform absent ; orbicular
and reniform with white annuli defined by brown, the former
minute, round, with brown centre, the latter with white centre
238
NOCXUID^.
defined by brown and its white annulus broken up into spots ; post-
medial line whitish, indistinct, somewhat dentate and produced to
fuscous and white points on the veins, slightly bent outwards below
costa, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; cilia brown, with a series of white points at base. Hind
wing white, the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown ; the
underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with red.
Frons with slight vertical ridge ; fore tarsi with long curved
claws on the joints.
Hah. U.S.A., Illinois {Kemp), 1 S ■, Kansas, Colorado. Exp. 38
millira.
1461. Trichoclea albicolon.
Noct'iia albicolon, Sepp, Ins. ii. pi. 1. ff. 1-9 (1786) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. ff. 542-3; Uup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 272, pi. 117. f. 3; Steph. 111. Erit.
Ent., Haust. ii. p. 195, pi. 24. f. 3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.
Hadena cgena, Led. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1853, p. 371.
Hadena arida, Led. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, p. 108, pi. 1. f. 7.
Mamestra odiosa, Stand. Iris, viii. p. 315 (1895); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.
Mamestra amydra, Piing. Iris, xiv. p. 182, pi. ii. f. 4 (1901).
Head and thorax blackish brown slightly mixed with grey ;
patagia with some black scales above ; tarsi black with pale rings ;
abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dark yellowish or
fuscous brown irrorated with black, the veins irrorated with grey ;
subbasal and antemedial lines double, waved, filled in with paler
colour, the former extending to submedian fold ; claviform defined
by black, short ; orbicular and reniform well-developed, with greyish
annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter with white
points on its outer and lower edges ; an indistinct waved medial
line ; postmedial line double filled in with pale colour, dentate and
produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; some pale points on costa towards apex ;
subterminal line more or less broken up into ochreous-white points
and defined by small dentate black marks on inner side, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of
small black lunules and a series of pale points at base of cilia.
Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area
brown ; cilia yellowish white, sometimes with a dark line through
them ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with dark brown, a
discoidal lunule and somewhat dentate sinuous postmedial line.
Ab. 1. C(/ena. Fore wing paler, more luteous and even in colour.
Ab. 2. arida. Fore wing duller and more fuscous in colour ;
hind wing more uniform fuscous brown.
Ab. 3. odiosa. Fore wing dull ochreous brown ; hind wing uni-
form fuscous brown.
Bab. BiUTAiN, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Jutland, Leech
Coll. : Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Sweden ; Russia,
Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia, 1 S ; Khirgistan ; W. Siberia,
1 c?, Altai, 1 6; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Tarbagatai Mts., Issyk-
TEICHOCLEA. 239
kul, 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Tprkestax, Kuldja, 1 d" , 1 5 , Korla, Aksu,
typet amydra in Coll. Pungeler; Mongolia, Uliassutai, Urga; Tibet,
Ivuku-noor, 1 cj" , 1 5 j Amdo. Exp. 38-44 milliin.
Larva. Meyp. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 207, pi. IGO. f. 1.
Green ; dorsal lino fine, pale, dark-edged ; spiracular line pale,
including a darker line ; head pale green. Food-plants : Cheno-
podium, Atrlplex, Sisymbrium, etc. 7-8.
1462. Trichoclea atalantica, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 24.)
S . Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with grey ;
pectus and legs greyer ; abdomen ochreons brown, the ventral
surface grey. Fore wing dark brown ; subbasal line indistinct,
blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
oblique, w^aved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform indistinctly
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform very indistinct, with
slight grey annuli, the former oblique elliptical ; an indistinct
waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below
costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line repre-
sented by an obscure series of dark dentate marks ; a terminal
series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the under-
side greyer brown.
Hah. Madeira, Porto Santo {Wollaston), 1 S type. Exp. 34
niillim.
1463. Trichoclea cholica, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 25.)
Head and thorax ochreons slightly mixed with brown and grey ;
abdomen ochreous brown or greyish. Fore wing ochreons brown
irrorated with fuscous ; an indistinct double, waved subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold ; an oblique, waved antemedial line angled
inwards on vein 1 and defined by greyish on inner side ; claviform
hardly visible, defined by a few dark scales; orbicular and reniform
very indistinct, defined by a few dark scales, the former round ; an
indistinct curved medial band ; postmedial line strongly dentate,
bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ;
subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by obscure somewhat
dentate fuscous marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal area rather darker ; the
underside greyish irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line with short dark streaks on the veins.
Hah. Kashmik, Xubra (Mac Arthur), 4 d , 3 $ , type. E.ip.
40 millim.
1464. Trichoclea fuscolutea. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 26.)
Mamestra fuscolu/ea, Smith, Ent. News Philad. iii. p. 250, pi. x. f. 3
(181)2); id. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. .54.
2 . Head and thorax grey with a yellowish tinge and mixed with
dark brown ; tegultc with slight dark medial line ; fore tarsi with
240 NocTtriDJ^:.
series of curved claws on 1st joint, the first two having others above
them, and claws at end of next two joints ; abdomen brownish
ochreous with dark irroration. Fore wing brownish white with an
ochreous tinge and dark irroration ; tho subbasal line represented
by indistinct double stria? from costa and cell ; anteraedial line
indistinct, strongly excurved below cell and above inner margin and
angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by blackish ;
orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined
by blackish, the former oblique oblong or elliptical, open above, the
latter with its outer edge angled, its lower angle produced inwards
to a streak on median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub-
terminal line white, defined on inner side by dark brown dentate
marks and on outer side by dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area brown;
cilia white ; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused
subterminal band.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 2 $ . E,rp- ^^ miHim.
14G5. Trichoclea sociabilis.
Mamestra sociabilis, Grasl. Ami. Soc. Ent. Fr. IS50, p. 412, pi. 10. f. 13 ;
Herr.-Schafl', Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 563 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black ; tegulae
with medial black line; tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey
irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with
brown ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line double, waved, indistinct except at costa; claviform
rather small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform with grey
annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter filled in
with fuscous ; an indistinct curved waved medial line ; postmedial
line dentate and produced to white points on the veins, double at
costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, with
small dentate black marks before it except towards costa, angled
outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of
small black lunules. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the
veins and terminal area brown ; the underside with the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and diffused
subterminal baud. .
The claws on fore tarsi small, longer towards extremities of joints,
Mab. S.W. France, 1 $ , Zeller Coll. ^.rj:>. 32 millira.
1466. Trichoclea decepta. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 27.)
Trichoclea decepta, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 30 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 209.
Perigea pauper a, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 279 (part.), nee Wlk.
Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi with black patch at
TRICHOCLEA. 241
sides ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous, whitish below.
Fore wing ochreous white, suft'uscd and irrorated with yellow-brown;
the subbasal line repreaented bj- two black strice from costa ; ante-
medial line represented by two black striaj from costa, then ill-
defined, double, irregularly dentate ; claviform small, defined by
black ; orbicular and renitbrm defined by black, tbo former round,
the latter with fuscous centre ; an indistinct waved medial line
arising from a black striga on costa ; postmedial line with double
black strias at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, ex-
curved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, minutely
waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined
on inner side by fuscous suffusion and small indistinct dentate
blackish marks, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous ; a i)romi-
nent terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins
and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the
costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with fuscous, a prominent
postmedial series of black points.
The tarsi with curved claw-like spines on first two joints, the
one at extremity of Ist joint large.
Hab. U.S.A., Utah in Coll. Schaus, Arizona, Phoenix (Kunze),
1 c? , 1 2 ; Mexico, N". Sonora (Morrison), 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll.
Exjy. 30-34 millim.
1467. Trichoclea demotica. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 28.)
Mamestra demotica, Piing. Iris, sv. p. 148, pi. v. ff. 8, 9 (1902).
(S . Head and thorax grej' mixed with dark brown ; tarsi banded
with black ; abdomen grey irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing
grey tinged with brown ; the subbasal and antetnedial lines waved,
double, filled in with greyish, tlie former extending to vein 1 ; clavi-
form small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate,
defined by black, the former round; an indistinct medial line oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; postmedial
line defined by grey on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line
white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks between veins
6 and 2, excurved at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal
series of small black lunules ; cilia with fine pale line at base.
Hind wing grey-white tinged with brown ; a diffused fuscous sub-
terminal band ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated
with brown, a discoidal spot, slight curved postmedial line, and
terminal series of small black lunules.
Ilah. W. TtJKKESTAN, Turcomania, 1 c? ; E. Turkestan, Aksu,
type t in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 34 millim.
1468. Trichoclea antica. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 29.)
Trichoclea antica. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 116 (1891) ; id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. li()9.
Head and thorax brownish white slightly irrorated with fuscous;
tarsi banded with black; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing
VOL. V. B
242 NOCTUIDiE.
white irrorated with brown and fuscous ; the subbasal line repre-
sented by black strite from costa and cell ; the antemedial line with
a black spot beyond it on costa, very oblique from costa to submedian
fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform very small, defined
by fuscous ; orbicular moderate, round, slightly defined by fuscous ;
reniform with fuscous centre and grey annulus slightly defined by
fuscous ; the postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,
crenulate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
whitish, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle, with fuscous marks on inner side at costa and vein 5 ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and
terminal area tinged with brown, the cilia white ; the underside
with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dis-
coidal point and curved subterminal series.
Fore tarsi with curved claw-like spines on outer side of 1st joint.
Hah. U.S.A., California, Los Angeles (Coquillet), 1 $, New
Mexico, Albuquerque {Oslar), 1 ^ , Las Vegas (Oslar), 1 c? , 2 5 .
Exp. 40 millim.
1469. Trichoclea postica. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 30.)
Trichocica posfica, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 115 (1891); id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 209.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white slightly irrorated
with fuscous ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing white irrorated
with brown and fuscous ; the subbasal line represented by blackish
striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line with black point beyond
it on costa, interrupted, waved, angled inwards on vein 1, nearly
erect .; claviform minute, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
incompletely defined by black, the former round, the latter with
some fuscous at centre ; postmedial line crenulate and produced
to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale, slightly defined by
fuscous on inner side and by dark marks at costa and vein 5, dentate,
angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and incurved at sub-
median fold ; a terminal series of dark striae. Hind wing white,
the veins and terminal area suff'used with fuscous ; cilia white ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,
a discoidal lunule and subterminal series of points on the veins.
Fore tarsi with three curved claw-like spines on outer side of 1st
joint and one on 2nd.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver (Oslar), 1 J , 3 $ . Krp. 36
millim.
1470. Trichoclea edvardsi. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 31.)
Trichoclea edwardsii, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 478 (1887) ; id. Cat.
Kcct. N. Am. p. 209.
c? . Head and thorax brownish grey ; tarsi banded with black.
Fore wing pale brownish grey ; subbasal line only defined by some
.diifused black scales on each side of it below the cell ; antemedial
TEICHOCLEA. — EADULA, 243
line represented by some black scales forming traces of a waved
line ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by fulvous ;
orbicular obsolete ; reniform represented by a fuscous mark at lower
angle of cell ; postmedial line dentate and produced to a series of
white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1 ; subtermiual
line represented by a very obscure series of small fuscous dentate
marks ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white ; the
veins and terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous ; cilia white ;
the underside with postmedial series of dark striae on the veins.
Fore tarsi with curved claw- like spines on first four joints, three
at base and one at extremity of 1st joint, two at extremity of 2nd
joint, and those at extremities of 3rd and 4th joints larger.
Hah. U.S.A., California, Alameda Co., 1 S • Exp. 36 millim.
Genus HADULA.
Type.
Haduln, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 43 , insoLUa.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in
front ; f roiis with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ; eyes
large, rounded; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales;
abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from
close to angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind Aviug with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;
5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near the base only.
Sect. I. Antenijic of male bipectinate, with long branches to apex.
A, Fore wing with the antemedial line very strongly angled out-
wards in submedian fold and inwards on vein 1 ,.. tancrci.
B. Fore wing with the aritemedial line moderately angled outr
wards in submedian fold and inwai'ds on vein I corghossi.
1471. Hadula tancrei. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 32.)
Mamestra tancrei, Grses. Berl, ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 305 ; Stg-ud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 161.
Haderunia grcBseri, Piing. Soc. Ent. xiii. p. .58 (1898).
S . Head and thorax blackish brown mixed with grey ; tcguloa
with dark medial line; abdomen fuscous and grey. Fore wing
grey, mostly suffused and irrorated with brownish fuscous ; subbasal
line represented by double stria) from costa and cell ; antemedial
line indistinct, double, very highly waved and angled inwards on
vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform
large indistinctly defined by blackish, the former rather elongate
elliptical, the latter filled in with fuscous, its lower part dilated and
defined by a semicircular wliite annulus ; postmedial line indistinct,
dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some
white points oji costa beyond it ; subterminal line whitish defined
by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on
veins 3, 4, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of
bhick luniiles; the cilia with fine white line at base and intersected
244
NOCTTJID-a;.
■with white. Hind wing fuscous brown with pale terminal mark
towards tornus : cilia pale with a dark line through them ; the
underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and
curved postmedial series of short streaks on the veins.
Ab. 1. (jrcfseri. Smaller, with the fore wing less distinctly
marked.
Hah. W. TuEKESTAN, Issyk-kul, Alexander Mts., type t in Coll,
Piingeler; E. Titekestan, Hi, type ■f grceseri in Coll. Piingeler-,
Kungess, 1 S • Exp- 42-44 millim.
1472. Hadula corghossi.
Mamestra korghossi, Alpli. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xvii. p. 65, pi. 2. f. 49
(1882) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.
Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey ; tcgulee with
dark medial line ; patagia with whitish patch ; abdomen brownish
grey. Fore wing grey, sufl'used and irrorated with fuscous or
reddish brown ; subbasal line represented by oblique double striae
below cell filled in with white, and with a whitish patch beyond it ;
antemedial line indistinct, double, irregularly dentate ; claviform
Fig. 41. — Hadula corghossi, ^. |.
large or moderate, defined by blackish : orbicular and reniform
with whitish annuli defined by blackish, the former more or less
indistinct and elongate elliptical, the latter with its upper part
more or less obsolescent, its lower part expanding inwards on
median nervure, filled in with fuscous and with a prominent semi-
circular part of the white annulus below it ; postmedial line very
indistinct, double, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and
oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line whitish, defined by browu on inner side, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area
beyond it darker ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules. Hind
wing whitish suffused with fuscous especially towards termen ; the
underside white slightly irrorated with brown ; a small discoidal
spot and traces of a curved postmedial line.
Uab. W. SiBEEiA, Altai, 1 c? ; W. Tuekestan, Turcomania,
1 rT , 1 y ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 2 c? , 1 $ , Thian Shan ; E. Sibeeia,
Amurland, 3 c?- Eap. 40-46 millim.
Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectinate, with long branches, the apex simple.
A. Hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous iurpis.
S. Hind wing whitish irrorated and the terminal area suffused
with fuscous optima.
HADTJLA. 245
1473. Hadula turpis.
Phcebophihis turpis, Staucl. Iris, xii. p. 341, pi. 7. f. 8 (1900) ; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 177.
6 . Head and thorax grey- white slight!}- tinged with pale brown,
the crests on metathoras and 1st segment of abdomen with fuscous ;
abdomen grey-white. Fore wing grey- white slightly tinged with
red -brown and irrorated with fuscous ; the subbasal line repre-
sented by blackish marks below costa and cell ; the antemedial line
rather indistinct, waved : claviform moderate, defined by fuscous ;
orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined by fuscous, the
"^^^^0'''
Fig. 42. — Hadula hirpis, (^ . \.
former round, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ; post-
medial line indistinct, somewhat dentate, slightly bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line very indis-
tinct, pale defined on inner side by small indistinct dentate brown
marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous and grey. Hind wing
brownish grey suffused with fuscous ; the cilia ochreous white ; the
underside grey irrorated with fuscous, traces of a discoidal point and
sinuous postmedial line,
Hah. E. Turkestan, Thian Shan Mts., 1 J . Exp. 46 millim.
*1474. Hadula optima.
Haderonia optima, Alph. Rom. Mem. ix. p. 236, pi. xii. f. 7 (1897) ; Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.
(S . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brownish fuscous ;
abdomen grey-white irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing pale grey
tinged with brown and slightly with ochreous and thickly irrorated
with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker; the subbasal line
represented by indistinct double striae from costa and cell ; ante-
medial line slightly washed, obli(iue from costa to submedian fold,
then angled inwards on vein 4 ; claviform small, very indistinctly
defined ; orbicular and reniform large, pale grey, ill-defined, the
former irregularly rounded ; traces of a medial line ; postmedial
line indistinct, ol)scurely and minutely dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
whitish defined by brown on inner side, dentate to near termcn on
veins 7, G, 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia
246 NOCTtflD^.
■whitish with a dark line through them. Sifld Wing whitish,
irrorated and the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous ;
the Underside white irrorated with fuscous, an indistinct sinuous
postmedial line with dark streaks at the veins.
Hah. E. Turkestan, Altyn Tag, in Coll. Piingeler, J^an Schan
Mts. ; W. CniNA. Exp. 38-42 millim.
Sect. III. Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate.
A« Fore wing with ^-mark in subterminal line prtBcipua.
B. Fore witig without ^-mark in subterminal litle * lonyicornis.
1475. Hadula prsecipua.
Mcmcstra pfmcipuct, Staud. Iris, Viii. p. 316 (1896) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 155.
S ' Head and thorax brown ; metathoracic crest vinous red ;
abdomen reddish brown, the anal tuft redder. Fore wing grey-
broWn with a viuous-red tinge ; a slight black streak below base of
cell ; the subbasal line represented by oblique black striae from
costa and cell ; a prominent oblique black streak above inner margin
before the antemedial line, which is indistinct and strongly angled
outwards in aubmedian fold and above inner margin ; claviform
t'ig. 43. — Hadula prtscipua, J .
large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by
black, the former rather elliptical, the latter angled inwards on
median nervure ; postmedial line rather irregularly dentate, bent
outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some ochreous
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white, with
dentate dark marks before it on each side of discal and submedian
folds and dark streaks in the interspaces beyond it, dentate to
termen on veins 7, 4, 3. Hind wing fuscous brown, with fine
ochreous line at base of cilia ; the underside with the inner area
paler, an indistinct oblique postmedial line.
Ifab. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 c?, Amdo, Exp. 48 millim.
*147(5. Hadula longicornis. (Plate LX:S:.XV. fig. 1.)
JSIamestra longicornis, Gra;s. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 306; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 155.
c^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with pale reddish
HADULA.
247
brown ; tarsi brown with pale rings. Fore wing grey, tinged in
parts with ochreous and irrorated with dark brown, the medial
area slightly darker ; siibbasal line represented by slight dark striae
from costa ; antemedial line waved ; claviform with its extremity
defined by dark brown ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish
slightly defined by brown, the former round, the latter quadrate ;
postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa,
excurv'ed to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal lino indistinct,
whitish defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7,
excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series
of slight dark lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown,
especially on terminal area ; a curved postmedial line showing
through from underside ; cilia whitish ; the underside white irro-
rated with brown, some slight dark streaks on postmedial line.
Hah. E. Turkestan, Kashgar, type f in Coll. Piingclcr. Exy.
44 millim.
Sect. IV. Antenna; of male with long cilia.
A, Fore wing without brown centres to orbicular and reniform.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform whitish defined
by black sabulorum.
b. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform grey defined by
brownish insolita.
B. Fore wing with brown centres to orbicular and reniform . . . impia.
1477. Hadula sabulorum.
Mamestra sabulorum, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 69, pi. 3. f. 58
(1882) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 15(x
Mamestra distincia, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 35.
Mamestra rhodina, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 91 (1893).
Head and thorax ochreous grey mixed with brown, a few black
scales on edges of patagia; tarsi ringed with black; abdomen brownish
grey. Fore wing ochreous grey irrorated with brown and black ; the
subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell ;
antemedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique, waved, arising from
black points on costa ; claviform small, defined by black ; medial
Fig. 44. — Hadula sabulorum, c? . \.
line indistinct, curved, waved, arising from a black point on costa ;
orbicular and reniform with a whitish tinge, large, defined by
black, the former round ; postmedial line dentate and produced to
black and grey streaks on the veins, double at costa, bent outwards
below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond
243 noctuid.t:.
it on cosla ; subterminal line ochreous strongly defined on inner
side by a series of somewhat dentate fuscous marks, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of
small black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the
veins brown ; terminal area fuscous, with whitish mark on termen
near tornus ; cilia white ; the underside white irrorated with
blackish, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial series of
points.
Ab. 1. distmcta. Larger ; fore wing with a slight violaceous
tinge and more distinctly marked below.
Ab. 2. rhodina. Fore wing suffused with red-brown.
Hah. Armenia, Ordubad ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Issyk-
kul, 1 f{ , 1 $ ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 cJ, Kiingess, 2 J , 1 $ ,
Kashgar. Exp. 36-44 millim.
1478. Hadula insolita. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 2.)
Hadula insolita, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 43 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 157.
Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; tarsi banded Avith fuscous ;
abdomen grey. I'ore wing brownish grey; the subbasal line repre-
sented by double brown striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line
double, waved, rather oblique; claviform absent; orbicular and
reuiform large, incompletely defined above and below, the former
round ; a distinct medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of
cell, then dentate ; postmedial line indistinct, double, dentate, bent
outwards below costa, somewhat incui'ved at discal fold, incurved
below vein 4 ; subterminal line rather indistinct, brownish, with
two or three small somewhat dentate black marks on it near discal
fold and one in submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; traces of some minute terminal dark lunules.
Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the veins brown ; the
terminal area fuscous, with whitish mark on termen near tornus ;
the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal
lunule and sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside.
Hah. W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul, 2 c^ , 3 2 ; E. Turkestan, Kash-
gar. Ewp. 40-42 millim.
*1479. Hadula impia. (Plate XCII. fig. 2.)
Maiiteshr/ invpia, Piing. ined.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey ; tarsi fuscous
with pale rings. Fore wing grey, thickly irrorated and suff'used
with brown ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line irregularly waved, defined by grej'
on inner side ; claviform small, defined by brown ; orbicular and
reniform with brown centres and pale annuli defined by brown, the
former round, o])en above, the latter indistinctly defined and
constricted at middle ; postmedial line dentate, defined by grey on
outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa and oblique below
vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lino
HADULA,
249
dentate, white defined by brown on inner side, somewhat angled
outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind
wing fuscous brown ; the cilia white with a brown line through
them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a sinuous post-
medial line and diffused subterminal band.
Hah. E. TuRKEsrAN, Aksu, type f J in Coll. Piingeler. Exp.
46 millim.
Sect. V. Antenna} of male minutely ciliated.
A. Forewingwitb the antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1,
the postmedial line incurved below vein 4 unica.
B. Fore wing with the anteniedial line not angled inwards on
vein 1, the postmedial line oblique below vein 4 iyicommoda.
148i». Hadula unica.
Hudena unica, Leech, P.Z. S. 1889, p. 509, pi. 51. f. 12.
cj" . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown ; tarsi
with pale rings. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated with fuscous
and the medial area slightly tinged with fuscous ; a double waved
subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double irregularly
waved antemedial line ; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular
and renit'orm large, grey defined by black and with some brown
in centres, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter rather
quadrate and angled inwards on median nerviire ; postmedial line
double, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line pale, slightly defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards
at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black
lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish tinged with brown, the
veins and terminal area suffused with brown, leaving some ochreous
on termen towards tornus ; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, adiscoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some points on
termen.
Bab. Japan {Pryer), 1 cJ type Exp. 40 millim.
1481. Hadula incommoda.
Mamestra incommoda. Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 250; id. Eom.
Mem. vi. p. 428, pi. 8. f. 3 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.
Mamestra lacrimosa, Grass. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 328.
d" . Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with brown ; abdomen
reddish brown. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and suffused
with brown ; subbasal line represented by a slight striga from
costa ; a triangular black mark below base of cell ; antemedial
line represented by a very indistinct oblique grey line from cell to
inner margin ; claviform filled in with dark brown, rather pointed
at extremity ; orbicular and reniform with grey annuli defined by
brown, the former oblique elliptical, the latter inwardly oblique
and placed on a diffused brown jiatch ; an oblique brown line from
beyond angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line grey,
minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and oblique beloAV
vein 4 ; subterminal lino whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and
250
TSOCTUIVM.
oxcurved at middle, the area beyond it darker ; a terminal series of
small black lunulcs. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with
brown, especially towards termen ; cilia white with a brown line
Fig. 45. — Hadula incommoda, cJ • !•
through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Rah. Amubland, Ussuri, 1 J . Ex]). 34 millim.
Genus NEPHELISTIS, nov.
Type, iV. congenitaUs.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned reaching vertex of head ; frons
with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large,
rounded ; head and thorax clothed principally with scales, the pro- and nieta-
thorax with spreading crests; tibise fringed with hair; abdomen with large
dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obso-
lescent from middle of discocelluLirs ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with cell near base only.
Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate with rather long branches to near apes.
1482. Nephelistis congenitalis, n. sp.
Tceniocampa vellerea, Druce, Biol, Centr.-Amer., Ilet. ii. p. 484 (part.),
nee Schaus.
c? . Head and thorax dark brown tinged with grey ; abdomen
fuscous brown. Fore wing brown suffused with purplish grey ;
subbasal line represented by some white scales from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line very indistinct, grey ; the medial area
Fig. 46. — Ncphclistis congenitalis, cJ. \.
suffused with dark olive-brown from subcostal nervure to vein 1 ;
the orbicular and reuiform only defined by a few white scales on
their inner and outer edges ; the postmedial line indistinct, white,
strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some paler suffusion beyond it and some white points on
NEPHELISTIS.
251
costa ; subtorminal Hue represented by a series of white undula-
tions on brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle. Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish tinge, whitish
towards base and inner margin ; the underside yellowish white,
the costal and terminal areas thickly irrorated with brown, a dark
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Guatemala, Las Mercedes (Champion), 1 c? type, Godman-
Salvin Coll. Eap. 3-i millim.
Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectinate with very short branches, the apex
ciliated ; mid tibioa dilated, fringed with very long hair and with
expansible tuft of long yellow hair ; underside of both wings mostly
clothed with bright ochreousandroconia and hair to beyond middle.
A. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below vein 4 ... clauda.
B. Fore wing with the postmedial line obliquely curved.
a. Head and tegula; rufous furva.
b. Head and tegulie purplish brown differens.
1483. Nephelistis clauda.
Conservula clauda, Schaus, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 231 (1894) ; Druce,
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het, ii. p. 475.
TcBniocompa veUerca, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 484 (part.), ueo
Schaus.
Head and thorax dark brown tinged with grey ; tarsi with pale
rings ; abdomen dark grey-brown. Fore wing dark brown suffused
with purplish grey and irrorated with whitish ; traces of a waved
whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct
oblique waved autemedial line ; the medial area suffused with
black-brown from submedian nervure to vein 1 ; orbicular and
reniform very indistinctly defined by grey, the former round ; post-
medial line grey slightly defined by blackish on inner side, strongly
bent outwards below costa, then oblique and excurved at median
^??5^-^
Fig. 47. — Nephelistis clauda, (S . \.
nervules ; subterminal line represented by a very obscure series of
whitish marks on diffused blackish patches, slightly angled out-
wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine wliitish line at
base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish with
dark line at base. The underside of both wings in malo clothed
with bright ochreous hair and androcouia to beyond middle except
costal area ; hind wing with black discoidal spot and sinuous post-
medial lino, in female whitish thickly irrorated with brown, the
disk whiter.
Hah. Mexico, .Talapa (Tnijillo), 2 J , 3 $ , Godman-Salviu Coll.
Ex2). 30 millim. Typo t in Coll. Schaus.
9/59
NOCTUIDiK.
*1484. Nephelistis furva. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 3.)
Conservula furva , Schaus, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1903).
S . Head and tegulae bright ferruginous slightly mixed with
white, the latter tipped with white ; thorax red-brown irrorated
with white ; pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen rufous irrorated with white, the anal tuft more fulvous.
Fore wing bright chestnut ; the costal area purplish fuscous ; a
purplish band before the oblique antemedial line from cell to inner
margin ; orbicular and reniform purplish with ill-defined whitish
annuli, the former very oblique elliptical ; some white points on
terminal half of eosta ; postmedial line chestnut defined by white on
outer side, straight, very oblique from below costa to inner margin,
with a pur])lish band on its outer edge ; subtcrminal line very ill-
defined, whitish towards costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7,
then oblique ; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ;
cilia purplish brown. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins,
terminal area, and a terminal line tinged with rufous ; the under-
side with the costal area irrorated with rufous, a discoidal point
and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, type f J in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 30
millim.
1485- Nephelistis differens.
Hadena differens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 294, pi. 27. f. 26
(1889).
T(Bniocainpa vellerea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am , Het. ii. jj. 484, pi. 94. f. 8
(nee Schaus).
5 . Head and thorax deep purplish grey, the tegulae and thoracic
crest cupreous ; abdomen fuscous brown, the dorsal crest cui)reous.
Fore wing dark purplish grey ; the subbasal line represented by
white striae from costa and median nervure with cupreous suffusion
before it ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, defined by the medial
area below diseal fold and stigmata being cupreous ; orbicular and
reniform defined by a slight blackish line except above and with a
fuscous patch between them, the former oblique elliptical, confluent
at lower extremity with the latter which is constricted at middle ;
postmedial line double, oblique, very slightly curved and not quite
reaching costa; some whitish points on terminal half of costa;
subtcrminal line defined by the area beyond it being cupreous
except the veins and an apical patch, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7, strongly inwards in diseal fold, then somewhat dentate ; a
fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown with a
reddish tinge, the interspaces whitish except towards termen ; cilia
whitish with a brown line near base ; the underside whitish, the
costalarea brown irrorated with white, a dark discoidal point and
sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {TrujUlo),\ $ ; Panama, Chiriqui (C7ia?»-
;pxon), 3 5 type, Godman-i^alvin Coll. Exjj. 36-40 millim.
NEPHELISTIS. HYDRCECIODES.
253
Sect. Ill, Autennre of male ciliated ; mid tibiffi of male dilated with a groove
containiug tufts of flocculent yellow hair and fringed with large
curved scales.
1486. Nephelistis vellerea.
Taniocampa vellerea, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 237 (1894).
Conservula cedica, Drace, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 475, pi. 93. ff. 9, 10
(1898).
(S . Head and thorax brown, tlie scales tipped with grey ; abdo-
men grey-brown, the ventral surface darker, the anal tuft more
ochreous. Fore wing dark brown suffused and irrorated with
purplish grey, the postmedial area purplish grey ; faint traces of an
antemedial line, with the area before it rather greyer below the cell ;
the postmedial line pale, obliquely curved, not quite reaching costa ;
subterminal line indistinct, grey, excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a
Fig. 48. — Kephelistis vellerea, (S . \.
fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing ochreous white, the
veins, costal and terminal areas tinged with brown, especially
towards apex ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, type f (S in Coll. Schaus, ( Trujillo) 1 S
type cedica, Orizaba {Bouchard) ; Panama, Chiriqui {Champion),
1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 34-36 millim.
Genus HYDRCECIODES, nov.
Type, H. alala.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair
in front, the 3rd short, oblique, hairy in front; frons witli rounded prominence
with curved corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded, overhung by long
cilia ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the vertex of head with
large crest ; the tegulaj produced upwards into a slight ridge ; the pro- and meta-
thorax with spreading crests; tibiic fringed witli rather long liair; abdomen
with large dorsal crest on 1st segment. Fore wing ratlier narrow; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the arcole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witli veins 3, 4 from
angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
254 N0CTuin;i5.
Sect. I. Antonnge of malo bipcctinate to near apex.
A. Fore wing not sufFused with brown xnnthina,
B. Fore wing suffused with brown pexa.
1487. Hydroeciodes xanthina, n. sp.
Xantkia alala, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 485 (part.).
(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow mixed with red ; tegula?
with traces of medial line ; patagia with dark line near tips. Fore
wing yellow thickly irrorated with rufous ; two slightly curved
rufous subbasal lines from costa to submedian fold and another line
from before antemedial line excurved below costa, then oblique to
vein 1 ; the antemedial lino waved, angled inwards in cell and on
vein 1 ; claviform short, broad, and defined by brown at extremity;
orbicular and reniform large, defined by rufous, the former round ;
medial line rufous, obliquely incurved from costa to lower angle of
cell, then oblique and with some black irroration at its extremity
on inner margin ; postmedial line sinuous, bent outwards below
costa, slightly angled at veins 6 and 4, .then incurved, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line excurved below costa
Fig. 49. — Hydi-oeciodes xanthina, cJ . \.
and at middle, incurved at veins 5 and 2, some slight dark suffusion
beyond it ; the veins towards termen with dark streaks ; a fine
terminal dark line. Hind wing semihyaline- yellow tinged with
pink ; the veins and terminal line brown ; cilia yellow ; the under-
side pale, the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot
and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Patycuaro {Oodman), 1 S type, Godman-Salvin
Coll. Exp. 34 millim.
*1488. Hydroeciodes pexa. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 4.)
Hycb-ORcia pexa, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1903).
cJ . Head and thorax yellowish brown mixed with reddish
brown and the hairs tipped with grey ; palpi dark brown at
sides ; abdomen ochreous whitish, dorsally suffused with brown,
the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing orange-yellow, mostly irro-
rated and suffused with red-brown, leaving the antemedial area
below cell and postmedial area except towards costa yellower ;
a curved slightly waved antemedial line ; claviform short, yellow
irrorated with rufous and defined by brown ; orbicular and reui-
nYDEffiCIODES. 255
form yellow irrorated with rufous and defined by brown, tho
former round, the latter with white spots on its annulus ; a medial
line oblique from costa to median nervuro, whore it is angled,
then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line waved, bent outwards
below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below
vein 4 ; subtermiual line waved, slightly angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle. Hind wing pale uniformly suffused with
brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal
point and slight postmedial series.
Hah. Mexico, Oaxaca, type f cJ iJi Coll. Schaus. Exp. 38
millim.
Sect. IT. Antennae of male ciliated.
A. Fore wing without white subterniinal line.
a. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellow.
a}. Fore wing with the medial line angled outwards to
lower angle of cell alala.
6'. Fore wing with the medial line not angled on median
nervure azteca.
h. Fore wing dark brown suffused with red.
a}. Fore wing with the annulus of renifbrm yellow cauta.
b^. Fore wing with the annulus of reniform white leucopis.
B. Fore wing with white subtermiual line leucogramma.
1489. Hydrceciodes alala.
Xanthia alala, Druce, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 514 ; id. Biol. Centr.-Araer., Het.
ii. p. 485, pi. 94. f. 11.
(S . Head and thorax golden yellow mixed with red-brown ;
abdomen yellow dorsally tinged with pink, the dorsal crest dark at
tip. Fore wing golden yellow irrorated with red; a double sinuous
subbasal red lino from costa to submedian fold, with an oblique
highly-waved line beyond it ; a waved antemedial line angled in-
wards on subcostal nervure and vein 1 ; claviform defined by red ;
orbicular and reniform defined by red, the former round, the latter
with annulus formed of red-defined spots ; medial line oblique from
Fig. 50.— Hi/droeciodesalala, (^ . \.
costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial lino
brown, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oVdique; subtermiual line excurved below costa and at middle,
angled inwards at veins 5 and 2, the area beyond it suffused with
brown ; the veins with dark streaks towards termen ; a tine dark
terminal lino. Hind wing pale yellow, tho veins towards termen
and terminal area tinged with red ; the underside with curved
postmedial lino.
256 NOCTUID^.
Hah. Mexico City (Hoecje), 1 c? type, Godman-Salvin Coll.
Exp. 32 millim.
Subsp. 1. Abdomen dark red-brown ; fore wing with three white
spots on lower part of reniform ; the area in, beyond, and above end
of cell suffused with brown ; hind wing suffused with brown in
male, darker in female.
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trvjillo), 1 c? , 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll.
1490. Hydrceciodes azteca. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 5.)
Hydrcecia azteca, Scliaus, ined.
Head and thorax orange mixed with brown ; palpi brown ;
tegulse brown edged with orange ; patagia orange edged with brown ;
tarsi brown with pale bands ; abdomen brown, the ventral surface
whitish irrorated with brown and the anal tuft ochreous. Fore
wing orange-yellow thickly irrorated with rufous ; the veins streaked
with brown ; a waved subbasal rufous line from costa to submedian
fold ; an oblique waved antemedial line defiued by yellow on inner
side; claviform defined by brown; orbicular and reniforra moderate,
defined by brown and with white points on their annuli ; a promi-
nent oblique slightly curved medial line ; postmedial line somewhat
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
strongly incurved, some yellow points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle,
the area beyond it purplish brown except at apex ; cilia dark brown.
Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown, especially on inner
and terminal areas ; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated
with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial line on costal half.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, type t c? in Coll. Schaus ; Orizaba, 1 5 •
Ex'p. 38 millim.
1491. Hydrceciodes cauta. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 6.)
Hydracia cauta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1903).
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the vertex of head
with some ochreous, the tegulae with some red ; legs irrorated with
ochreous, the tibia? and tarsi ringed with ochreous ; abdomen
with some ochreous in anal tuft, the ventral surface irrorated with
ochreous. Fore wing dark brown, almost entirely suffused with deep
fiery red ; a dark waved antemedial line ; reniform small, ochreous
white with fiery -red centre ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent
outwards below costa, somewhat dentate at median nervure. then
oblique, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
red, defined by a dark shade on inner side, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing fuscous brown with a yellowish tinge ; cilia pale with a
dark line through them and pinkish tips; the underside pale,
thickly irrorated with dark brown, the costal area tinged with
purplish pink, a black discoidal spot and curved strigiform post-
medial line.
Hah. Costa Rica, 1 $,typet $ in Coll. Schaus; J i" Coll.
Joannis. Exp. 30 millim.
HTDKffiClODES. — TIRACOLA. 257
1492. Hydroeciodes leucopis, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 1.)
cJ. Head and thorax rufous ; antennae ringed with white towards
base ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing
brown, the interspaces suffused with fiery red ; an indistinct waved
antemedial line ; claviform absent ; orbicular an ill-defined brown,
spot with two white points on it ; reniform elliptical, pure white
defined by brown and with small brown centre ; postmedial line
very indistinct, somewhat dentate, and with some white points on
the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; traces of a pale
waved subterminal line ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind
wing ochreous suffused with brown ; the underside paler, the costal
area thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. Peru, Huancabamba, 1 S type. Kvp. 30 millim.
1493. Hydroeciodes leucogramma, n. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 7.)
2 . Head and thorax purplish pink tinged with brown ; pectus
and legs grey-brown ; abdomen greyish fuscous, the extremity
tinged wirh pink, the dorsal crest tipped with white. Fore wing
pur[)lish pink ; the veins black-brown ; the area beyond the cell
suff"used with black-brown ; the subracdian interspace and base of
inner margin yellow thickly irrorated with fiery red ; an indistinct
oblique waved antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular
and reniform yellow thickly irrorated with fiery red, the former
round, the latter with punctiform white line on its lower and outer
sides and point at its upper inner angle ; medial line represented
by a striga from costa and an oblique waved line from beyond
lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line strongly den-
tate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved;
subterminal line white, obsolescent towards costa, angled outwards
at vein 7 and slightly incurved below vein 3. Hind wing fuscous
brown ; the underside rather paler, with slight discoidal point and
curved postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, Kio Janeiro, 1 $ type. Organ Mts., Tijuca (-S. R.
Wagner), 2 2 ; Paraguay, Meva Germania. Exp. 30 millim.
Genus TIRACOLA.
Type.
Tiracola, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 3al plugiaia.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint tliiekly snaled, the
3rd short, oblique ; frona smootli ; eyes large, rounded ; antennaj of niaie
ciliated ; head and thorax clothed witli hair and a few scales, tlie prothorax
with triangular ridge-like crest, the nietathorax with spreading crest ; abdomen
rather dorsally flattened, with rough hair at base and dorsal crests on basul
Begmeuts. P'ore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely
curved and the cilia crenulate ; veins o and 5 iVoni near angle of cell ; (3 iroin
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tlie areole; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell short; vein 2 from near angle; .3, 4 stalked ;
6 obsolescent from luiddlo of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly
stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
VOL. V. B
258
NOCTUIDiE.
1494. Tiracola plagiata.
Agrotis plagiata, Wlk. xi. 740 (1857) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 34. pi. 148,
ff. 1, 1 a ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 282 ; Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Het.
i. p. 286, pi. xxvii. f. 14.
Agrotis plagifera,'W\'k. xi. 741 (1857).
Agrotis spectahilis, Wlk. xxxii. 704 (1865).
Agrotis grandirena, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-Blatt Eegensb. 1868, p. 149.
Head and thorax varying from ochraceous or greyish, sometimes
with an olive tinge, to ferruginous ; palpi black except at tips ;
some black scales near upper edge of patagia ; tibiae irrorated with
black ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, the
ventral surface rufous irrorated with black, a sublateral series of black
points. Fore wing varying from pale ochreous or greyish to rufous,
brown or purple-brown, sometimes tinged with olive, and sparsely
irrorated uith black ; subbasal line sometimes represented by black
points on costa and in cell, the antemedial line by black points on
costa and veins sometimes connected by a faint waved line, excurved
from costa to vein 1 ; claviform absent ; orbicular represented by part
Fig. 51. — Tiracola plagiata, cj". \.
(From Moths Ind. vol. ii.)
of the whitish annulus or absent ; reniform large, whitish defined by
black and its centre defined by black, its lower part filled in with
fuscous or wholly filled in with fuscous ; a more or less prominent
medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure, then waved ;
postmedial line double and oblique from costa to vein 7, then repre-
sented by a series of black points on the veins sometimes connected
by a crenulate line, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; in the
darker specimens, the apical part of costal area paler or grey;
subterminal line ochreous defined on each side by brown, indistinct
towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7, incurved to vein 4,
excurved to submedian fold and bent outwards to tornus, a dark
point on its inner side above vein 5, the area beyond it often darker
except at apex ; a terminal series of black points usually present ;
cilia with fine ochreous line at base, some black in the crenulations.
Hind wing whitish more or less suffused with brown, the terminal
area darker ; cilia whitish; the underside whitish, the costal area
tinged with brown aud irrorated with black, a slight discoidal point,
TIRACOLA. — CHABUATA. 259
indistinct sinuous postmedial line or series of points on the veins
and some terminal points.
Ab. 1. Hind wing uniform ochreous white. New Guinea.
Uah. Mexico, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 2 $, Misantla (2ViyiZ?o), 1 §,
Coatepec (Brooks), 1 5 , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Cuba, Matangas
(Schaus), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), I <S , 2 $ ;
W. China, Moupin (Kricheldorf), 1 cJ , 1 $ ; Sikhim (Lidderdale),
1 S; BoiinxY (Lelth), 1 c? ; Canaea (Ward), 2 $; Ceylon (Wen-
ham, Templeton, MacTciuood), 'd S , 2 $ , type and type plagifera ;
Singapore (JSk//«/), 1 §; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 $; Java
(Horsfield), 1^,2 5; New Guinea; Queensland, Brisbane (Tur-
ner), 1 $ ; N. S. Wales, Moreton Bay (Biggies), 1 c? type specta-
hilis, Sydney (Raynor), 1 cJ ; Tahiti (J". J. Walker), 1 5 ; Maruuesas,
Nuka-Hiva (J. J. Walker), 1 d . ^.rp. 42-68 millim.
Larva. Dull violet-brown ; a few scattered grey points ; dorsal
stripe grey formed of triangular patches ; a j)ale olivaceous sub-
lateral stripe from 4th somite ; head and legs violet-grey, the
former small ; 1 1th somite produced to a dorsal hump ; hair fine.
Food-plant, Emilia.
Genus CHABTTATA. „
Type.
Chahuata, Wlk. xiv. 1034 (1857) ampla.
Tricholita, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 215 (1875) siynata.
Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, tbe 2nd joint fringed
with hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ;
head and thorax clothed with rough hair and scales, the prothorax with
triangular crest, the metathorax with spreading crest ; tibite clothed with
rough hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base and slight lateral fringes of
hair. Fore wing with veins .3 and 5 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco-
cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Sect. I. Antennae bipectinate in both sexes; the branches short
in female.
A. Fore wing bright rufous thickly irrorated with white iwfata.
B. Fore wing dull reddish brown without white irroration . signatu..
C Fore wing dull brown irrurated with grey.
a. Fore wing with the lines fairly distinct, a series of
wliite points at base of cilia fistula.
b. Fore wing with the lines almost obsolete, no white
points at base of cilia nmfina.
D. Fore wing ochreous suffused with brown inconsi)kua.
1495. Chahuata notata. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 8.)
Tricholita notata, Streck. Lep. Khop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 9 (1898) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 168.
Triclwlita si/rissa, Streck. Lep. B-hop. & Ilet. ii. p. 6 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 168.
Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with wliite ;
antennae ochreous ; abdomen brownish rufous, the ventral tuft
purplish red, the hair tipped with white ; anal tuft whitish at
s2
260
ITOCTUIDJI!.
extremity. Fore wing bright purplish red-brown irrorated with
white ; subbasal line obsolete ; antemedial line very indistinct,
oblique ; claviform and oibicular absent ; reniform white, the
centre and upper part suffused with yellow, two fine rufous streaks
crossing it in discal fold, the area round it rather darker ; traces of
an oblique medial line from cell to inner margin ; jjostmedial line
rather indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and
slightly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line only defined by
the area beyond it being rather darker, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia fuscous brown slightly irrorated
with white. Hind wing dull yellowish brown ; the cilia redder,
whitish at tips ; the underside pale, tinged with purplish red and
irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Illinois, Chicago, 1 S , Nebraska. Exp. 34
miUim.
1496. Chabuata signata.
Nephelodes signata, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 253 (1860) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. ]72.
Hydriicia semiaperta, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 105 (1874).
S. Head and thorax red-brown, the hairs tipped with greyish;
abdomen red-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing red-brown,
Fig. 52. — Chabuata signata, (^ . \.
the veins with slight dark streaks ; the subbasal line represented
by dark marks on costa and in cell ; a waved antemedial line ;
orbicular and reniform defined by brown, the former small, round,
the latter narrow, often with its lower part white and with white
spots round its upper part ; a diffused medial line oblique from
costa to lower angle of cell where it is angled ; postmedial line
minutely waved, strongly bent outwards below costa and incurved
below vein 4, angled outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line difiused,
ochreous, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area
bej'ond it darker, sometimes with some white scales on the veins ;
a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the
cilia redder ; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, the
costal and terminal areas tinged with reddish, a black discoidal
point and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Canada; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, Middle and Central
States, Massachusetts, Boston, 2 S , New York, Evans Centre, 1 J ,
TJlinois, New Mexico, Exp. 34 millim.
CHABUATA. 261
1497. Chabuata fistula. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 9.)
Tricholita fistula, Harv. Can. Eiit. x. p. 56 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 173.
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen brown
mixed with grey, the base pale. Fore wing dark brown with a
reddish tinge, the costal and inner areas and veins suft'iised with
grey ; traces of a snbbasal line from costa to snbmedian fold ; an
indistinct waved antemedial line angled outwards above inner
margin ; traces of a small claviform stigma edged with brown ;
orbicular a small brown annulus ; reniform a lunule formed of small
white spots, with a spot before it in lower angle of cell ; traces of a
medial line oblique from costa to median nervure where it is angled ;
postmedial line somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa,
slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal
line ochreous and brown, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle ; a fine dark terminal line; cilia mixed with grey and
with white points at end of veins. Hind wing whitish irrorated
with brown, the terminal half suffused wath brown, more uniformly
suffused in female ; cilia white at tips ; the underside pale with the
costal and terminal areas thickly irrorated with brown, a dark
discoidal point and curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, California, Sanzalito, 1 (5 , 2 5 type,
Arizona. Exp. 34 millim.
1498. Chabuata mutina. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 10.)
Apamea mutina, Sehaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 238 (1894) ; Druce,
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 477.
2 . Head and thorax brown, very thickly irrorated with white ;
abdomen grey-brown irrorated with grey. Fore wing dull brown,
very thickly irrorated with white ; faint traces of the antemedial
line ; reniform absent or represented by an elliptical white mark,
its lower part broken up into three small spots ; postmedial line
very faint, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, faint traces of the subterminal line. Hind wing white,
the veins brownish, the marginal areas broadly irrorated and
suffused with brown ; the iinderside white irrorated with browa
especially on marginal areas, a discoidal point and indistinct curved
postmedial line.
J . Anal tuft mostly ochreous ; fore wing with indistinct oblique
grey lino from costa before apex.
Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, 1 <$ , type t ? in Coll. Sehaus. Exp. 32
millim.
*1499. Chabuata inconspicua. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 11.)
Tricholita inconspicua, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 129 (1883) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 173.
c? . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown ; abdomen
262 jrocitJiD^.
ochreous wliite irrorated with hrown. Fore wing oehreons, suffused
and irrorated with dark brown, especially on disk and terminal area ;
subbasal and antemedial lines, claviform and orbicular obsolete; two
•white points on discocellulars, with three points below them at
lower angle of cell, preceded by a short white streak on end of
median nerrure; postmedial line indistinct, diffused, excurved from
costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by the
area beyond it being slightly darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle. Hind wing whitish irrorated with yellow-
brown and the terminal area suffused with yellow-brown ; the
underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal lunula and traces of a sinuous postmedial
line.
JIab. U.S.A., Ai-izona, in US. ]S"at. Mus. E.r2). 36 millim.
Sect II. Antenna of male serrate and fasciculate.
1500, Chabuata carneago.
Xanthia carneago, Guen. Noct. i. p. 397 (1862).
Aa«ifA/a/«/y«, Blanch. Gay's Fauna Chilena, vii. p. 82, pi. 4. f. 10 (1854).
Head and thorax purplish red more or less tinged with brown,
the hairs slightly tipped with white ; aiitennoe w^hitish ; tarsi
slightly ringed with white ; abdomen purplish red, dorsally tinged
'Fig.?)^, —Chahuata carneago, (j". J.
with fuscous, the base pale, the basal crest purple. Fore wing deep
red-brown, more or less tinged \yith purpUsh grey and irrorated
With brown and black ; the veins streaked with black ; a waved
black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique
minutely waved antemedial line ; orbicular represented by a black
point ; reniform blackish slightly defined by grey and with dark
suffusion from it to costa ; an oblique waved line from cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line double, the outer strongest, minutely
waved, slightly bent outwards bolow costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
brown, dilated into a patch on costa, excurved from veins 7 to 2 ; a
waved dark terminal line. Hind wing white, the veins and
marginal areas more or less suffused with purplish fuscous ; cilia
red or ochreous ; the underside suffused with red and irrorated with
black ; a small discoidal spot aud curved postmedial series of points
on the veins.
IJah. Chili {Edmonds),2 c?, 1 $. Exp. 40 millim.
CHAB0ATA.
263
Sect. III. Antennte of male ciliated.
A. Abdomen of male with paired ventral tufts of long hairs
from base.
a. Fore wing yellow irrorated and striated with rufous distincta.
b. Fore wing reddish or grey tinged with red, irrorated and
striated with brown ohsctira.
c. Fore wing grey tinged with browu ; hind wing on under-
side with the terminal area dark punctosa.
1501, Chabuata distincta.
Aletia distincta, Mooro, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 333, pi. 37, f. 4 ; Hmpsn. Moths
Ind. ii. p. 277.
Aletia exanthemata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 410 ; Butl. III. Het. B. M.
vii. p. 50, pi. 126. f. 6.
Head and thorax yellow and rufous mixed ; a more or less
prominent dark line near extremitj' of tegulse and some black scales
near upper edge of patagia ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral tufts
of male black. Fore wing yellow, thickly irrorated and striated
with rufous ; the costal edge fuscous ; antemedial line curved and
slightly sinuous ; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform small,
yellow with some rufous scales on them and ill-defined, the former
Fig. 54. — Chabuata di&tincta, S- \-
round, the latter with slight white streak on extremity of median
nervure ; a rather indistinct and somewhat lunulate postmedial
line, slightly angled outwards below costa and incurved at discal
fold, incurved below vein 4, a series of points on the veins beyond it,
angled at vein 4 ; an indistinct dark subterminal line, angled outwards
at vein 7, inwards in discal fold, and oxcurved at middle ; a terminal
series of black points ; cilia with fuscous line through them. Hind
wing ochreous, more or less suffused with fuscous except towards
costa and inner margin ; the underside pale, the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, postmedial
waved line or series of short streaks on the veins and terminal
series of points ; in male the underside of both wings with a golden
gloss except costal area of fore wing.
Hab. PcN.TAn, Kulu, Sultanpur {Younrj), 1 S , Dharmsala (fHocJc-
infj), 3 J , 2 $ , type exanthemattt ; Sikuim. Exp. 38 millim.
264 NOCTtTID^,
1502. Chaljuata obscura.
Alefiaobsciira, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 97(1882) ; Hmpsn. MothsTud. ii. p. 277.
Aletia rvdis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 411 ; Bull. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 50,
pi. 126. ff. 7, 8.
Lcucania nepos, Leech, Traus. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 124,
Head and thorax grey, more or less stronglj' tinged with rufous
and irrorated with brown ; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous,
the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing bright rufous or
grej'ish tinged with rufous, thickly striated with brown and irrorated
with black ; the median nervure usually with a slight pale streak ;
a white point at lower angle of cell, usually with some fuscous
beyond it ; postmedial line represented by a curved series of black
points on the veins ; subterrainal line sometimes obscurely defined
by the area beyond it being slightly darker, arising obliquely from
termen below apex and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards costa ; the
cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them. The under-
side in male with a slight golden gloss except towards costa of
fore wing which is tinged with rufous ; hind wing with small
discoidal spot, traces of a postmedial curved series of short streaks
on the veins and a terminal series ; of female pale, the costal and
terminal areas tinged with purplish and irrorated with black.
Hah. W. China, Omcishan, 1 c? type nej)os ; Punjab, Kulu,
Sultanpur ((?. Yoimg), 1 S -, 1 $ ; Simla {Stvinhoe), 1 § , Dharmsala
( Hocking), 1 c? , 3 $ , typo rudis ; Assam, Khasis, 1 c? type.
Ex}). 38-44 millim.
1503. Chabuata punctosa. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 16.)
Cerastis punctosa, Wlk. x. 453 (1856).
S . Grey mixed with brown ; frons with black bar above ;
tegular with traces of medial line ; patagia with some black scales
above ; spurs and tarsal joints towards extremity banded with
black ; (abdomen wanting). Fore wing grey tinged and irrorated
with brown ; subbasal line represented by black points on costa
and median nervure ; antemcdial line represented by black points
on costa, veins, and inner margin ; orbicular and reuiform small,
pale with some brown suffusion between and beyond them ; a
postmedial series of black points on the veins ; subterminal line
only defined by slight brown suffusion beyond it, somewhat waved
and excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of black
points ; cilia brown with pale tips. Hind wing ochreous white, the
terminal half suffused with brown ; cilia whitish tinged with brown-
])ink ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal
point and postmedial line with the area beyond it suffused with
fuscous brown.
Hah. Ausxkalia, 1 J type. Exp. 36 millim.
CHABUATA.
265
B. Abdomen of male without ventral tufts of hair.
a. Fore wing with the cilia not creniilate.
a'. Fore wing with the ground-colovir yellow to rufous.
a^. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled out-
wards in submedian fold,
a^. Fore wing with prominent wliite spot or short
streak at lower angle of cell conigera.
b^. Fore wing with the mark at lower angle of cell
absent or yellowish.
a*. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform
yellow ang ulifera .
6*. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform
with pale annuli velutina.
b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled
outwards in submedian fold.
a^. Fore wing with the costal edge white.
a*. Fore wing witiiout pale striae - albicosta.
b^. Fore wing with numerous pale strife fraterna.
b^. Fore wing with the costal edge not white.
a*. Fore wing with the veins streaked with wliite. inanis.
i*. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with
white rvfipennis .
6'. Fore wing with the ground-colour greyish ochreous . ociosa.
c^. Fore wing grey-brown to purplish or retl-hrown.
a^. Fore wing with the upper part of reniform strongly
produced outwards amoeba.
i^. Fore wing with the upper part of reniform not
produced outwards,
a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line dark,
evenly sinuous albimargo.
b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line dark,
minutely waved.
»■*. Fore wing without black point on inner side
of subterminal line below vein 7.
a^. Fore wing with the reniform kidney-shaped, dulcinea.
6*. Fore wing with the reniform rather V-
shaped subsocia.
6*. Fore wing with black point on inner side of
subterminal line below vein 7.
a^. Fore wing with the reniform white, tri-
angular albirena.
b^. Fore wing with the reniform greyish or
ochreous.
a!^. Fore wing with the reniform rather Y-
shaped, its arms reduced to points ampla.
¥'. Fore wing with the reniform kidney-
shaped major.
c'. Fore wing with the postmedial line pale, nearly
straight rectilinea.
b. Fore wing with the cilia crenulate.
a'. Fore wing with the reniform large, narrow noctidformis.
b^. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a small
ochreous spot satellitioides.
1504. Chabuata conigera.
Noctua conigera, Schiff. Wieii. Verz. p. S4 (1770); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.
p. 177 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 222; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii.
p. 60, pi. 104. f. ;i; Steph. 111. Brit. £nt., Haust. ii. p. 151 ; Stand. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 193.
Noctua floccida, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 123. f. 5 (1788).
2f)6 NOCrUIDyE.
Head and thorax bright rufous slightly mixed with yellowish ; ab-
domen rufous, pale at base. Fore wing yellowish suffused and thickly
irrorated with rufous, the veins darker ; subbasal line represented
by a dark striga from costa ; antemedial line very oblique from
costa to submedian fold, where it is angled ; orbicular and reniform
small, ill-defined, the former round, the latter attenuate below and
with a prominent white spot on it more or less angled inwards on
median nervure ; postmedial line unusually near termen, slightly
angled outwards below costa, then oblique and excurved at middle ;
subterminal line indistinct, dark, arising from termen below apex,
angled inwards in discal fold and excurved at middle ; a fine
terminal line. Hind wing ochreous, more or less strongly suffused
with rufous or fuscous ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal and
terminal areas tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal point and
sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Britain, Forres (Salvage), England, Leech Coll. ; France ;
Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Dalmatia ; Etjssia,
Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia. Minor, Lydia ; C. Asia ;
Siberia ; Japan, Oiwake {Pnjer), 1 S . Exp. 36-38 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 171, pi. 205. f. 1.
Ochreous or brownish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale yellow
or greyish edged with black ; lateral line pale yellow or greyish,
sometimes edged with black ; spiracular line blackish ; head
brownish, marked with black. Food-plant, grasses. 10-5.
1505. Chabuata angulifera. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 12.)
Aletia angtdifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 333; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 27().
Head and thorax yellow largely mixed with bright rufous ;
abdomen yellow, tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing yellow, more or less tinged with rufous and irrorated
with rufous or brown, the veins darker ; subbasal line represented
by a dark striga from costa ; antemedial line slightly sinuous, very
ololique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled ; orbicular
and reniform rather small, yellowish, ill-defined, the former round,
the latter somewhat attenuate below and more or less angled
inwards on median nervure, and sometimes with slight whitish
streak on it ; postmedial line unusually near termen, slightly
angled below costa, then oblique and slightly excurved at middle ;
subterminal line indistinct, dark, arising from termen below apex,
angled inwards in discal fold and excurved at middle ; a fine
terminal line. Hind wing yellow more or less strongly suffused
with fuscous ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal area slightly
irrorated with rufous, a slight discoidal point and sinuous post-
medial line.
Hah. Kashmir, Goorais Valley {Leech), 3 c^ , 3 $ , type. Exp. 34-
38 millim.
CH ABU ATA.
*1506. ChaMata velutina.
2 07
Leucania velutina, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 480 (1900),
nee Ev.
Leucania lutina, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 176 (101)2) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 161.
$ . Head and thorax reddish luteous suffused with red-brown ;
palpi reddish grey above, deep velvety brown at sides ; thorax with
the disk carneous ; abdomen luteous suffused with carmine-red, dark
brown ventrally. Fore wing reddish luteous suffused with red-
brown, especially beyond the middle ; a diffused purplish streak
along vein 1 ; traces of the subbasal line ; antemedial line single,
yellowish, somewhat oblique from costa to median nervure, then
slightly angled and inwardly oblique ; orbicular moderate, rather
irregular, w ith yellowish annulus ; reniform well developed, oblique
oblong, defined by yellow at sides, ill-defined above and below ; an
indistinct medial shade from cell to inner margin : postmedial line
pale, defined on each side by darker brown, angled outwards below
costa, then oblique ; subterminal line yellowish, irregular, defined
on inner side by some small indistinct dark spots ; the terminal
area rather paler than ground-colour ; cilia rusty red. Hind wing
semihyaline, pale tinged with pink, the terminal area suffused with
fuscous ; cilia fuscous intersected with pink. Underside of fore
wing brown tinged with pink, a blackish discoidal spot and post-
medial line ; hind wing with the costal and apical half of outer
areas irrorated with pink, a narrow discoidal spot and interrupted
postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Florida. Exp.2>d miWiva. This species is unknown
to me.
1507. Chabuata albicosta. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 13.)
Aletia albicosta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 97(1882).
Leucania pall idlcodu, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276 (1894).
Head and thorax bright rufous ; some black scales near upper
edge of patagia ; abdomen brown tinged with purplish red, paler at
base. Fore wing bright rufous irrorated with black, and with
numerous brown striae ; the costal edge whitish ; the veins usually
finely streaked with white ; a white point at lower angle of cell
with more or less fuscous beyond it ; orbicular and reniform in-
distinct, small, ochreous, the former round ; postmedial line repre-
sented by a curved series of black points on the veins ; subterminal
line very obscurely defined by the area beyond it being slightly
darker, arising obliquely from apex, excurved at middle ; cilia
whitish at tips. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous brown, the
veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia pinkish, whitish
at tips. Underside of fore wing with the median nervure and base
of veins arising from it streaked with fuscous ; hind wing pale, the
costal and terminal areas tinged with purplish red and irrorated
268 NOCTUID^.
■with black, a discoidal point, postmedial series of slight streaks on
the veins and terminal series of points.
Hah. W. China, Ta-chien-lu {Pratt), 1 c? , Chia-kou-ho (Pratt),
1 d, 1 2; Punjab, Kulu, Siiltanpur (G. Yomuj), IS, I ?,
Simla {Harford), ] $, Dharmsala (Hockinrj), 2 S , 5$; Sikhim ;
Cetlon, Pundaloya {Green), 1 $ , Exp. 40-48 millim.
1508. Chabuata fraterna.
Aletia fraterna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1S8S, p. 410 ; Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii.
p. 50, pi. 126. f. y ; Hmpsn. Mollis Ind. ii. p. 276.
S ' Head and thorax purplish red, the hairs slightly tipped with
grey ; abdomen purplish red. Fore wing purplish red ; the costal
edge whitish ; the veins finely streaked with whitish ; no distinct
white point at lower angle of cell ; stigmata and postmedial series
of points absent. Hind wing pale purplish red slightly tinged
with fuscous except towards inner margin ; cilia white at tips.
Underside of both wings purplish red irrorated with fuscous, a
discoidal spot and postmedial spot on costa of fore wing.
Hub. Punjab, Dharmsiila (Hocl-ing), 1 S type. Exp. 46 millim.
*1509. Chabuata inanis.
Leucania inanis, Oberth. !6t. Ent. v. p. 70, pi. iii. f. 4 (1880) ; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 193.
$ , Head and thorax grey, tinged with purplish red and mixed
with brown ; abdomen greyish tinged with purplish brown. Fore
wing greyish, suffused with purplish red and irrorated with dark
brown ; the veins streaked with white ; a dark antemedial line
oblique from costa to median nervure, then erect and slightly
sinuous ; a whitish mark on lower discocellulars : postmedial line
dark, very minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by the area
beyond it being very slightly darker, arising from apex, incurved
at discal and submedian folds, excurved at middle; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing pale uniformly suffused with
brown ; cilia pale tinged with purplish pink ; the underside grey
tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with brown, a discoidal
spot and some points on termen.
Hah. E. Siberia, Ussuri, Askold I. ; Japan, Nikko in Coll.
Piingeler. Exp. 40 millim.
1510. Chabuata rufipennis.
Mythimna rufipennis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p, 79 (1878); id. 111. Het.
B. M. ii. p. 21, pi. 28. f. 6 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 194.
Leucania semicircida, Gras. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 349.
Head and thorax purplish red mixed with grey ; abdomen pale
rufous, tinged with purplish red towards extremity and on ventral
surface. Fore wing pale rufous, thickly striated with purplish red
CHABUATA. 269
and irrorated with black ; costal edge fuscous ; a more or less
prominent fuscous antemedial line obliquely carved from cost a
to submedian fold, then oblique ; faint traces of a yellowish dis-
coidal lunule and of a dark point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial
line usually distinct, fuscous, with v.races of dentitions, oblique
from costa to submedian fold, then bent outwards ; subterminal
line represented by a slight oblique shade from termen below apex.
Hind wing fuscous brown with a slight purplish-red tinge, the cilia
purplish red. Underside purplish red irrorated with black ; fore
wing with the disk suffused with fuscous leaving a j-ellowish discal
bar, a straight dark postmedial line ; hind wing with the inner
area pale yellow, a discoidal point.
Hah. Amitrland, Ussuri, 1 S ; Japan, Yokohama {Jonas, Manley),
2 2 type, Oiwake (Pnjer), 3 J , 3 $ ; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 1 $ .
Ex2y. 30-44 millim.
*1511. Chabuata ociosa. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 14.)
Cekena ociosa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 410 (1897).
(^ . Head and thorax yellowish brown mixed with fuscous ;
abdomen greyish ochreons irrorated with black especially on
dorsum. Fore wing greyish ochreons with a slight rufous tinge
and irrorated with Idack ; a double curved blackish subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved, antemedial line ;
claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular round, defined by
black ; reniform a narrow black-edged lunule, its inner edge some-
what thickened at middle and with a white spot beyond it, with small
spots above and below it, each edged with black ; the postmedial
line double, minutely waved and with a series of points beyond it
on the veins, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved below
vein 4 ; some ochreons points on apical part of costa ; the sub-
terminal line greyish, defined by black points on each side of it,
slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the
area beyond it rather darker. Hind wing pale, the veins and
terminal half suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside irrorated
with brown, a small black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial
line.
Hah. Ecuador, Loja, type f c? in Coll. Dognin. Exjy. 24
millim.
1512. Chabuata amoeba, n. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 15.)
5 . Head and thorax clothed with pale and black- brown hair ;
abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous ;
subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial lino
irregularly waved ; claviform represented by a short black streak ;
orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and white annuli
defined by black, the former rounded, the latter with its upper ])art
produced to a long point and its lower slightly angled inwards
on median nervure, situated on a large diffused black pat-ch
270
NOCTUID^.
extending to below cell and to costa near apex ; an oblique waved
medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line rather
indistinct, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish defined by fuscous on. inner
side, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate at veins 4, 3 ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous ; the
underside with traces of curved postmedial line.
Hah. Bk. E. Africa, Ngonini, 1 $ , Eb Urru (Betton), 3 $ type.
Exj). 34 miUim.
*1513. Chabuata albimargo. (Plate XC. fig. 2.)
Orthodes alhimargo, Guen. Noct. i. p. 373 (1852).
S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with, grey ; abdomen
grey-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing grey, suffused with
red-brown and thickly irrorated with dark brown, the inner
margin narrowly white from autemedial line to tornus ; sub-
basal line indistinct, curved, from cesta to submedian fold, a
small black spot beyond it in cell ; antemedial line defined by
whitish on inner side, curved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and
reniform large, brown with whitish annuli slightly defined by
brown ; a fuscous medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of
cell where it is angled; postmedial line double, filled in with
greyish, the outer line most prominent, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 5, then incurved, a series of dark points beyond it
on the veins ; subterminal line ochreous defined by red-brown on
inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; the veins of terminal area with fine pale streaks ; a series
of dark points just before termeu, a fine waved dark terminal line.
Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous whitish ; the underside
pale, thickly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule and
sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. BE.iziL, typet c5' in Coll. Oberthiir. Exp. 44 millim.
1514. Chabuata dulcinea. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 16.)
Caradrina dulcinea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 125.
Head and thorax pale red-brown, some of the hairs tipped with
white ; palpi tinged with fuscous at sides ; abdomen pale red-
brown, sometimes tinged with purplish. Pore wing pale red-brown
slightly suffused with purple ; a small white-tipped black tuft of
hair at base ; an indistinct pale waved subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line double, filled in with greyish,
angled outwards below costa, then waved, oblique, bent inwards to
inner margin ; orbicular and reniform well developed, with
yellowish or whitish annuli, the former round, the latter with its
lower part filled in with black ; a diffused medial line oblique from
costa to median nervure ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate
and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards
CHABUATA. 271
below costa, exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous defined by red-
brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and
exeurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; the cilia rufous ; the underside pale suffused with
purplish red and irrorated with white and fuscous, a more or less
developed black streak in cell, prominent discoidal spot and
minutely waved postmedial line.
Hah. Chili (Edmonds), 1 d" , 1 $ type, Mulchen (Elwes\ 1 d •
Exj)- 36 millim.
*1515. Chabuata subsocia. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 17.)
TcBniocampa subaocia, Wlk. x. 430 (1856).
J . Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi and frons black at
sides ; tegulas rufous at tips ; thoracic crest tipped with rufous ;
tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft pale
brownish, the ventral surface ochreous-white tinged with pink. Fore
wing pale grey-brown with some dark brown irroration ; an in-
distinct double, waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;
some brown on inner margin before the indistinct, double, waved
antemedial line, exeurved in submedian interspace, with a black
spot on its inner edge on vein 1 and a brown spot before it below
vein 1 ; reniform narrow, its edges nearly parallel, open above,
with pale annulus and its centre defined by brown, a black point in
its lower portion ; postmedial line ill-defined, double, dentate and
produced to black points on the veins ; subterminal line pale,
defined on inner side by fuscous on costal area, angled outwards at
vein 7, then defined on each side by brown, exeurved at middle
and with black spot on its outer side above inner margin ; a ter-
minal series of small blackish lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown,
the cilia ochreous ; the underside pale brownish irrorated with
dark brown, a black discoidal. spot and sinuous postmedial line
with dark strise at the veins.
Hab. Brazil, Petropolis. &_^. 44 millim. Type f d in Mus.
Oxon.
*1516. Chabuata albirena. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 18.)
Noctua albirena, Guen. Noct. i. p. 335 (1852).
2 . Head and thorax purplish red-brown ; abdomen grey-brown,
the ventral surface tinged with ochreous. Fore wing purplisli
red-brown; subbasal line indistinct, almost straight, from costa
to vein 1 ; a dark shade before the antemedial line, which is in-
distinct and waved ; a patch of brown suffusion in, below, and
beyond end of cell, with the largo triangular white reniform
spot placed on it ; a slight diffused line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin ; postmedial line minutely waved, strongly bent
outwards below costa, exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
272 N0CTT7IDJE.
white points beyond it on costa ; the subterminal line represented
by a series of white points, angled outwards at vein 7 and cxcurved
at middle, with a small dentate black spot before the point above
vein 5 ; a fine ])alc line at base of cilia, which are pinkish. Hind
wing oehreous brown, paler towards base and inner margin ; cilia
pinkish ; underside pale, the costal and terminal areas suffused
with pinkish brown, a slight discoidal point and sinuous postmedial
line.
Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type f in Coll, Oberthiir. Exp.
44 millim.
*1517. Chabuata ampla. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 19.)
Chahuata ampla, Wlk. xiv. 1034 (1857).
5 . Head and thorax fuscous brown, the scales tipped with grey ;
abdomen grey-brown with a slight oehreous tinge. Fore wing
fuscous brown suffused with silvery grey ; faint traces of a curved
antemedial lino ; orbicular hardly visible, round, with a deep red
point on its upper edge ; reniforra an oehreous spot with points
above and below it and some deep red on its edges ; an indistinct
dark medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; post-
medial line represented by a faint double curved series of dark
points ; subterminal line only represented by some red scales and a
spot above vein 6 ; a slight series of points just before termen.
Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia oehreous white ; the underside
oehreous white thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point
and sinuous punctiform postmedial line.
Hab. Brazil, type f $ i'l Mus. Oxon. Exp. 54 millim.
1518. Chabuata major.
l^odua major, Guen. Noct. i. p. 334 (1852).
Graphiphora maja, Wlk. x. 401 (1856).
Head and thorax dull red-brown, deep red-brown, purple-brown,
or olive-brown, sometimes slightly irrorated with white, and the
dorsal crests sometimes pale rufous ; spurs ringed with wliite ;
abdomen oehreous or grey-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing
red-brown or dull brown suffused with greyish or purplish; an
indistinct, double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold ; an indistinct double, minutely waved antemedial line, bent
inwards to costa and incurved in cell ; orbicular round with very
indistinct grey annulus, sometimes with grey points at sides ;
reniform with obscure grey annulus, sometimes with four white
points on its edges, the outer part of centre with grey or olive
lunule ; medial shade usually distinct, oblique from costa to median
nervure ; postmedial line more or less distinctly double, dentate
and with series of black points on outer line, excurved from costa
to vein 4 then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;
fiubterminal line indistinct, pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and
CU.VBtJATA. 273
with small black spot in its angle, exciirved at middle and some-
times with some small grey and black dentate marks on its inner
side ; a series of black or black and white points just before
termeu ; cilia rufous or with rufous line at base. Hind wing
Fig. .55. — Chahuafa major, cf. \.
fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge; cilia ocbreous ; the under-
side ochreous, tbe costal area tinged with reddish brown ; a dark
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type t c? in Coll. Oberthiir, Rio
Janeiro, Id", 2 2 ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 d , 1 5 >
Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 c? , 1 $ . Exp. 50-56 millim,
1519. Chabuata rectilinea, n. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 20.)
5 . Head and thorax reddish brown, some of the scales tipped
with grey, the dorsal crest redder ; antennae with the shaft whitish
towards base ; pectus rufous ; the legs browner irrorated with
white ; abdomen pale brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface
rufous. Fore wing dull reddish brown thickly irrorated with
brownish ochreous ; a small black tuft at base ; no trace of sub-
basal line ; antemedial line fuscous defined by ochreous on inner
side, slightly sinuous, oblique from costa to median nervure ;
orbicular and reniform finely defined by ochreous, the former
round, the latter large, its upper part somewhat produced and its
outer part filled in with ochreous ; traces of a medial shade oblique
from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line ochreous, bent
inwards to costa, then oblique and slightly incurved towards inner
margin, a series of black points beyond it on veins 6 to 1 ; the
postmedial area slightly tinged with purplish ; the subterminal
line ochreous, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, above and below
which there are black spots on its inner side, slightly angled
inwards at discal fold, then excurved and with some black points
on its inner side, the area beyond it thickly irrorated with ochreous ;
a series of black points just before termen. Hind wing fuscous
brown ; the cilia pale rufous ; the underside ochreous whitish
tinged with purplish red and irrorated with brown, a small
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hab. Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 $ type. Exp. 48 millim.
TOL. V. T
'274 NOCTriDJi.
*1520. Chabuata noctuiformis. (Plate XC. fig. 3.)
Orthodes noctuiformis, Gueu. ined.
2 . Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with purplish brown ;
abdomen ochreous, dorsally suffused with fuscous, the basal crest
grey-tipped. Fore wing pale purplish brown, thickly irrorated
with fuscous ; a double, waved, subbasal line from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line double, the inner obliquely curved,
the outer irregularly waved, indistinct ; claviforra absent ; orbicular
round, hardly defined except by an ochreous annulus above ;
reniform narrow, oblique, ochreous white, the centre defined by
brown and with a black point in its lower part; a medial line
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell where it is angled ;
postmedial line indistinct, double, the inner line minutely dentate
and with series of black and grey points on it, bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4, the area beyond it slightly
darker to the subterminal line, which is very indistinct, pale, with
a prominent black spot on it below vein 7 and slight points at
middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a series
of slight points just before terraen connected by a fine waved line ;
cilia crenulate. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous ; the
underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal
spot and slightly sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type t $ in Coll. Oberthiir. Exp.
60 millim.
*1521. Chabuata satellitioides. (Plate XC. fig. 4.)
Orthodes satellitioides, Giien. Noct. i. p. 372 (1852).
5 . Head and thorax purple-grey ; abdomen brown. Fore wing
purple-grey ; subbasal line absent ; two brown well-separated
antemedial lines, the inner most prominent and diffused ; claviform
and orbicular absent ; a diffused brown medial shade ; reniform
represented by a small somewhat quadrate ochreous-white spot ;
two well-separated postmedial lines, excurved from costa to vein 4,
then incurved, the area beyond it tinged with brown to the sub-
terminal line, which is angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a series of greyish points just before termen ; cilia
strongly crenulate. Hind wing reddish brown, a fine pale line at
base of cilia ; the underside grey strongly irrorated with brown, a
small discoidal annulus and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Erazil, Xew Friboorg, type f $ in Coll. Oberthiir. Exp.
50 millim.
Genus LASIANOBIA, nov.
Type, L. lauta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with long hair
in front ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded. overLung by long cilia ; antenna
of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; head and thorax clothed with hair
and }iair-like scales, the pro-ar.d metathorax with spreading crests.; fore tarsi
LASIANOBIA.
Z,^
with rather slender claw- ike spines on 1st joint. Abdomen with dorsal crests
on basal segments. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 11
from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from
below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
A. Fore wing with white marks on subterminal line at middle and
in submedian interspace lauta.
B. Fore wine without white marks on subterminal line decreta.
*1522. Lasianobia lauta.
Mamestra lauta, Piing. Iris, xiii. p. 119 (190U) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 254, add.
Head and thorax grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; abdomen
grey tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing
grey-brown, with a purpHsh tinge and glossy texture ; a slight
curved black streak below base of cell ; the subbasal line repre-
sented by a black point on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, with
Fig. 56. — Lasianobia lauta, (^ . \.
an oblique black striga at costa, irregularly dentate, oblique,
connected with postmedial line by a black streak on inner margin ;
claviform small or minute, indistinctly defined by black with some
white scales on it ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with yellowish-
white annuli incompletely defined by black, the former rounded ;
postmedial line rather indistinct, slightly defined by grey on outer
side, with black point at costa and striga at inner margin, dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
subterminal line indistinct, with yellowish-white marks on it at
middle and submedian fold, defined on inner side by rufous suffusion
and small dentate dark marks at middle and submedian fold,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; traces of some
terminal black lunules sometimes present ; cilia brown with a grey
line through them. Hind wing grey nearly uniformly suffused
with brown ; the cilia brownish white ; the underside brownish
white irrorated with fuscous, a black streak in cell, discoidal luuule
and sinuous postmedial line with dark streaks at the veins.
Hub. Tibet, Kuku-noor, type f it% Coll. Piingoler. Exp. 42 milHm.
276 NocTuiD-i:.
♦1523. Lasianobia decreta. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 21.)
Mamestra decreta, Piing. Iris, xii. p. 292, pi. 9. f. 7 (1900) ; Staud. Oat.
Lep. pal. p. 159.
(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with red-brown ;
tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey tinged and irrorated with
brown, the area in, below, and beyond cell from antemedial to
subterminal line suffused with rufous ; a black streak below base
of cell ; antemedial line waved, strongly angled inwards in cell ;
claviform minute, greyish defined by black ; the median nervure
and veins arising from it streaked with grey on medial area ;
orbicular and reniform grey defined by black, the former oblique
elliptical, with smaller spot below it on base of vein 2, the latter
oblique and with its lower extremity produced ; postmedial line
rather indistinct and somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa,
obliquely excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, angled outwards
on vein 7 and slightly dentate on veins 4, 3 ; a fine terminal black
line. Hind wing grey uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ;
the cilia pale ; tlie underside grey irrorated with fuscous, a dis-
coidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some dark striae on
termen.
$ less tinged with rufous, some fuscous suffusion beyond lower
extremity of reniform.
Hnh. Tibet, Kuku-noor, type t in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 36
millim.
Genus MA.NOBIA.
Manohia, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 317 (18U.5) xena.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, fringed with liair in front ; frons
smooth, rounded ; eyes large, rounded ; autennte of male minutely serrate ;
head and thorax clothed entirely with hair and hair-like scales ; the pro- and
metatliorax with spreading crests ; fore tarsi with curved claws on outer side
of one or more joints ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment only. Fore
wing with veins 3 and 6 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco-
cell ulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
A. Fore wing with wedge-shaped dark patch below base of cell,
the medial area suffused with rufuus xena.
B. Fore wing without wedge-shnped dark patch below base of
cell, the medial area not suffused with rufous .. grisea.
1524. Manobia xena.
Manohia xena, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 317, pi. 6. f. 8 (1895) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 161.
c7 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey ;
abdomen greyish brown, the dorsal crest and anal tuft rufous.
MANOBTA. 277
Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish grey, leaving the area in
and beyond end of cell and the medial area below submedian fold
rufous ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; a
wedge-shaped dark brown streak below base of cell ; antemedial
line defined by grey on inner side, angled outwards below costa,
oblique to vein 1, and bent inwards to inner margin; claviform
small, very indistinctly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform
with brownish centres and grey anuuli defined by brown, the former
Fig. 57. — Manobia xena, (S . \.
round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; post-
medial line double, filled in with grey, minutely waved, slightly
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub-
terminal line grey defined by brown on each side and with a brown
patch with pale points on it before it on costa, minutely waved,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a fine waved
terminal line. Hind wing pale brown, the veins and a fine terminal
lino darker ; cilia brownish white ; the underside pale pinkish
irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.
Fore tarsi with curved claws on outer side of 1st joint,
Eah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 c? , Amdo. Exp. 40 millim.
1525. Manohia grisea. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 22.)
Alyssia grisea, Butl. A. M. N. H. i'5) i. p. 82 (1878).
cJ . Head and thorax reddish brown, some of the scales tipped
with grey ; abdomen pale ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous
brown tinged with greyish ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved,
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double,
waved, oblique ; orbicular and reniform very indistinct, pale ; an
indistinct curved medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct, double,
waved, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some
whitish points beyond it on costa ; the terminal area rather darker,
with traces of subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and
slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal lunulate line. Hind wing
brownish ochreous, the terminal area rather darker ; the underside
with indistinct, diffused, subterminal band.
Hah. Japan, Yokohama {Jonas)^ 1 S type. Exp. 54 millim.
278 NOCTUIDJ!.
Genus HYSSIA. ^
Hyssia, Qaen. Noct. i. p. 345 (1852) cavernosa.
Aii/sia, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. \. p. 3 (18(J8) nullifera.
Ulolonche, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 471 (1887) niveiguttata.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair
in front, the 3rd short with small tuft of hair in front ; frons smooth ; eyes
large, rounded; antennae typically minutely ciliated ; head and thorax roughly
clothed with scales mixed with some hair, the pro- and metathorax with
spreading crests ; tibiie fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest on
1st segment, some rough hair at base and lateral tufts of hair. Fore wing
with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
reins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco-
cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Sect. I. (Alt/ssia). Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate.
A. Fore wing with the ground-colour greenish grey.
a. Fore wing with series of yellow points on the lines ... griseipennis.
b. Fore wing without series of yellow points on the lines... inconstans.
B. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-brown.
a. Fore wing without black streak from claviform to post-
medial line.
a}. Fore wing with the terminal area not paler than
ground-colour.
a^. Fore wing with the lines distinct.
a^. Fore wing largely suffused with grey ; hind wing
with the cilia pale.
, a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale
reddish brown cucidlina.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour fuscous
brown moderata.
b^. Fore wing slightly irrorated with grey ; hind
wing with the cilia brown with pale tips s^nlnthistis,
b^. Fore wing with the lines almost obsolete nullifera.
6\ Fore wing with the terminal area paler than the
ground-colour senatoria.
b. Fore wing with black streak from claviform to post-
medial line giissaia.
1526. Hyssia griseipennis.
Mamestra griseipennis, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 22 (1874) ; Hudson,
N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 9, pi. iv. f. 8.
Chera virescens, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 489 (1879).
$ . Head and thorax olive-brown slightly irrorated with white ;
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Foi'e wing grey-green
irrorated with white ; subbasal line double at costa, waved, ending
in an ochreous mark above vein 1 ; a slight ochreous streak above
inner margin near base ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved,
angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1, with some ochreous
on it ; the stigmata defined by black and with some ochreous scales
on them ; the claviform small, the orbicular round, open above ; an
indistinct dentate medial line angled outwards at middle ; post-
medial line defined by ochreous on outer side, dentate and produced
HYSSIA, 279
to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line ochreous defined
on inner side by an obscure series ot dentate fuscous marks, angled
outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and angled inwards in sub-
median fold; cilia ochreous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown;
the cilia ochreous, pale at tips ; the underside pale fuscous irrorated
and suffused with white, a slight discoidal lunule and curved post-
medial line.
Hab. New Zealand, N. Island, Wellington, S. Island, Nelson
Province, Mt, Arthur, Otago (Hatton), 1 $ typo viresccns. Exp.
50 millim.
1527. Hyssia mconstans. (Plato LXXXV. fig. 23.)
Spmlotis inconstaiis, Eutl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 545 (1880).
Head and thorax grey and brown mixed ; abdomen greyish
brown. Pore wing grey with a very slight orange tinge and black
irroration ; subbasal line represented by double striae from costa
and cell ; antemedial line very indistinct, double, waved, oblique ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, open
above and below, the latter open above ; postmedial line rather
indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line represented by a series of
grey and black dentate marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7,
excurved at middle, and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a ter-
minal series of black points ; cilia brownish. Hind wing fuscous
brown, the cilia pale ; the underside grey-white with slight discoidal
lunule and traces of curved postmedial line.
Hah. New Zealai^d, Marlborough (Skellon), 1 § type, (J. J.
Walker) 1 c? • Exjy. 40 millim.
1528. Hyssia cucullina. (Plate LXXX. fig. 27.)
Xylocampa cucuUlna. Gucn. Eat. Mo. Mag. v. p. 40 (1868) ; Hudson,
New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 27, pi. v. f. 23.
rj . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; tarsi
with pale ilngs. Pore wing ochreous grey irrorated and suffused with
brown ; subbasal line double filled in with grey, waved, from costa
to vein 1 ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, waved ;
claviform very small, slightly defined by black ; orbicular atid
reniform moderate, with greyish anunli incompletely defined by
black, the former round ; traces of a diffused waved medial line ;
postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with grey, dentate and
produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, ex-
curved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line ochreous whitish, irregular, angled out-:
wards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal
•series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale
with a brown lino through them : the underside whitish strongly
230 NOCTUID^.
irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal lunule and curved post-
medial line.
Hah. Kew Zealand {Enys, Mathcw), 3 c? , Mt. Arthur, Rakaia.
Kvp. 40 millim,
1529, Hyssia moderata.
Agrotis moderata, Wlk. xxxii. 705 (1865); Hudson, New Zealand Moths &
Butterflies, p. 9.
Eumichtis sistens, Guen. Ent. Mo, Mag. v. p. 39 (1868),
Agrotis mitis, Butl. P, Z. S. 1877, p. 383, pi. 42. f. 5.
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; abdomen brownish
grey. Fore wing brownish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ;
subbasal line represented by black strije from costa and cell slightly
defined by grey on outer side ; antemedial line indistinct, double,
filled in with grey, irregularly dentate ; claviform obsolete or small
and slightly defined by fuscous ; orbicular and reniform with greyish
annuli defined by fuscous, the former round or somewhat elongate
elliptical ; a medial shade oblique towards costa and somewhat
dentate below the cell ; postmedial line slightly defined by grey on
/
Pig, 58, — Hyssia moderata, (^ . {.
outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some w^hite points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line formed by a series of small grey and fuscous dentate marks
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal half
paler in male ; cilia white, yellowish or brownish at base ; the
underside grey-white with slight discoidal lunule, curved postmedial
lino, and diffused terminal band.
Ab. 1. mitis. Much greyer ; fore wing with the markings indistinct
except the medial shade.
Ilah. New Zealand (J. J. Walker), 3 c? , Auckland (Oxleij), 1 d" ,
1 5 type, {Enys) 3 cJ type mitis, Otago {Mutton) 1 d" 1 $ , {Maihew)
2S,^2, Duncdin {Purdie) 1 S • Ex^. 36-40 millim.
1530. Hyssia sminthistis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 17.)
cf . Head and thorax dark brown slightly irrorated with grey ;
abdomen brown. Fore wing dark brown slightly irrorated with
grey; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, angled inwards on
vein 1 ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform small, indistinct,
HTSSIA.
281
with obscure grey annuli ; postmedial line very indistinct, double,
minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved ; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish, inter-
rupted, excurved slightly at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing dark brown ; cilia brown with fine pale
line at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal spot and traces of a curved postmedial
line.
Hah. New Zealand {Matthew), 1 S type. Ea-p. 38 millim.
1531. Hyssia nullifera.
Agrof.is nullifera, Wlk. xi. 742 (1857) ; Butl. Voy. Erebus & Terror, pi. ix.
f. 5; Hudson's New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 9, pi. iv. f. 9 and
pi. ii.f. 11.
Alysia specifica, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 3 (1868).
Head and thorax grey and pale reddish brown mixed ; abdomen
pale ochreous brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown with a reddish
tinge ; traces of a postmedial line dentate and produced to rather
;^^'
Fig. 59. — Hyssia nullifera, J . \.
more distinct points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; traces of a curved subterminal
series of white points in the interspaces. Hind wing pale brown
with a slight ochreous tinge.
Ilab. New Zealand (Earl), 1 c? type, {Matthew) 1 ? , ( J^. J.
Walker) 1 $ , N. Island, Taupo,Wellington, S. Island, Mount Arthur,
Christchurch, Rakaia. Exp. 62 millim.
Larva stout, bright yellowish brown, much paler below and
thickly irrorated with white ; dorsal line slight ; subdorsal and
lateral lines dull brown with a series of elongate white spots below
each ; spiracles and dorsal surface of posterior somites black. Food-
plant, Aciphylla squarrosa, one larva feeding in centre of each
tussock. 5.
*lo32. Hyssia senatoria. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 24.)
Mamestra senatoria, Suiitli, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 4G1 (1900) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156,
cJ . Head and thorax clothed with dark brown and greyish hair
282
noctuid.t:.
and scales; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen ochreous brown, the
ventral surface dark brown mixed with ochreous. Fore wing grey-
brown, almost entirely suffused with fuscous but leaving tlie
terminal area lirominently paler ; subbasal and antemedial lines
double filled in with pale colour, waved, the former from costa to
vein 1, the latter rather oblique ; claviform minute, incompletely
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the
former round, the latter whitish with some browu in centre and
slightly concave towards base ; medial line minutely waved, angled
at median nervure; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent
outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points
on costa beyond it ; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by
a series of dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle, the pale area beyond it traversed by obscure
black streaks above and below vein 5 ; a terminal series of small
black lunulas ; cilia blackish intersected with greyish. Hind wing
fuscous brown, the basal area paler ; cilia ochreous white with a
dark line through them ; the underside pale tinged with ochreous
and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and sinuous post-
medial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 34 millini.
1533. Hyssia gussata. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 25.)
Mamestra gussata. Smith, Ent. News Pbilad. vi. p. 337, pi. xv. f. 9 (1895) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 152.
(S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown, some black scales
near upper edge of patagia ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;
abdomen ochreous brown, the dorsal crest grey and brown, the
ventral surface grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing brownish
grey irrorated and suffused with purjjlish fuscous ; subbasal line
represented by double striae from costa and cell, the latter with
curved black mark on inner side running to base ; the antemedial
line black detiaed by whitish on inner side, angled outwards and
interrupted below costa, oblique to submediau fold, then angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black and connected
by a black streak with postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform
large, incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical,
the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ; traces of a curved
medial shade ; postmedial line indistinctly double, somewhat den-
tate and produced to grey and black streaks on the veins, bent
outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line
indistinct, pale, with traces of minute dentate black marks on inner
side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of slight black luuules. Hind wing whitish thickly irrorated
with brown, a terminal series of dark striae ; cilia white ; the
underside with black discoidal lunule and indistinct curved post-
medial line.
Uah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (WoUeij-Dod), 1 J. Exj).
42 millim.
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283
Sect, II. Aiiteniii£ of male with long bristles and cilia.
A. Head ochreous com'psias.
B. Head dark.
a. Fore wing with pure white marks on orbicular and reni-
form niphadopa.
b. Fore wing without white marks on stigmata unthracias.
1534. Hyssia compsias.
Leucania compsias, Meyr. Fauna Hawaiiensis, i. p. 139 (1899).
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish ochreous ; palpi and
antennae blackish ; legs tinged with black ; abdomen tinged with
fuscous towards extremity. Fore wing grey-white tinged with
ochreous, irrorated and in parts suffused with fuscous ; subbasal
line dark, waved, from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey on
outer side ; some dark brown on costal area before the antemedial
line, which is oblique, irregularly waved, defined by grey on inner
side ; claviform absent ; orbicular small, white defined by black,
oblique elliptical ; reuiform represented by a white bar expanding
above and below and defined by black on inner side and two white
Fig. 60. — Hi/ssia com2}sias, S • \-
points on its outer edge ; a broad diffused medial shade, oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell ; postniedial line minutely dentate,
bent outwards below costa and obli(]ue below vein 4, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined by
fuscous suffusion on inner side, waved, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7 and inwards in discal fold, excurved at middle ; some dark
striaj on termen ; cilia ochreous with dark tips. Hind wing grey,
tinged with fuscous on the veins and discal area ; the underside
pale grey, the costal area irrorated with dark brown.
2 . Patagia and thorax fuscous brown iirorated with grey ;
abdomen grey-brown ; fore wing dark brown with cupreous reflec-
tions, the lines defined by pure white, reniform with elongate
pure white spot above median nervure from it to orbicular ; hind
wing more strongly suffused with fuscous brown.
IJah. Hawaii, Kilauea (Perhlns), 1 c? type, Olaa, 1 $ . Exp.
36 millim.
1535. Hyssia niphadopa. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 20.)
Lewania 7iiphadopa, Meyr. Fauna Hawaiiensis, i. p. 140 (1899).
§ . Head and thorax dark brown with a purplish tinge ; tarsi
284 NocruiDjE.
with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, greyish at base, the anal
tuft with a rufous tinge. Fore wing fuscous brown with a sliglit
purplish gloss ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, retracted to inner
margin ; claviform absent ; orbicular a small round pure white spot ;
reniform a small round white spot tinged with ochreous, defined
above, on inner side and below by white marks and forming an
E-shaped mark ; traces of a diffused medial shade ; postmedial
line indistinct, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; the underside pale grey-brown, the costal area
irrorated with grey.
Hah. Hawaii, Olaa, 2000', 1 $ type. Exp. 38 millim.
1536. Hyssia anthracias. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 27.)
Leucania anthracias, Meyr. Fauna Hawaiiensis, i. p. 139 (1899).
S • Head and thorax dark brown with a purplish tinge, some
of the scales tipped with white ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen
fuscous brown, the dorsal crest darJv with grey tip, the anal tuft
rufous. Fore wing black-brown with a purplish gloss and slightly
irrorated with white ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique, waved ;
claviform minute, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform very
small, with greyish annuli defined by black, the former round ;
traces of a medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate and
produced to slight white points on the veins, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small
dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle, with a small ochreous mark beyond them in submedian
fold. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with whitish.
Hab. Hawaii, Haleokala, 9000', 1 d type. Ex}). 40 millim.
Sect. III. {Hyssia). Antennse of male minutely ciliated.
A. Fore wing with the claviform large, filled in with black-
brown cavernosa.
B. Fore wing with the claviform small or obsolete.
a. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-brown.
a'. Fore wing tinged with violaceous.
a-. Fore wing without medial line riolasccns.
h'^. Fore, wing with medial line, the area beyond it
rather darker.
«'. Forewing with the basal half dark purplish grey, modesta.
b'^. Fore wing with the basal lialf pale grey.
a*. Fore wing with the medial line not angled
inwards in submedian fold disticha.
b^. Fore wing with the medial line angled in-
wards in submedian fold diUrfa.
HYSSIA.
285
P.. Fore wing not tinged with violaceous.
a^. Fore wing witli the orbicular not connected
with the reniform.
a^. Fore with the reniform rufous fasciata.
b^. Fore wing with the reniform grey with two
white points on its lower extremity niveiguttata.
b^. Fore wing with the orbicular connected with the
reni form orhiculata.
Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-white mascidina.
1537. Hyssia cavernosa.
Mamestm cavernosa, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 547, pi. 5. f. 3 ; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.
Mamestra oniaia, Herr.-SchaflF. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 46, 47 (1845).
Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with grey-white ;
tegulse with dark medial line and whitish tips ; tarsi with white
rings ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing violaceous grey, almost
entirely suffused with purple-brown except just before antemedial
line and on medial and postmedial areas ; an ochreous-white stripe
on inner area narrowing to points near base and termen, and with
Fig. 61. — Hyssia cavernosa, (^ .
a short black streak above its basal part ; subbasal line grey, nearly
straight, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double,
filled in with grey, nearly straight, from costa to vein 1 ; claviform
large, black-browu defined by black ; orbicular and reniform black-
brown defined by black, the former small, round, the latter large,
with black lunule at centre and its lower part dilated ; an indis-
tinct medial shade, oblique from costa to vein 2 ; postmedial line
slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some white points beyond on costa ; subterminal line
white, angled outwards at vein 7 and very slightly excurved at
middle, a black bar on its inner side below costa and dentate marks
at middle ; terminal area brown, with indistinct series of lunules
on termen. Hind wing ochreous brown, the cilia pale at tips ; the
underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal area suffused with
reddish brown, traces of a diffused subterminal band.
Ifdh. Austria; Hungary; Switzerland; Italy; S.E.E-ussia, 1 cJ;
W. Turkestan, Issyk Kul ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan,
Kuldja, 1 d ; Mongolia, Changai Mts. ; E. Siberia, I'ssuri. Exp.
34 millim.
286 NOCTUID^.
1538. Hyssia violascens, u. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 28.)
2 . Head and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen paler. Fore
■wing purplish grey, almost entirely suffused with pale reddish
browu to the postmedial line ; antemedial line obli(iue from costa
to submedian fold, where it is angled, then angled inwards on
vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform greyish, large, incompletely defined
by black scales, the former rather oblique elliptical, the latter with
some rufous on it, its outer edge formed by the waved black post-
medial line, which is bent outwards below costa and oblique below
vein 4, the area beyond it greyer with reddish-brown patch and
some pale points on costa and fuscous patches in discal and sub-
median folds ; subterminal line indistinct, grey, waved, angled
outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, the veins
beyond it with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of black
lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the veins and apical area
tinged with brown ; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged
with brown, a dark discoidal spot.
Bab. N. China, Foochau (Leech), 1 $ type. E.vp. 40 millira.
1539. Hyssia modesta. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 29.)
Diantkoecia modesta, Morr. Prec. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 114 (1874);
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130.
Head, thorax and abdomen purplish grey mixed with dark brown;
palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing purple-grey irrorated with dark
brown ; the area between the medial and postmedial lines suffused
with brown ; subbasal line brown, curved, from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved ; elaviform obsolete ; orbi-
cular small, slightly defined by brown ; reniform very ill-defined,
reddish with some black in its lower part and sometimes a white
point on its lower outer side ; medial line oblique from costa to
lower angle of cell, then slightly angled inwards on submedian
fold ; postmedial line slightly waved, excurved from costa to
vein () and incurved below vein 4, and with some pale points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of
small black-brown spots, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle and with a dark mark before it at costa. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; cilia grey at tips ; the underside grey thickly
irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial
line.
Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., Middle and Central States, New England,
Massachusetts, Newtonville (Thaxter), 2 $, New York, Evan's
Centre, 1 d . Exp. 28-32 millira.
HYSSIA. 287
1540. Hyssia disticha. (riate LXXXV. fig. 30.)
Caradrina disticha, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 217 (1874) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130.
J . Head and thorax grey slightly mixed with brown ; palpi
with some black at sides ; abdomen ochreous grey irrorated with
brown. Fore wing grey sparsely irrorated with brown, the area
beyond the medial line suffused with brown ; subbasal line almost
obsolete ; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique from costa to
submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform and
orbicular obsolete ; reniform yellowish at middle and with grey
annulus defined by brown ; medial line oblique from costa to lower
angle of cell, then more erect ; postmedial line double filled in
with grey, excurved from costa to vein 5, then incurved ; subter-
minal line hardly traceable, greyish, with a dark brown bar before
it from costa, then a point and a few scattered scales, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
dark points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia paler ; the under-
side whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule
and traces of curved postmedial line.
Hub. U.S.A., Texas, 1 S type. Exp. 32 millim.
1541. Hyssia dilecta. (Plate LXXXV. fig, 31.)
Perigea dilecta, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 123 (1884) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N.
Am. p. 154.
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and tinged with flesh-
colour ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated
with brown. Fore wing pale grey with a purplish-flesh tinge and
slight brown irroration ; subbasal and antemedial lines indistinct,
waved, the former from costa to submedian fold, the latter oblique;
claviform and orbicular absent ; medial line oblique from costa to
median nervure, then angled inwards in submedian fold, some
brownish suftusion beyond it ; reniform rufous in male, greyish in
female, defined by black and with some white points round its
lower half; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards beloAV costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the costa beyond it fuscous with
some pale points on it ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish with
some slight black points on its inner side, angled outwards at
vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; some slight black points
on termen. Hind wing brown with an ochreous tinge, paler
towards base ; the \inderside pale, the costal and terminal areas
tinged and irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, l^, Grand Junction (OsZar), 3d" , 1 $ ,
Arizona. Exp. 34 millim.
288 NocTuiDji:.
*lo42. Hyssia fasciata, (Plate LXXXV. fig. 32.)
hlolonche fasdata,'&xn\\h., Pr. U.S. Naf,. Mus. x. p. 471 (1887); id. Cat.
Noct. N'. Am. p. 130.
cJ . Head and thorax bluish grey mixed with fuscous ; abdomen
ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey tinged with
blue and irrorated with fuscous, the area beyond the medial line
suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line ill-defined, oblique from costa to
submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above
inner margin ; claviforra a rather wedge-shaped black streak
extending to the diffused oblique black medial line ; orbicular
absent ; reniform rufous with some black suffusion before and
beyond it ; postmedial line unusually near termen, represented by
some black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique ; sub terminal line represented by a series of black
points with some rufous scales round them, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with fuscous ; the underside
grey irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 32 millim.
1543. Hyssia niveiguttata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 18.)
Mamestra niveiguttata, Grote, Bull. BufF. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 140, pi. iv.
f. 16 (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey
and some ochreous; tegulae with black medial line. Fore wing
grev irrorated with brown and black ; an ochreous tinge in discal
and" submedian folds and on inner margin ; a very obscure black
streak below base of cell ; an indistinct, waved, subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, the outer line
indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform small, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform small, defined by black, the former irre-
gularly rounded, the latter with its lower portion tilled in with
black and with two white points on its outer lower side ; traces of
a waved medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, sinuous, bent
outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, the area beyond
it suftused with fuscous and ;with some white points on costa ;
subtermiual line somewhat dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules and
some whitish points at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ;
the cilia pale brown with dark line through them ; the underside
grey thickly irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal point and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., California, 2 J iy\e, (Stretch) 1 c? . Exjj. 30
millim.
289
1544. Hyssia orbiculata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 19.)
Mamestra orbictdata,Sm\rh,Fi\ U.S. Nat. Mu3. xiv. p. 2(i6 (1891); id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 131 .
J . Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; abdomen
grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated and
suffused with dark brown, the area just below and beyond the cell
suffused with reddish brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of
cell ; subbasal line represented by a small black sjjot on costa ;
antemedial line represented by a black point on costa, then indis-
tinct, angled inwards on median nervare, then double, and very
acutely angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform rather diffusedly
defined by black ; orbicular whitish, defined by black at sides,
rather triangular and very oblique, open above and below where
the white is diffused to below median nervure and connected
with the reni form, Avhich is hardly defined except on inner side and
below ; postmedial line double filled in with white, the inner line
prominent, strongly bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved
below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1 ; some white points beyond it
on costa ; sul)terminal line whitish, defined on inner side by small
dentate black spots, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale, irrorated
aud the marginal areas suffused with brown ; cilia whitish, with a
brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, a slight discoidal point and curved postmedial line.
Hab. U.S.A., Colorado {Briire), 1 cT , Glenwood Springs. Exp.
28 millim.
1545. Hyssia musculina. (Plate LXXXYJ. fig. 20.)
Diantkcecia musculina, Stand. Iris, iv. p. 272 (1891) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 162.
(S . Head and thorax ochreous white with a few fuscous hairs ;
antennae and tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous
white. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal
line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; a broad
diffused fuscous antemedial band obscuring the antemedial line ;
claviform absent ; orbicular and rcnif'orm very ill-defined, ochreous
white with very faint yellow annuli, the former rounded ; an indis-
tinct waved medial line dilated into a patch on costal area;
postmedial line indistinct, dentate, defined by white on outer side
towards costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, the whole area beyond it suffused with fuscous ; sub-
terminal line very indistinct, whitish, angled outwai'ds at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; cilia ochreous white chequered with fuscous.
Hind wing fuscous, pale at base, the cilia ochreous white ; the
underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a curved
diffused postmedial line, the area beyond it tinged with fuscous.
VOL. V. U
21)0 xof'TuiD-T:.
5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing more bluish white without the
ochroons tinge, the last with the medial area darker, the autemedial
and terminal areas pale ; the orbicular and rcniforra with fuscous
centres and white annuli.
ffah. Kurdistan; Syria, 1 J, 1 $, Leech Coll. Exp. 30-34
millim.
Genus PROTEINANIA, nov.
Tj'pe, P. vifiaaia.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with hair,
the 3rd rather long, porrect ; irons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennae of
male laminate; thorax clothed with hair and scales ; tibire moderately fringed
withjhair on outer side ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore
•wing with the apex rectangular ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
npper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base.
A. Fore wing largely suffused with crimson achaiioides.
B. Foi"e wing not suffused with crimson vigasia.
1546. Proteinania achatioides. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 21.)
Hetcrochroma achatioides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 70 (1852).
Diantlicecia eros, Wlk. xv. 1714 (1858).
Head and thorax ochreous suffused with purplish pink ; sides of
palpi and frons black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous,
dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale olive-green (fading
to ochreous), some rose-pink at base of costa ; pink fascia? below
costa and median nervure and on inner medial area, the two
former converging at antemedial line, the 1st expanding to costa at
middle, the 2nd expanding beyond end of cell, the 3rd extending
from submediau fold to inner margin ; the costa towards apex and
termen pink; a black subbasal line from costa to above vein 1,
where it is connected by a streak with base ; antemedial line angled
outwards below costa, inwards in cell, then excurvcd, and at inner
margin recurved to vein 1 near base ; orbicular and reniform black,
their lower extremities connected by a black fascia on median
nervure, the former oblique oblong, connected with the costal part
of antemedial line ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line
pale greenish, waved, defined on inner side by a few black scales,
and on outer by irregular blackish patches from below costa to
vein 5, and from vein 5 to inner margin, bent outwards below costa,
slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly at submedian fold, some
pale and black points beyond it on costa; sabterminal line only
defined by the contrast between the green and pink areas, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of small dark lunules ; cilia rufous. Hind wing ochreous
suUused with fuscous, rather paler towards base ; the underside
PROTKINANIA. EniOrXGA.
201
ochi'cons, the costal and terminal areas suffused with rufous and
slightly irrorated with brown ; a slight discoidal lunule and sinuous
postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, Petropolis (Doer), 1 S , Rio Janeiro, 1 c; , 1 $ •
/;.ryj. 28-32 millim.
1547. Proteinania vigasia.
Chloridea vigasia, Scbaus, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 239 (1894).
c? . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated
with black ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore
wing ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ; an
indistinct, straight, oblique ochreous subbasal line ; a more distinct
similar antemedial line with the elliptical brownish defined by
ochreous orbicular stigma on its outer edge ; reniform eUiptical,
brownish defined by ochreous, with an oblique brownish band from
Fig. 02. — Prnfcinaiiia vigasia, (^ . \.
it to inner margin ; the postmedial line represented by a series of
black points on the veins, excurved below costa, then oblique ; the
subterminal line ochreous, slightly sinuous and defined by red-
brown on its inner side ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia
ochreous brown and black. Hind wing pale yellowish, the cilia
slightly tinged with rufous.
Hah. jNIexico, Las Vigas, 1 S , type f J in Coll. Schaus. Exp.
28 millim.
Genus ERIOPYaA.
Type.
Eriopi/ga, Guen. Noct. i. p. 20.3 (18.52) puncfiila.
Hi/potrix, Gueo. Noc-t. i. p. 31)9 (1852) purpurigera.
iV«sia, Wlk. XV. 1741 (1858) mceda.
Hime'la. Grote, Froc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliil. 1874, p. 200 infract ata.
Pseiidorthodes, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 253 (1874) vecors.
Probosci.'! fully developed ; palpi with tbe 2nd joint obliquely upturned,
moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate or rather long, porreet,
frons smooth ; eyes large, ronnded ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed,
without distinct crests ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather broad,
tbe termen erect, rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing witli veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell to oue-third.
1-2
292 xoCTUiD^.
Sect. I. AnteniiJS of male bipectinate.
A. Fore wing with red spot on outer edge of reiiiform crocosticta.
B. Fore wing with ochreous spot on outer edge of reniforin.
a. Hind wing fuscous brown fea.
b. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown.
«'. Fore wing very thickly irrorated with grey mulhm.
fA. Fore wing very slightly irrorated with white tersa.
c. Hind wing pale yellow haruna.
C Fore wing without pale spot on reniform.
a. Hind wing with the basal area pale yellow, the terminal
area brow n mediorufa.
b. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area suffused with brown,
or wholly suffused with brown.
a}. Fore wing with the siibterminal line dark contempta.
y. Fore wang with the subterminal line pale.
a-. Fore wing with more or less prominent dentate dark
marks before subterminal line.
a'. Fore wing tinged with rufous eitriica.
b'^. Fore wing not tinged with rufous.
a*. Fore wing witli the medial area suffused witli
fuscous acalus.
b^. Fore wing with the medial area not suffused
with fuscous incincta.
P. Fore wing without dentate dark marks before sub-
terminal line.
«'. Fore wing with dark shade before svibterminal line.
a'*. Fore wing with the stigmata filled in with dark
colour.
«^. Fore wing fuscous brown perfasca.
h^. Fore wing reddish brown oviduca.
c*. Fore wing pale grey-brown melanosis.
i*. Fore wing with the centres of stigmata con-
colorous.
a*. Fore wing with subterminal line prominent,
minutely waved orobia.
b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line indis-
tinct, sinuous ntakensis.
h*. Fore wing with dark shade beyond subterminal
line ochrota.
c^. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented bj^
a series of yellowish points obtiisa.
*1548. Eriopyga crocosticta. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 22.)
Himclla crocosticta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 232 (1903).
($ . Head and thorax purple-brown, the scales slightly tipped
■with grey ; palpi fuscous brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen dull
ochreous brown. Fore wing purple-brown finely irrorated with
greyish ; traces of a subl)asal line from costa to' submedian fold ;
an indistinct, oblique, slightly waved antemedial line; orbicular
and reniform small, round, indistinctly defined by fuscous, the latter
with orange-red elliptical spot on its outer edge; postracdial line
minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa, and the veins
beyond it streaked with black and irrorated with white ; subter-
minal line formed of conjoined blackish marks, angled outwards at
SKiorTGA. 293
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of slight white
streaks on the veins ; cilia blackish irrorated with white. Hind
wing fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge ; the cilia rather paler;
the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the costal area suffused
with purj^lish, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Mkxico, Orizaba, type f S in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 30
millim.
1549. Eriopyga fea.
Meristisfea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 279, pi. 27. f. 6 (1889).
Head and thorax dull brown with a yellowish tinge, the hairs
tipped with grey ; abdomen yellowish brown dorsally tinged with
fuscous, the anyl tuft of female very large. Fore wing grey-brown
with a yellowish tinge ; a waved subbasal line from costa to sub-
median fold; a waved antemcdial line; orbicular and reniform
large, defined by brown, the former round, the latter with yellow
spot with points above and below it on its outer edge ; a strong
medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then somewhat
incurved ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish white, often broken up into
spots, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a terminal
series of white points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale
with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and
sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo, Hoege), 1 d , 4 $ , type ; Guate-
mala, Las Mercedes (Champion), 2 c? , 1 $ , V. de Atitlan (Cham-
pion), 1 2 » Godman-Salviu Coll. E.ip. 36-40 millim.
1550. Eriopyga mulina. (Tlate LXXXVI. fig. 23.)
TcBniocampa mulina, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xsi. p. 2."i7 (1894).
S . Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous ; abdomen
ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous, the ventral surface ochreous
white. Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with purplish pink ; an
indistinct excurved blacki.sli subbasal line from costa to submedian.
fold ; an oblique waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform
with their centres slightly irrorated with black and with pale
annuli, the former round, the latter rather constricted at middle and
with its lower part tilled in with black ; a fuscous medial line
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly obli(jue to
the antemedial lino at inner margin ; postmedial line dentate and
produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly
incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal lino
pale defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle. Hind wiug whitish tinged with brown,
especially on the veins and towards termen ; the cilia pinkish
294 NOCTUID^.
white ; the underside othreous white, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal luni;le and postmedial series
of slight streaks on the veins.
Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, 1 J , type t J in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 28
millim.
1551, Eriopyga tersa.
Ferigea tersa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 481, pi. 93. f. 26 (1898).
Head and thorax reddish brown, the scales tipped with grey ;
palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen ochreous brown mixed with grey,
tinged with fuscous above in male, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore
wing grey-brown, more or less tinged with ochreous and irrorated
with white ; subbasal lino slightly defined by grey on outer side,
waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by
grey on inner side, oblitjue, waved ; orbicular small, round, with
slight ochreous annulus defined by fuscous or almost obsolete ; an
indistinct diffused medial line excurved at middle ; reniform small,
round, ochreous, with two white points below it and traces of two
ochreous points above it ; postmedial line bent outwards below
costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and sinuous below
vein 4, with a scries of black points beyond it on the veins and some
white points on costa ; subterminal line represented by a punctiform
ochreous-white line with brown shade on its inner side, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine dark terminal
line with series of white points at the veins. Hind wing white,
the veins and marginal areas more or less suffused with ochreous
brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Guatemala, V. de Atitlan, 3000' {Champion), 1 c?, 1 5
type, Cerro Zunil, 4000' {Champion), 1 J, Godman-Salviu Coll.
Exp. (5 30, 2 36 millim.
1552. Eriopyga haruna. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 24.)
Mamestra bar una, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. ill (1898).
S . Head and thorax deep purplish red, the hairs slightly tipped
with grey ; palpi at tips and antenna3 ochreous ; abdomen ochreous
with blackish bands, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous.
Fore wing dark purplish red, the veins streaked with black, the
terminal area tinged with greyish fuscous ; an indistinct waved
antemedial line ; orbicular minute, elongate elliptical, with white
annulus ; reniform white, ill-defined and incomplete above and
below ; postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa,
incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal
line represented by a series of black points in interspaces of costal
half, curved inwards to costa ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing pale straw-yellow, the terminal area slightly tinged
with fuscous. Underside of fore wing whitish, of hind wing yellow,
with the costal area slightlv irrorated with fuscous.
EEIOPYGA. 295
2 • Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia yellowish ; underside of
fore wing fuscous, of hind wing wliitish irrorated with fuscous and
suffused on costal area.
Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 S, type f d $ in Coll. Schaus.
JSxj). 44 millim.
]553. Eriopyga mediorufa. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 25.)
Hiryidld mediorufa, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p, 234 (1903).
Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous
except at base, the anal tuft ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore
wing purplish red irrorated with silvery blue, some ochreous at base
of inner margin ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; a double, oblique, waved antemedial line filled in
with blue ; orbicular and reniform rather small, red-brown with
pale silvery-blue annuli, the former rather oblique elliptical, a
waved red-brown medial shade passing between them ; a double
postmedial line bent inwards to costa, the outer line rather dif-
fused ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, minutely waved, slightly
defined by dark brown on inner side ; a fine dark terminal line.
Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area suffused with brown ;
the underside with the costal area tinged with purplish red.
Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 5 , type f c? in Coll. Schaus.
Ex'p. 36 millim.
1554. Eriopyga contempta. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 26.)
Tceniocampa contempta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 237 (ISW);
Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 484.
Meristisfca, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 279 (part.).
J . Head and thorax dull reddish brown strongly irrorated with
grey ; abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface ochreous irrorated with
brown. Fore wing reddish brown thickly irrorated with grey ; an
indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a
waved antemedial line ; claviform represented by a few dark scales
at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform rather small, flesh-coloured,
defined by brown and their centres irrorated with brown, the former
round, the latter rather narrow ; a medial dark line excurved at
middle ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale defined by brown, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine pale line at base
of cilia. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and marginal areas
tinged with brown ; a brown terminal line ; the underside with the
costal area irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and postmedial
line on costal area.
$ . Anal tuft large ; fore wing darker and more uniformly
coloured ; the stigmata hardly traceable ; hind wing dark brown,
the lower jiart of cell and area below it rather paler.
296 NOCTUID^.
Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, type t 6 in Coll. Scliaus ; Guatemala,
Totonicapara, 10,000' {Champion), 1 5 ; Costa Rica, Candalaria Mts.
{Underwood), 1 J , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 36-40 millim.
1555. Eriopyga curtica. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 21.)
Tesniocampa curtica, Smith, Am. Eut. tI. p. 122 (1890) ; id. Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 203.
Head and thorax reddish ochreous to red-brown, some of the
hairs with pale tips ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen reddish
brown dorsall}' tinged with fuscous. Eore wing reddish ochreous
or red-brown, irrorated Avith white and black scales, the lines indis-
tinct or almost obsolete ; subbasal line nearly straight, from costa
to submedian fold ; antemedial line strongly excurved at costa and
inner margin and slightly below the cell; orbicular and reniform
with very indistinct whitish annuli, the former oblique elliptical,
the latter constricted at middle and with its lower part filled in
with fuscous ; a more or less distinct medial line oblique from costa
to median nervure ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a series of black points beyond
it on the veins and some ochreous points on costa ; subterminal
line whitish defined by fuscous on inner side, forming a series of
small indistinct dentate marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the mar-
ginal areas more ochreous, the veins and apical area tinged with
fuscous ; the underside irrorated with large brown scales, especially
towards costa, a small discoidal lunule and postmedial series of
strise on the veins.
Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 cJ , California, Sierra Nevada, 1 $ .
Exp. 34-38 millim.
1556. Eriopyga acalus. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 28.)
Orihodes akalus, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. 2, p. 6 (1S99) ; Djar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 165.
5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown largely mixed
with grey ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing dull reddish brown
thicklv irrorated with grey ; an indistinct slightly curved subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct, irregularly waved,
oblique antemedial line defined by grey on inner side ; claviform
minute, very indistinctly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform
indistinctly defined by brown, the former round ; a slight medial
shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line in-
distinct, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,
some pale points beyond it on costa and an indistinct series of dark
points on the veins ; subterminal line grey defined by brown on
inner side, forming slight dentate dark marks at middle, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine grey line at
base of cilia. Hind wing pale uniformly suft'used with brown;
ERIOi'VOA. 297
cilia whitish ; the uuderside whitish irrorated with brown, a small
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado {Bruce), 1 § . Exp. 34 millim,
1557. Eriopyga incincta. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 29.)
Mamestra incincta, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. svii. p. 156 (1874) ;
Smilh, Cat. Noct, N. Aiu. p. 203.
Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; tarsi with
pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown. Poro wing brownish grey
with a slight violaceous tinge and irrorated with fuscous ; an
indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and
reniform with pale annuli, the former small or moderate, somewhat
oblique, the latter filled in with fuscous ; a more or less distinct
medial shade oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial
line somewhat dentate and with a series of black points beyond it
on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold
and below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subter-
raiual line pale, defined on inner side by a brown shade forming
somewhat dentate marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle. Hind wing whitish irrorated with brown, the
veins and terminal area suffused with brown, in female wholly
suffused with brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,
a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct curved postmedial line with
slight dark streaks at the veins.
Hah. U.S.A., Massachusetts, Illinois, Colorado, 1 c? ? 2 $ . Exjy,
34-36 millim.
1558. Eriopyga perfiisca, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 30.)
Perigea paupcra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 279, & ii. p. 480 (nee
Wlk.).
Taniociiwpa oviduca, Druce, Biol. Centr. Am., Het. i. p. 288 (part.), nee
Guen.
Orthodes infirma, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 289 (purt.), nee Guen.
Head and thorax yellowish brown irrorated with whitish ; tarsi
with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with ochroous.
Fore wiug ochreous brown irrorated with grey and fuscous ; sub-
basal line indistinct, pale, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line oblique, waved, defined by whitish on outer side ;
orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres irrorated with white
and whitish annuli, the former somewhat oblique elliptical ; the
postmedial line fuscous defined by wliitish on outer side, bent out-
wards below costa, incurved below vein 5, and produced on the
veins to a scries of short dark streaks interrupted hj- white points,
some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish or
oebreous, slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, and excurved at
vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of small black lunulcs. Hind
wing ochreous white suffused with brown except the interspaces in,
298 NocTuiDji:.
below, and beyond cell ; cilia oclireous white with a brown line
throngh them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas
irroratod with brown, a black discoidal spot and indistinct curved
postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {Hoegc, Tmjillo), 5 c? , 4 $ , type, Godman-
Salvin Coll., Las Vigas. Exj). 32 millim.
1559. Eriopyga oviduca.
TcBniocampa oviduca, Guen. Noct. i. p. 357 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 203.
TcBniocampa capsella, Grote, Proc. Ac. Kat. Sci. Phil. xxvi. p. 201 (1874).
Head and thorax purplish brown, the hairs tipped with grey ;
palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore
wing grey-brown with a purplish, reddish, or yellowish tinge and
irrorated with blackish ; subbasal line indistinct, whitish, waved,
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line white, slightly
defined on each side by blackish, angled outwards below costa, in-
curved in cell, then nearly straight; orbicular and reniform moderate,
with brown centres and yellowish annuli, the former round or
oblique elliptical ; the postmedial line blackish, defined by white on
Fig. 03. — Erlopuga oviduca, J. }.
outer side and produced to short black streaks on the veins inter-
rupted by white points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line yellowish, defined by dark brown on inner side,
slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a ter-
minal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the inter-
spaces of basal and inner areas whitish ; cilia pale with a brown
line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,
the costal and terminal areas tinged with purple-brown, a discoidal
spot and indistinct curved postmedian lino.
Hah. Canada (Norman), 1 J , Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker), 1 J ;
U.S.A., N. and E. States to Florida and Ilocky Mts., Massachusetts,
Beverly, 1 d, 1 ?, New York (Packard), 5 cT , Trenton Falls
(Douhleday), 2 S , Evans Centre (Grote, Baile;/), 1 cJ , 1 2 , Albany,
1 c? type cajjsella, Illinois, 2 5 . E.vp. 2(3-30 millim.
Larva. Head shining brown, a dark A-mark over clypeus. Body
sordid brown ; subdorsal space paler, defining a series of rounded
diamond-shaped dorsal marks ; orange on joint 12. Tubercles and
EKIOI'YGA. 299
shields black, the cervical shield with the posterior third orange. —
H. G. D.
1560. Eriopyga melanopis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 31.)
Head and thorax browish gre}' mixed with dark brown ; abdomen
ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore wing brownish grey
thickly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct, double,
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, defined
by whitish on inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold ;
claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform large, blackish with white
annuli, the former somewhat oblique elliptical, the latter slightly
angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line defined by
whitish on outer side and with a series of short black streaks on
the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line whitish, slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, somewhat
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of black points ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind
wing white ; the veins and terminal area suff'used with brown, in
female nearly uniformly suffused with brown ; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown ; a black discoidal
spot and slight curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona (Ivunze), 4 cJ , 1 5 , type. Exp. 30 millim.
Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines less
distinct, the latter very minutely dentate ; the stigmata less pro-
minently filled in with black.
JIab. U.S.A., S.W. Colorado (Oshir), 1 d , 1 ? .
1561. Eriopyga orobia. (riate LXXXVI. fig. 32.)
Mamcstra orobia, Harv. Can. Ent. viii. p. 154 (1876); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 203.
c^ . Head and thorax mottled white, reddish brown, and dark
brown ; abdomen brown irrorated with white and dorsally tinged
with olive-yellow. Fore wing olive-brown irrorated with white ;
subbasal line white, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
white, slightly defined on each side by brown, oblique, waved, in-
curved in cell and angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform
defined by white, the former round, the latter rather constricted at
middle ; postmedial lino white, slightly defined by brown on inner
side and produced to a series of short dark streaks on the veins,
interrupted by a series of white points, some white points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line white minutely waved, somewhat
incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of slight points. Hind
wing white irrorated with brown, the veins and terminal area
brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal
spot.
Ilab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 c^ type. Kvj^ 30 millim.
300 NOCTTJIDJE.
*] 562. Eriopyga utahensis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 27.)
Taniocampa. nfahensis, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. JJus. x. p. 473 (1887) ; id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 203.
S . Head brown with an ochreons tinge and irrorated with
fuscous. Fore wing with the antemedial line very indistinct, ex-
curved in inter.spaces ; orbicular small, rouud, with pale annulus
defined by black ; reniform moderate, with pale annulus defined
by black and its lower part filled in with fuscous ; postmedial line
very indistinctly double filled in with pale colour, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
represented by a few pale scales, tbe area beyond it darker ; a
fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale tinged with
ocbreous, the veins and terminal area suff'used with brown ; the
underside with dark irroralion, a small discoidal spot and puncti-
forra postmedial line.
Hab. U.S.A., Utah, Fort Tliornburgh. E,rp. 30 millim. This
species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in
U.S. Nat. Mus.
1503. Eriopyga ochrota. (riate LXXXVII. fig. 1.)
Himella ochrota, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eat, Soc. xi. p. 233 (1903).
S . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with ocbreous, the scales
tipped with white ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi blackish ringed
•with ocbreous ; abdomen greyish fuscous brown. Fore wing
ocbreous thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, especially the costal
and terminal areas ; subbasal line represented by a dark striga from
costa ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform very
faintly defined by black scales ; orbicular and reniform small,
ocbreous defined by black, the former round, the latter open above
and below and with white point at its upper extremity ; postmedial
line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, then
oblique, the area between it and. subterminal line more ocbreous
except at costa ; subterminal line with a series of prominent black
spots on its outer side from vein 7 to inner margin, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia ocbreous irrorated
with black. Hind wing ocbreous white slightly irrorated with
brown, a dark terminal line ; the underside with the costal area
more strongly irrorated, a black discoidal spot.
Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas, 1 c? , San Andres Chanchicomula, typof
S in Coll. Schaus. Exj). 30 millim.
*15(i4. Eriopyga obtnsa.
Tdniocampa ohtusa. Smith, Pr. U.S. A^at. Mus. s. p. 474 (1887) ; id. Oat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 204.
Dark grey thickly irrorated with black. Fore wing with the
subbasal and antemedial lines obsolete ; claviform narrow, slightly
yellowish defined by black ; orbicular small, yellowish defined by
ERIOPTGA. 301
black ; postmedial line obsolete ; subterminal line represented by a
series of j-ellowish points ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing white ; the underside grej-white with some dark irroration
on costal area.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, jEr^). 27 millim. This species is unknown
to me.
Sect. II. Antennns of male serrate and fascioulate.
A. Fore wing with the subterminal line arising from costa
before apex.
a. Fore wing with blacli streak in cell between orbicular
and reniforni.
«^. Fore w^ing with the antemedial line excurved below
cell jjJanalis.
/>'. Fore wing with the antemedial line not excurved
below cell agrotiformis.
h. Fore wing without black streak in cell.
a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards
below costa and incurved below vein 4.
d^. Fore wing with tlie reniform slightly angled
inwards on median nervure, the terminal area
darker than tiie ground-colour perforata.
b^. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards
on median nervure, the termiual area not darker
than the ground-colour.
a^. Fore wing reddish brown rvfula.
b^. Fore wing ferruginous red .. reliqua.
c^. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous tri fascia.
b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line almost evenly
curved.
a^. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with fuscous ... culea.
h-. Fore wing brownish ochreous to fulvous consopifa.
B. Fore wing with the subterminal linearising from termen
just below apex.
a. Fore wing with the subterminal line double, oblique... diplogramma.
b. Fore wing with the subterminal line single, angled at
discal fold eurijte.
1565. Eriopyga planalis. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 2.)
Agrotis plannlh, Grote, A. M. N. 11. (5) xi. p. 53 (1883); Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 200.
S- Head and thorax fuscous brown, edges of tegula) more
rufous ; pectus ochreous ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing dull reddish brown suffused with fuscous ; a double, waved
subbasal line from costa to subniedian fold ; a double, oblique, waved
antemedial line angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ;
claviform represented by a few black scales; orbicular and renilbrm
small, with rather paler annuli incompletely defined by black, the
former round, a diH'used black fascia between them ; postmedial
line indistinctly double and minutely waved, bent outwards below
costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; subterminal line
very indistinct, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle, some small triangular dark spots on inner side between
veins 7 and 4. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fuscous brown ;
'}02 xofrriD.f:.
the underside ochreous white, the costal area irrorated with brown,
a small discoidal spot, aud curved, minutely waved, postmedial
line.
Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico, Beulah, 1 S . ^""P- ^^ millim,
1566. Eriopyga agrotiformis. (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 3.)
GraphipJiora agro/ifonnis, Grote, Can. Eat. xiii. p. 14 (1881) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. "20U.
2 . Head and thorax black -brown, the head and tegulge with a
reddish tinge aud the latter with pale tips ; abdomen dark brown
irrorated with ochreous. Fore wing black-brown with a purplish
tinge ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold, in base of which there is a slight black streak ; antemedial
line indistinct, double, oblique, waved : orbicular and reniform
moderate, with fuscous centres and grey annuli defined by black,
the former rounded, a deep black patch between them in cell ;
postmedial line indistinct, double, minutely waved, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line reddish ochreous, defined by
somewhat dentate small black marks on inner side, most strongly
towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at
middle, the area beyond it paler fuscous brown ; a terminal series
of black striae. Hind wing yellowish white thicldy irrorated with
brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with brown, a discoidal lunvile aud sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 2 $ type. E.V2^. 34 millim.
*15G7. Eriopyga perforata. (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 4.)
T<pniocampa perforata, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 73(1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 203.
5 . Head and thorax pale reddish broAvn irrorated with brown ;
abdomen yellow-brown. Fore wing pale reddish brown with
darker irroration ; traces of a pale waved subbasal line from costa
to submedian fold ; an indistinct, oblique, waved antemedial line,
defined by pale colour on inner side and angled outwards below
costa; orbicular and reniform well developed, with indistinct pale
annuli, the former round, the latter with its lower part tinged
with fuscous ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line
indistinct, double filled in with pale colour, bent outwards below
costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some
pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, angled
outwards at vein 7, the area beyond it slightly darker and Avith
blackish streaks on the veins ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing pale suffused with dull reddish brown ; cilia ochreous
with a slight brown line through them ; the underside pale, irrorated
with brown, a discoidal point and traces of a postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, in Coll. Schaus. Exp, 36 millim.
EPaorvGA.
303
15GS. Eriopyga rufiila.
Dian/hcecia rufida, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Kat. Sci. ii. p. G4 (1874);
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 203.
Head and thorax purplish rufous, the hairs tipped with grey;
abdomen grey-brown, the lateral and anal tufts tinged with
purplish. Fore wing purplish rufous sparsely irrorated with white ;
a slight white subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a some-
what oblique waved white antemedial line, sometimes with a
fuscous line on its outer edge : orbicular and reniform moderate,
defined by white, the former round, the latter with its lower part
tilled in with fuscous ; postraedial line white, sometimes with a
Fig. 64. — Eriopi/ga rufida, (^ . J.
fuscous line on inner edge, produced to a series of black and
white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, somewhat
incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4; subterminal line
white, defined by deeper rufous on inner side, slightly angled out-
wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark
points. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused
with brown, almost wholly suffused in female ; the underside
whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a
discoidal point and postmedial series of points on the veins.
Bab. U.S.A., Colorado, California, 3 d" , 6 § , type, ( Walsinqham)
1 c? , 3 $ , S. Francisco (J. J. Walker), 1 $ . kv2?. 30-34 rnillim.
Larva. Head shining brown, darker reticulate, a dark A-mark
over clypeus. Body as in oviducta, but the posterior two-thirds of
cervical shield orange. — H. G. D.
*1569. Eriopyga reliqua.
Teeniocampa reliqua, Sinitii, Joiirn
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 16G.
(Plate LXXXIX. fig. 29.)
. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 226 (lS9f)f) ;
5 . Ferruginous red-brown ; frons and metathoracic crest Avith
the scales tipped with grey ; abdomen pale. Fore wing with the
subbasal line defined by a few black scales, some black scales below
base of cell ; antemedial line double at costa and defined by some
white scales on inner side, excurved in interspaces ; claviform absent ;
orbicular and reniform rather large, pale and ill-defined, the former
elongate ; an ill-defined brown medial shade ; postmedial line dark,
defined by white scales on outer side, minutely dentate, l)cn( outwards
304 JJOCTtJlD.K.
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
yellowish, defined by some dark scales on outer side, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7 ; terminal area slightly irrorated with grey ;
cilia pale intersected with brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with
reddish brown, the veins darker : underside with rufous irroration,
a discoidal spot and postmedial line.
Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, Park Co., 10,000 feet. Exp. 25 miUim.
This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type
in U.S. Nat. Mus.
*1570. Eriopyga trifascia. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 28.)
Ttsniocampa trifascia, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 118 (18*J1);
id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202.
Head and tegulas whitish ochreous ; thorax rufous ; abdomen
whitish. Pore wing rufous irrorated with fuscous, the costal area
ochreous white to the postmedial line ; subbasal line pale ; ante-
medial line broad, pale, evenly excurved ; claviform absent, orbicular
small, rounded, pale with fuscous centre ; rcniform moderate,
irrorated with black, a dark medial shade ; postmedial line broad,
pale, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; sub-
terminal line broad, pale, diffused on outer side, defined on inner
side by some dark scales ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia with some dark points. Hind wing white, the underside
slightly tinged with ochreous.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Foothills. Exp. 27-30 millim. This
species is unlcnown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in
U.S. Nat. Mus.
1571. Eriopyga culea. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 5.)
Mesogona cnlea, Guen. Noct. i. p. 404 (1^52); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 202.
Taiiiocampa modifica, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 150 (1874).
Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale rufous and Avith
purplish brown behind ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen brownish
grey, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated
with fuscous, the terminal area slightly tinged with fuscous ; ante-
medial line fuscous, defined by whitish on inner side, very oblique
and very slightly angled at median nervure ; orbicular represented
by a small brownish spot ; reniform very faintly defined by whitish
and with its lower part filled in with fuscous ; postmedial line
fuscous, defined by whitish on outer side, slightly curved from
costa to vein 6, then oblique ; subterminal line represented by a
series of blackish points in the interspaces. Hind wing yellowish
white suffused Avith brown except towards base ; a slight discoidal
lunule and curved postmedial line ; the underside whitish.
Hah. U.S.A., 1 2 , Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey,
Illinois, Florida, 1 J type. Exp. 32-34 millim.
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1572. Eriopyga consopita. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 6.)
Grafhiphora consopita, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 154 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 202.
5 . Head and thorax brownish ochreous to bright fulvous ;
pectus and legs whitish ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing brownish
ochreous to bright fulvous ; an indistinct oblique pale antemedial
line defined by pale colour on inner side ; orbicular and reniforna
with faint whitish annuli, the former round, the latter with a
slight fuscous tinge in. lower extremity ; postmedial line defined by
pale colour on outer side, slightly excurved from costa to vein 4,
then oblique ; traces of a subterminal series of points. Hind wing
whitish, the terminal area tinged with ochreous ; the underside
white.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, Prescott, 2 $ type. Exj). 36 millim.
*lo73. Eriopyga diplogramma. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 7.)
Himella diplogramma, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eat. Soc. si. p. 232 (1903).
c? . Head and thorax creamy white mixed with pale rufous,
especially on head and tegulse ; tarsi brown with pale rings ;
abdomen rufous dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous.
Fore wing with the apex acute and somewhat produced, creamy
white, the veins slightly defined by rufous streaks, the inner area
suff"used with purplish brown from near base to near tornus ; ante-
medial line represented by an oblique dark striga from costa and
an oblique olive line, with another beyond it, from submedian fold
to inner margin ; orbicular represented by a black point, reniform
by a small blackish triangular mark ; a diff'used olive medial line
arising from a dark spot on costa, very oblique to lower angle
of cell, where it is acutelj' angled, then oblique ; postmedial line
represented by a dark point on costa, a rufous line bent outwards
below costa and dark points on veins 2, 1, and inner margin ; some
dark striae on costa towards apex ; subterminal line represented by
an oblique streak from termen just below apex, then by a double
oblique line defined on inner side by small dentate dark marks to
the brown inner area ; some black points on termen ; cilia chequered
white and rufous. Hind wing semihyaline whitish, tinged with
reddish brown on the veins and marginal areas ; cilia ochreous ;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with a few large brown
scales, a small discoidal spot and postmedial and terminal series of
points.
Hah. Mexico, Las Vegas, type t S in Coll. Schaus. Exi). 30
millim.
1574. Eriopyga euryte.
Apamea euryte, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 477, pi. 93. f. 22
(1898).
Head and thorax pale rufous irrorated with fuscous ; sides of
palpi and frons fuscous; abdomen fuscous, the anal (uft and ventral
VOL. v. \
1^06 NOCTtriD^.
surface pale rufous. Fore wing rufous, sparsely irrorated with
black, and the costal area suffused with whitish ; the veins streaked
with white and on costal area defined by dark streaks ; traces of a
whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct
antemedial line oblique from costa to subcostal nervure, then
waved ; orbicular with minute ferruginous centre and ill-defined
whitish annulus ; the reniform constricted at middle, with ferruginous
annulus slightly marked with black above and strongly below ; a
diffused medial fuscous line angled at median nervure ; the post-
medial line represented by a series of black points on the veins,
very oblique from costa to vein 6, where it is met by an interrupted
oblique streak from ai)ex, then inwardly oblique and with a
fuscous shade on outer side, some dark points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line represented by faint traces of a series of black
points ; a terminal series of black points ; the apex somewhat
produced and acute. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous ;
the underside ochreous irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal
spot, curved postmedial line, with series of short streaks on the veins
and terminal series of points.
Bab. Costa Eica, Irazn (Ror/ers), 1 c? , 1 $ , type Godman-Salvin
Coll. ; Brazil, Castro Paraiia, Sao Paulo. Exp. 32 raillim.
Sect. III. AntenniB of male ciliated.
A. Femora and tibire of male fringed with long pink hair ; fore wing on
underside with the cell clothed with silky downturned hair ; hind
wing on underside clothed with downturned hair from costa to median
nervure.
a. Fore and hind wings of male with the silky hair not extending beyond
the cell ; palpi with the 3rd joint rather short.
a^. Hind tibise of male with the fringes of hair greatly developed.
1575. Eriopyga turca.
Mcttta turca, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 322 (1761) ; E.<!p. Schmett. iv. pi. 122.
figs. 6, 6 ; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 218 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 56,
pi. 104. fig. 1; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 150; Stand. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 193.
Phalcena volupia, Eott. Naturf. ix. p. 123 (1776).
Mythimnu limhata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1881, p. 173.
Leucania turceUa, Staud. Iris, x. p. 338 (1897).
Head and thorax bright rufous to red-brown tinged with purplish ;
antennee whitish ; pectus and legs purple-red in male ; abdomen
rufous, the ventral surface purple-red in male. Fore wing pale
rufous or brown, thickly striated with dark rufous or purple-brown
and sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by a
dark striga from costa ; antemedial line slightly sinuous, oblique
from costa to median nervure ; claviform and orbicular absent ;
reniform a more or less prominent oblique white bar defined by
fuscous ; postmedial line oblique, slightly sinuous, sometimes
produced to short streaks on the veins ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing purplish red, the discal area suffused with
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fuscous. Underside of both wings purplish pink irrorated with
fuvscous ; a postmedial line oblique on fore wing, excurved below
costa on hind wing and not reaehing: inner marp-in.
Fig. Qb.~ Eriopyc/a tiirca, (J. \.
Ab. 1. turcella. Smaller and paler.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,
Zeller, Prey, and Leech Colls. ; N. Italy ; Sweden ; Armenia ;
Mongolia, tlrga ; E. Siberia, Amur, 1 ^ , Dahuria, Ussuri ; Japan,
Hakodate, 1 S , Oiwake (Pn/er), 2 c^ , Kiushiu, 1 5 » Yokohama
{Jonas, Maries), 3 J, 2 J, type limbnta ; Corea, Gensan (Leer/i,
Ito), 2 (j" ; C. China, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 2 ^ Changyang (Pratt),
2 c? , 1 2 , Omei-shan, 1 J . E.vjt. 44-54 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. G8 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 179, pi. 206.
fig. 1.
Ochreous yellow freckled with dark grey and purplish, anteriorly
suffused with purplish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale ochreous,
the latter dark-edged ; a dorsal series of dark grey marks ; head
brown. Food-plant : grasses. 8-5.
b^. Hind tibite of male with the fringes of hair much less
developed.
a^. Fore wing with the anteraedial line angled outwards
below costa, then erect grandls.
h"^. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique throughout, divergens.
c^. Fore wing with the antemedial line evenly curved curvata.
1576. Eriopyga grandis.
Myfhimna grandis, Butl. A- M. N. H. (5) i. p. 79 (1878); id. 111. Het.
B. M. ii. p. 22, pi. 28. f. 7.
Head and thorax bright rufous to olive-ochreous irrorated with
fuscous ; antennso whitish ; abdomen rufous. Fore wing rufous or
ochreous, more or less thickly striated with fuscous ; an indistinct
waved antemedial line obliciue from costa to middle of cell ; reni-
form represented by a whitish discoidal lunule, slightly defined by
fuscous and somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; post-
medial line oblique, slightly incurved to costa, somewhat dentate
and produced to short streaks on the veins, angled outwards on
vein 1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing purplish
pink, the discal area suflfused with fuscous ; the underside paler,
x2
ii08
S0CTU1I).E.
irrorated with fuscous, with small discoidal lunule, sinuous post-
cdial line, and some points on termen.
Fig. (>6. — Eriojjijga g.
Hah. Japan, Hakodate, 2 J , 1 $ , type, Oiwake (Fryer), 2 c? ,
2 $, Tokio (AJaries), 1 c? , 1 $, Yokohama (Jonas, Fryer), 2 $ ;
CoREA, Gensan (Leech), 2 S ,1 $ . Exp. 52-58 millim.
1577. Eriopyga divergens.
MytJiimna divergens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 79 (1S78); id. 111.
B. M. ii. p. 22, pi. 28. f. 8 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.
Het.
Head deep rufous, the vertex and thorax olive-ochreous, some-
times tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; antennae
whitish at base ; pectus, legs, and abdomen rufous, the last dorsally
ochreous towards base. Fore wing olive-ochreous, irrorated and
striated with fuscous and more or less tinged with rufous ; ante-
medial line oblique, slightly sinuous ; reniform represented by a
whitish lunule, angled inwards on median nervure, and with a
rufous patch between it and postmedial line ; postmedial line
oblique, slightly, incurved to costa, somewhat dentate and produced
to short streaks ou the veins; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing pinkish entirely suffused with fuscous, the cilia purplish
pink. Underside of both wings purplish red ; a postmedial line,
oblique on fore wing, sinuous on hind wing, which has a small
discoidal spot.
Hah. E. SiBEEiA, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate (WMtely), 2 S,
1 5 , type, Oiwake (Fryer), 2 S , Yokohama (Fryer), 1 cJ , 1 § .
Exj}. 54-56 millim.
1578. Eriopyga curvata. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 8.)
Mythimna curvata, Leech, Trans. Eiit. Soc. 1900, p. 130.
Head and thorax rufous, pale olive or grey irrorated with fuscous,
the head more rufous : antenna) whitish at base ; pectus, legs, and
abdomen rufous. Fore wing pale olive or rufous, irrorated and
striated with purple-brown ; subbasal line represented by a dark
striga from costa ; antemedial line slightly and rather oblicjuely
curved ; reniform represented by a rather indistinctly defined pale
lunule with slight black points before and beyond it at lower angle
of cell ; pciitniodial line slightly angled outwards belovv costa, then
EKIOPYGA.
309
oblique and slightly incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing rufous, uniformly suffused with fuscous,
the cilia pale red. Underside purplish pink irrorated with fuscous,
fore wing with some fuscous on disk ; both wings with slight discoidal
spots, somewhat waved postmedial line, and terminal series of points.
Ab. 1, Fore wing with the veins whitish, the striation much
thicker and more prominent.
Ab. 2. Fore wing with the lines hardly traceable.
Hah. CoREA, Gensan {Leech), 1 c^' , 1 $ , type ; C. China, Chang-
vang {Pratt), 1 (S , 4 $ , Washan {Pratt), 1 $, Chia-kou-ho
{Pratt), 1 2 . Exp. 50-60 millim.
b. Fore and hind wings of male on underside with the rough hair extending
to near termen ; pah^i with the 3rd joint rather long ; abdomen with
lateral tufts of long pink hair from base.
1579. Eriopyga rhodotricMa, n. sp.
(S . Head and thorax rufous, the hairs and scales tipped with
grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal
tuft ochreous, the fringes of hair on legs and abdomen and the
ventral surface of latter pink. Fore wing rufous tinged with pink
Fig. 07. — Erir/pyga 7-hodotrichia, J
and irrorated with black ; traces of a waved subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold, angled outwards on median nervure ; an
indistinct oblique waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform
indistinctly defined by brown, rounded ; an indistinct oblique
medial shade from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line very
indistinct, highly dentate and produced to points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-
terminal line only defined by a dark shade on its inner side, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique. Hind wing ochreous
suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside ochreous with the hair
fulvous, a small black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, E-io Janeiro, 1 S type. Exp. 36 millim.
B. Femora of male with thick tufts of rufous hair ; abdomen with lateral
tufts of rufous hair from base; fore wing with the cell and area below
it, down to submedian fold clothed on underside with rough yellow hair.
1580. Eriopyga pallescens.
HimrJki pMcfccn.% Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 23.") (1903).
6. Head and thorax red-brown tinged -with grey; palpi
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NOCTTJID^.
blackish at sides ; abdomen black-brown, the base and extremity
ochreous ; the hair on femora, the lateral tufts, and ventral surface
of abdomen rufous. Fore wing pale pink-brown sparsely irrorated
with black ; traces of a curved dark antemedial line ; orbicular
represented by a black point, the reniform by a red spot with black
points above and below it ; a fuscous medial shade excurved at
middle; postmedial line represented by a series of black points,
Fig. 68. — Eriopyga fcdlescens, c?. \.
oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique ; subterminal
line very indistinct, pale, faintly defined by brown on each side
and with two fuscous points above inner margin, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown,
especially on marginal areas ; cilia ochreous ; the underside with
black discoidal spot, postmedial series of slight striae on the veins,
and terminal series of points.
Hah. Bkazil, Organ Mts., Tijuca (;S^. R. Wagner), 1 ^ , Sao
Paulo, type t cJ in Coll. Schaus ; Paeaguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 $ .
Ecqi. 36 millim.
C. Mid femora and tibia? of male with tufts of long thick
hair ; abdomen vrith very large lateral tufts from base
and fringed with hair towards extremity ; fore wing on
underside with the cell clothed with silky downturned
hair,
a. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely serrate,
a'. Abdomen of male with the lateral tufts from base
fuscous fusciharhata.
b^. Abdomen of male with the lateral tufts from base
pur pie vinoharbata.
h. Fore wing with the postmedial line even.
a*. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the sub-
terminal line almost even.
«^. Fore wing with the reniform not concave towards
base melanogasfer.
b^. Fore wing with the reniform concave towards
base secedens.
b^. Fore wing grey irrorated with red-brown, the sub-
terminal line slightly sinuous excavata.
1581. Eriopyga fuscibarbata, n. sp.
d" . Head and thorax pale red-brown ; palpi blackish : pectus and
legs dark brown ; abdomen black-brown, the lateral fringes, anal
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tuft, and ventral surface yellow-brown. Fore winp; pale greyish
ochreous suffused with rufous ; a slight waved subbasal line from
costa to below cell with a black point beyond it in cell ; an indistinct
double, slightly waved, antemedial line, incurved in cell ; orbicular
and reniform large, rufous with pale annuli, the former round, the
latter lunulate, concave towards base ; a diffused oblique line from
lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line obsolete towards
costa, incurved below vein 4, with two series of black points beyond
it on the veins, the outer slight ; subterminal line brown defined by
Fig. G9.—Eiiop>;ffa fuscihavl/fifrf, J . \.
pale colour on outer side, slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the
cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous suffused with fuscous, the
costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a dis-
coidal point and curved postmedial line.
Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 c? type. Exp. 42 millim.
1582. Eriopyga vinobarbata, n. sp. (Plate XC. fig. 5.)
Head and thorax pale reddish brown tinged with grey ; abdomen
greyish, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous, the
lateral tufts of male purple. Fore wing greyish, tinged with
reddish or purplish brown and slightly irrorated with black ; traces
of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, with a small
black spot beyond it in cell ; an indistinct double, waved antemedial
line, oblique from costa to median nervure ; orbicular and reniform
with their centres defined by brown and indistinct pale annuli, the
former elliptical, the latter narrow, oblong, with a black spot in its
lower extremity ; an indistinct diffused medial line ; postmedial line
defined by greyish on outer side, minutely serrate, bent outwards^
below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved, a series of black
points beyond it on the veins ; subterminal lino pale, defined by
fuscous on inner side, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7,
where it is met by an oblique black striga from apox, then incurved ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale, the veins and
terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and postmedial
and terminal series of points.
Bah. Ecuador, IJalzapamba, 1 $ type, J in Coll. Qberthiir,
Riobamba. Ex/). 38 millim.
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*1583. Eriopyga melanogaster. (Plate XC. fig. G.)
Orthodes melanoyasier, Griien. Noct. i. p. 373 (1852).
(S . Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen fuscous, with the
Jatural and anal tut'ts ochreous. Fore wing greyish ochreous suffused
with purplish rufous, and with very slight fuscous irroration chiefly
on the veins and costal area; subbasal line represented by a few dark
scales ; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side, strongly
incurved in cell and slightly bent inwards to inner margin ; claviform
absent; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish, the former
elliptical; an oblique medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line slightly bent outwards below costa, exeurved
to vein 5, then strongly incurved, some black and white points
beyond it on the veins ; subterminal line almost straight, whitish
defined by brown on inner side ; a terminal series of small brown
spots ; cilia olive-ochreous. Hind wing reddish brown ; the cilia
pale brown, whitish at tips ; the underside whitish, the costal area
irrorated with rufous, some postmedial points on the veins, an
indistinct subterminal line.
Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type t c? in Coll. Oberthiir. Exp.
44 millim.
15S4. Eriopyga secedens, (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 9.)
Himella secedens, Schaiis, J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. xi. p. 234 (1903).
Head and thorax rufous with a purplish-pink tinge ; sides of
palpi and frons blackish ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous,
the lateral fringes and ventral surface rufous, the basal tufts yellow.
Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish pink and with some dark
irroration ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold, with a small black spot beyond it in cell ; antemedial line
indistinct, ochreous, only traceable from median nervure to inner
margin ; orbicular and reniform large with ochreous annuli, the
former round ; a slight medial shade bent inwards to costa ; post-
medial line rather indistinct, even, bent outwards below costa,
exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, and with a series of black points
beyond it on the veins; subterminal line ochreous, defined by l3rown
on inner side, slightly exeurved below costa and incurved towards
inner margin. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fuscous, the cilia
yellow; the underside yellow, the costal area suffused with purplish
pink, a black discoidal spot and slightly sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, Castro Paraiia, 1 $, type f ^ in Coll. Schaus ;
Bolivia, Cochabamba, 1 $ , La Paz. Exp. 36 milb'm.
15S5. Eriopyga excavata, n. sp, (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 10.)
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; palpi blackish at
sides; abdomen and lateral tufts fuscous, the ventral surface reddish
mixed with grey, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing grey thickly
irrorated with red- brown and slightly with black; an indistinct
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curved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; anteraedial line
indistinct, defined by grey on inner side, waved, oblique from costa
to median nervure, then erect ; orbicular and reniform large, brown
irrorated with grey and with grey annuli, the former elliptical, the
latter rather concave towards base ; an indistinct medial line from
cell to inner margin : postmedial line defined by grey on outer side,
bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, an
indistinct series of short blacli streaks interrupted by grey points
on the veins beyond it ; subterminal line grey defined by rufous on
inner side, slightly excurved below costa ; a terminal series of black
points defined by an indistinct crenulate grey line. Hind wing
fuscous brown; the cilia pale rufous; tlie underside whitish irrorated
with brown, a dark discoidal iuuule and traces of a curved postmedial
line.
Hah. Brazil, Eio Janeiro, 1 c? , 1 $ , type ; Ecuador, Riobamba,
1 $ . Exp. 32 millim.
D. Mid femora of male with fold containing a tuft of ochreons hair ; abdomen
with lateral fringes of hair towards extremity ; both wings on underside
with the basal costal area and cell clothed with rough hair and scales.
158G. Eriopyga lamptera.
Agrotis lamptera, Druce, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 513 ; id. Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.
■ ii. p. 482, pi. 94. f. 2.
(S . Head and thorax fulvous ; abdomen fuscous black, the lateral
fringes of hair, the anal tuft, and ventral surface fulvous. Fore
wing pale fulvous with slight darker irroration, the costal area with
an olive tinge ; antemedial and medial straight lines from cell to
inner margin ; orbicular and reniform rather darker with pale annuli,
Fig. 70.
oblique, quadrate, open above and below; postmedial line fine, fuscous
defined by pale colour on inner side, straight and oblicjue from costa
to submedian fold, then slightly bent outwards ; subterminal line
represented by a sei-ies of minute indistinct dentate dark marks,
very slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle: a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the
veins, costal and inner areas, and a terminal line fuscous brown ;
the underside with the costal area tinged with rufous, a postmedial
series of rufous strito on the veins.
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NOCXTTII)^.
2 . Head, tbovax, and fore wing deep purplish red-brown.
Hah. Br. HoNDUKAs, Belize; Guatemala, Pantaleou {^Champion),
1 S type, {Rodriguez) 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Paraguay,
Sapucay {Foster), 2 § . Exp. 44 millim.
E. Legs of male normal.
a. Thorax of male with tuft of very large curled scales on dorsum ;
abdomen with lateral and anal fringes of very long hair ; fore wing
with fringe of hair from basal fourth of costa, the cell and area below
it clothed with long downturned scales from base to beyond middle
and to below cell.
1587. Eriopyga macrolepia.
Nasia mceata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 266, pi. 26. f. 12
(nee Wik.).
S • Bright ferruginous red ; head and tegulse rather darker ;
the large scales on thorax pinkish ; the fringes of hair on abdomen
redder. Fore wing with black and whitish point at base ; sub-
basal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, filled in with
Eriopiiija vtacrulcpia, (^ .
yellowish ; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with yellowish,
the veins beyond it irrorated with black and whitish, especially
towards inner margin ; orbicular small, whitish, indistinct; reniform
ill-defined, with black point on its inner upper side and its lower
part filled in with black ; a waved medial line excurved at middle ;
postmedial line indistinct, defined by yellowish on outer side, dentate
and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved to near medial line
below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; the area beyond
end of cell pinkish ; subterminal line represented by a series of
black and white dentate marks angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing rufous suffused with fuscous except towards inner
margin ; the underside with black discoidal point, postmedial line
on costal half, and some terminal points.
Ifah. Costa Rica, Eio Sucio {Rogers), 1 d type, Godman-Salvin
Coll. Exj^. 50 millim.
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315
b. Thorax of male with the pectus clothed with large tufts
of scales and hair,
a'. Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long hair from
base and lateral frinjn;es of liair.
a^. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforn not
defined.
a'. Hind wing white qigajiiea.
b^. Hind wing suffused with brown fluvigcra.
b^. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforin defined
by white.
a^. Fore wing with the ground-colour rufous.
a*. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved
below vein 4 fulvida.
b*. Fore wing with the postmedial line straight,
oblique friburgeiisis.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish carneigera.
*1588, Eriopyga gigantea.
Himdla gigantea, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. xi. p. 233 (1903).
(S . Head ochreous; thorax pinkish, the hairs tipped with white;
legs with the tufts ochreous ; abdomen dorsally fuscous, the lateral
tufts pinkish, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore
Fig. 72. — Eriopyga, gigantea, (^ .
"wing ochreous white sparsely irrorated witla black ; the costal area
white tinged with pink, the rest of wing with rufous ; antemedial
line represented by obliquely placed fuscous points in cell and on
vein 1 ; orbicular and rcniform represented by rather deeper diffused
rufous patches ; postmedial line represented by a series of fuscous
points bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved;
a terminal series of slight points ; cilia ochreous. Hind wing
ochreous white ; the veins, costal area, and cilia ochreous ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, some terminal
dark points on apical half.
Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t d iii Coll. Schaus. Exp. 60
millim.
1589. Eriopyga fiavigera. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 11.)
Hypotrix jlavigcra, Guen. Noct. i. p. 370 (1852).
HcBsia dolens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 266 (part.).
c? . Head and thorax pale rufous or ochreous grey ; palpi at sides
316 NOCTTIIDJE.
and legs fuscous ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface
ochreous. Fore wing whitish tinged with pink and in parts with
rufous, and irrorated with a few black scales; a black point at base ;
faint traces of a waved antemedial line ; reniform represented by a
slight fuscous mark at lower angle of cell or an ochreous lunule ; traces
of a postmedial line incurved below vein 4 and with a series of black
points beyond it on the veins ; a more or less distinct, double, nearly
straight subterminal line bent outwards to apex and with the area
beyond it rather more rufous ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown ; the underside ochreous,
the costal area tinged with rufous, a small discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. Costa Rica, Irazu, 6000' (Rogers), 1 c? , Godman-Salvin
Coll. ; Brazil, New Fribourg, type t in Coll. Oberthiir. Ea-p. 40
millim.
*1590. Eriopyga fulvida. (Plate XCIV. fig. 6.)
Eriopyga fidvida, Druce, ined.
c? . Head and thorax fulvous, the hairs slightly tipped with
whitish ; abdomen pale fulvous, dorsally tinged with fuscous,
except at base and extremity, the anal tufts yellow. Fore wing
fulvous with a slight whitish gloss ; subbasal line represented by a
small fuscous spot in cell ; antemedial line indistinct, pale, angled
inwards in cell, then strongly excurved ; orbicular and reniform
very large and almost confluent, with pale oittlines, the former
rounded, the latter slightly concave towards base ; postmedial line
fulvous, defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards below
costa, incurved below vein 4, and with a series of slight fuscous
points beyond it on the veins ; subterminal line whitish, defined by
fulvous on inner side, nearly straight, oblique ; traces of a pale
highly waved line just before termen. Hind wing pale yellow, the
veins and terminal half tinged with brown ; the underside with
the costal area suffused with fulvous, a small discoidal spot and
slight postmedial line on costal area.
Hah. Brazil, Bio Janeiro (Dirg), type t in Coll. Druce. Exp.
38 millim.
*15»1. Eriopyga friburgensis. (Plate XC. fig. 7.)
Orthodcs friburgensis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 374 (1852).
cJ . Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing
pale rufous, the costal half deeper rufous from orbicular to post-
medial line ; subbasal line absent ; antemedial line very indistinct,
oblique, slightly waved : claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform
large, defined by whitish, the former oblique elliptical, the latter
elliptical ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, slightly
bent outwards below costa, then oblique, straight; subterminal line
represented by traces of a series of dark points; a series of dark
points just before termen conncL-ted by a fine waved line. Hind
ERIOPYGA. ?A 7
wing reddish brown, the cilia pale yellowish; the underside whitish
tinged with purplish pink, a small discoidal spot and curved post-
medial line.
Bab. Erazil, New Fribourg, type t in Coll. Obertliiir. Ej'2). 50
millim.
1592. Eriopyga canieigera. (Plato LXXXVII. fig. 12.)
Hypotrix carneigera, Gueu. Noct. i. p. 370 (1852).
(S . Head white, the palpi fuscous at side ; thorax ochreous
white mixed with pale reddish brown ; abdomen ochreous white
dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing whitish irrorated and in
places suffused with pale brown ; hardly a trace of the subbasal line;
antemedial line curved, defined by white on inner side ; orbicular
and reniform very large, elliptical, yellowish brown defined by
white ; an oblique yellow-brown medial shade from cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line almost obsolete and with traces of a series
of points beyond it on the veins ; subterminal line prominent, white
defined by yellow-brown on inner side, almost straight and not
quite reaching costa ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing
white, the veins and margins slightly tinged with ochreous ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown.
Hah. Brazii,, llio Janeiro, 1 S . E.vp. 46 millim. Type f in
Coll. Oberthiir.
i\ Ahdoraeji of male with small lateral tufts of yellow
hair from base.
a^. Fore wing of male on uuderside with fringe of large
downturiied scales from eosla at base met by long
upturned scales from below cell, a patch of rough
scales beyond the cell, the oosta highly arched near
base, in female slightly arched ; hind wing on
underside witli fringe of long downturned scales
from costa and the whole of the rest of the wing
clothed with rough scales, smaller on terminal
area.
a'. Fore wing with the reniform V-shaped lodehar.
b'^. Fore wing with the reniform small, rounded orljwa.
c^. Fore wing with the reniform large, kidney-
shaped,
a*. Pore wing reddish brown, tiie orbicular and
reniform not confluent lanaris.
b*. Fore wing oli\e-brown, the orbicular and reni-
form confluent below inoderuta.
1593. Eriopyga lodebar.
Orthndes lodebar, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 289, pi. 27. fl'. 17, 18
(1889).
6 . Head and tegula? yellow mixed with bright rufous ; jjulpi
blackish at sides ; frons with lateral black bars ; thorax dark
chocolate-brown, pectus and legs mostly pale yellow ; abdomen
fuscous brown, the anal tuft, lateral tufts, and ventral surface rufous,
318 NOCTXTIDiR.
the basal tufts pale yellow. Fore wing chocolate with a purplish
tinge, except a triangular patch on disk which is deep chocolate ;
subbasal line very indistinct, pale, straight from costa to submediau
fold ; antcmedial line defined by greyish on inner side, oblique,
angled inwards in cell, then slightly sinuous ; reniform triangular,
chocolate with fine grey annulus ; traces of a waved medial line
from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line slightly defined by
greyish on outer side, oblique from costa to reniform, then bent
outwards, then erect and crenulate; two pale points on costa before
the subterminal line, which is greyish defined by small brown some-
what dentate marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and
w
Fig. 73. — Eriopygalodchar, (^ . \.
excurved at middle. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia
paler. Underside of both wings yellowish white, the costal and
terminal areas of fore wing and the apex of hind wing purplish
red.
5 . Greyer and less red-brown in colour ; fore wing with the
discal patch black-brown, the reniform dirty white ; the underside
yellowish irrorated and suffused with red-brown, the disk of fore
wing fuscous brown.
Hah. Costa. Rica, Irazu, 6000' (Ror/ers), 1 d' , 1 5 , type, Godman-
Salvin Coll. E.vy. d 44, $ 40 millim.
1594. Eriopyga orbica, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 13.)
Orthodes lodchar, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 289 (part.).
S . Head and tegular j'ellowish mixed with rufous ; palpi blackish
at sides ; thorax purplish brown ; hair on pectus and legs pale
yellow ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface
yellowish tinged with rufous, the basal tufts pale yellow. Fore
wing deep purplish brown, the costal area to beyond middle and a
wedge-shaped patch on disk chocolate ; subbasal line represented
by a grey striga from costa ; antemedial line defined by greyish on
inner side, oblique, angled inwards in cell, then slightly sinuous ;
orbicular a grey point ; reniform a small round greyish spot with
brownish centre ; an indistinct waved medial line from cell to
inner margin ; postmedial line defined by greyish on outer side,
oblique from costa to reniform, then bent outwards, crenulate and
incurved at submediau fold ; two pale points on costa before the
subterminal line, which is greyish, interrupted, defined on inner
ERIOPTQA. 319
side by small dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia
yellowish. Underside of both wings pale yellowish with a rufous
tinge, some fuscous on costa near base and towai'ds apex.
2 . Underside fuscous brown irrorated with grey.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 3 c? , 1 $ , type ; Guatemala,
Senahu {Champion), 1 J , Godman-Salvin Coll. Kvp. d 42, $ 38
millim.
1595. Eriopyga lanaris. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 14.)
Br/schorista lanaris, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) V\. p. 97 (1890).
Orthodes cynica, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 288 (nee Guen.).
<S . Head and thorax dark reddish brown to bright red-brown ;
palpi black at sides ; pectus with the hair pale yellow ; abdomen
rufous, more or less dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing dark
red-brown to bright rufous ; the subbasal line double filled in with
ochreous, angled outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 1,
with a pale striga beyond it in cell ; antemedial line defined by
ochreous on inner side, incurved in cell and somewhat oblique, a
black point before it on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform with fine
pale outlines slightly defined by blackish, the former oblique
elliptical, open above, the latter extending to below cell, its upper
extremity somewhat produced and its lower slightly angled inwards
at middle ; an indistinct dark medial shade, oblique from costa to
lower angle of cell ; postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer
side, oblique from costa to vein 6, then nearly erect and slightly
sinuous, a double series of black points beyond it on the veins and
some pale points on costa ; subterminal line ochreous slightly
defined on each side by brown, very slightly bent outwards at vein
7, then straight ; a terminal series of black points defined by a fine
pale crenulate terminal line ; a fine ochreous line at base of cilia.
Hind wing brown with a reddish or yellowish tinge ; cilia pale
rufous. Underside with the hair pinkish ; hind wing with fuscous
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
2 . Eathor darker ; fore wing with the pale markings more
prominent ; underside of fore wing dark brown, the costal area
greyish with rufous irroration ; hind wing greyish, tinged with red
and irrorated with brown.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {TrujiUo), 3 c? , Coatepec {Brools), 1 J:
Guatemala {Champion), 2 c? , 1 $ ; Costa IIica {Undenvood, Hor/era),
7 ?; Panama, Chiriqui {Champion), 1 d" , 3 $, Godman-Salvin
Coll. ; Brazil, llio Janeiro, 1 (S type, 1 $ ; Ecuador, Riobamba
{Stolzmann), \ ^ ; Bolivia, Cochabamba {Germaine), 1 (S . Ea-p.
34-44 millim.
1596. Eriopyga moderata. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 15.)
Cymaiophora moderata, Wlk. xi. 707 (1857).
5 . Head and thorax dull grey-brown with a very slight yellowish
320 NocrciD^.
tinge ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing
silky olive-brown ; a fine pale subbasal waved line from costa to
suhmedian fold ; antemedial line pale, oblique, angled outwards
below costa, then sinuous ; orbicular and rcniform large, with fine
white annuli, the former oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at
middle and angled inwards on median nervure and confluent wdtli
the former; postmedial- line very indistinctly defined by grey on
outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6 and from vein 4 to inner
margin, with an indistinct series of dark points on the veins beyond
it and some pale points on costa ; subterminal line white defined
by fuscous on inner side, slightly exeurved at vein 7 and above
inner margin ; a terminal series of black points defined by a fine
crenulate pale line. Hind wing jxllowish suffused with brown,
especially towards termen ; the underside whitish, slightly tinged
with red and irrorated with brown on costal area ; a dark discoidal
lunule and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Colombia, Bogota (Stevens), 1 $ type. Exj). 32 millim.
i^. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of long
hair from costa to beyond middle, the cell and area
beyond it clothed with long downturned hair;
hind wing with some rough scales on basal costal
area and some downturned hair in cell.
a?. Fore wing with the antemedial line straight from
costa to inner mai-gin cremiJato.
b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line sinuous jamaicensis.
1597. Eriopyga crenulata.
Orthodcs ivfirma, Guen. Noct. i. p. 375 (ISr^^), part.
Byschorista cremdata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) vi. p. 'J7 (1890) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 198.
Orfhodes cynica, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., BTet. i. p. 288 (pai-t.").
Orthodes lodehar, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ani., Het. i. p. 289 (part.).
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey ; palpi black,
whitish in front; sides of frons black; tegulas with triangular
Fig. 74. — Eriopyga crenulata, cj" . J .
black dorsal patch at base ; tibia3 and tarsi fuscous with pale rings ;
abdomen ochreous, dorsally suffused with luscous, ventrally purplish
red. Fore wing ochreous suftused with purplish red, irrorated
with fuscous and grey ; the costal edge pale ; a pale subbasal line
KRTOPTGA. 321
from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line fuscous, defined by whitish
on inner side, oblique, bent inwards to costa ; orbicular and reniform
large, with whitish annuli defined by brown, the former oblique,
irregularly elliptical ; a fuscous medial line oblique from costa to
median nervure ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish,
oblique from just below costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and
rather sinuous, with a series of short black streaks beyond it on
veins 6-1 ; sub terminal line whitish, defined by brown on inner
side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of black
lunules defined by a pale dentate line ; a pale line through the cilia.
Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown ; the underside yellowish
white, the costal area suffused with brown and the terminal area
slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved post-
medial line.
Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., jST.E. and Middle States, New England,
New York, 7 d , 2 $ , type, Missouri, Kansas (Snow), 2 (5' ,
Colorado; Mexico, Jala-pa (Trujillo), 1 d ; Gvaibuaj.a (Bodrk/iiez),
1 c? , 1 2 ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 (j" , 1 $ , Organ Mts., tijuca
(S. E. Wagner), 1 $ ; Ecuador, Los Eios (M. de Matlian), 1 5 ,
Gfodman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 36 millim.
1598. Eriopyga jamaicensis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 16.)
Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with some grey ;
palpi blackish at sides ; tegular with dorsal black spot at base ;
pectus with the tufts of hair and scales purplish red and black ;
abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface grey tinged with purplish
and irrorated with black, the genital tufts yellow. Fore wing
grey-brown sufi'used with purplish red and irrorated with fuscous ;
a waved grey subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, with some
black scales on its edges ; antemedial line oblique, w^aved, defined
by grey on inner side and with black point before it on vein 1 ;
orbicular and reniform large, with white annuli and their centres
defined by blackish, the former oblique elliptical, its lower ex-
tremity touching the latter, which is constricted at middle, then
excurved; a waved diffused medial line bent inwards to costa ;
some blackish beyond the reniform before the postmedial line,
which is defined by grey on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6
and from vein 4 to inner margin, a series of short black streaks on
the veins beyond it interrupted by whitish points and some pale
points on costa ; subterminal line grey, defined by fuscous on inner
side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of small
black lunules. Hind wing yellowisli white, the veins and marginal
areas sufiused with fuscous ; the underside with the marginal areas
irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial
line.
Hah. Jamaica, Cinchona {Faivceit, Cocherell, Kaye), 8 J , 4 $ ,
type. Exp. 28 millim.
322 noctcidjf;.
c. Thorax of male without tufts of scales on pectus.
a^. Abdomen of male thickly clothed with woolly hair.
a^. Hind wing of male with the inner margin fringed with
very long hair.
*1599. Eriopyga 'brachia.
Eriopyga brachia, de Joan. ined.
(S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; abdomen
grey tinged with rufous, the extremity ferruginous. Fore wing
grey suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated with large black
scales; subbasal line indistinct, pale slightly defined by brown,
waved from costa to submedian fold, with a small black spot beyond
it in cell; antemedial line whitish defined by fuscous on each
side, waved ; orbicular and retiiform large, with brown centres and
blackish annuli defined by whitish, the former rather diamond-
shaped, touching at middle the latter which is elliptical ; _ post-
medial line blackish, defined by whitish on outer side, slightly
I
Fig. 75. — Eriojjyga brachia, (^ . \.
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly
incurved, a series of black points beyond it on the veins ; sub-
terminal line yellowish, defined on each side by red-brown, very
slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at submediau fold ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, pale
towards base and inner margin ; the underside pale, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and
curved punctiform postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, Organ Mts. (Gonnelle), type t in
Coll. de Joannis. Exp. 26 millim,
b'^. Hind wing of male with the inner margin normal.
a^. Fore wing with the cilia non-crenulate.
«"•. Fore wing with the postmedial line double, sinuous
and strongly excu rved beyond cell rhadata.
i*. Fore wing with the postmedial line single,
minutely dentate and slightly curved crista.
*1600. Eriopyga rhadata.
Mamestra rhadata, Druce, A. M. N. H. ((i) xiii. p. 360 (1894) ; id. Biol.
Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 476, pi. 93. f. 12.
5 . Head and thorax very dark brown with slight grey
irroration ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing dark olive-brown
Buffused with silvery purple ; subbasal line double, waved, from
EKIOPYGA. 323
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved ;
orbicular and reniform defined by olive-brown, the former small,
round, the latter constricted at middle ; an obscure medial shade
angled at middle ; postmedial line double, very slightly waved,
oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal
line waved, almost obsolete except towards costa, and with a
rufous spot beyond it at tornus ; cilia tinged with rufous. Hind
wing fuscous brown, with the lower part of cell and area below
it whitish ; cilia with fine white line at base and white tips ;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with grey, a black
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Coatepec, Orizaba. Exp. 50 millim.
1601. Eriopyga crista.
Mamestra. crista, Wlk. ix. 235 (1856).
Agrotis oropkila, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 286 (nee Geyer).
Agrotis obscurus, Dogn. Le Nat. 1889, p. 67.
Mamestra infernalis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 227 (1894 j;
Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 476, pi. 93. f. 11.
Head and thorax fuscous brown, sometimes tinged with purplish
or reddish, the hairs tipped with grey; tibiae ochreous at extremity;
abdomen fuscous brown, with a greyish tiuge in male. Fore wing
Fig. 76.— Eriopgga crista, (^. |.
silky purplish brown ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; an indistinct waved medial line often slightly
defined by ochreous on inner side ; orbicular and reniform with
ochreous annuli slightly defined by black, the former minute or
small ; postmedial line dentate, usually defined by ochreous on
outer side, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;
subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous marks
developed into a spot at tornus, defined by fuscous on inner side,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing
semihyaline whitish, the veins and marginal areas fuscous brown;
cilia whitish at tips ; the underside with the costal and inner areas
brown irrorated with grey, a small discoidal spot and sinuous
postmedial line.
JIah. Jamaica, Cinchona (Kaye), 1 J , 1 2 ; Mexico, Jalapa
(Trujillo), 1 <S , Coatepec (Brooks)^ 1 $; Costa Rica, Rio Sucio
(lioyers), 1 $ , Candalaria Mt-s. ( Underwood), 1 5 , Godman-Salvin
y 2
324
NOCTU[D.l!:.
Coll. ; Venezuela ; EciJADOE. £"0,^.42-50 1111111113. Types f crista
ill Mus. Oxon., ohscurus in Coll. Dognin, infernalis in Coll. Schaus.
P. Foi'e wing with the cilia crenulate.
a*. Fore wing with ochreous points on subterminal
line towards tornus mcesia.
i'. Fore wiug with white points on subterminal
line towards tornus niveiptmcia.
c*. Fore wing without pale points on 'subteriiainal
line above tornus Und'uji.
1602. Eriopyga moesta.
NcBsia mcesia, Wlk. xv. 1742 (1858).
N<Esia dolens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 266, pi. 26. f. 13 (1889).'
Agrotisfornax, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 483, pi. 94. f.7 (1898).
Head and thorax red-brown ; metathoracic crest black-brown ;
tarsi banded with black ; abdomen fuscous brown tinged with
ochreous at extremity. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated
with fuscous ; a double, waved subbasal lino from costa to sub-
median fold ; a double, irregular autemcdial line, the two parts
wide apart, the outer angled outwards below costa, the inner
inwards ou vein 1 ; orbicular small, round, with black centre and
Fig. 77. — Eriopyga moesta, (^
rufous annulus defined by black ; reniform rufous defined by black,
its centre defined by black and filled in with black above and
below, two white points on its lower edge near extremity ; medial
line strong, diffused, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then
erect ; postmedial line minutely dentate, double towards costa,
then with double series of black points on rufous streaks on the
veins beyond it ; the terminal area rather darker below vein 5 ;
a deep red subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle, with an ochreous spot on it at tornus ; a
terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia rufous, with a fine
ochreous line at base. Hind wing dark brown ; the cilia ochreous,
with brown line through them ; the underside pale ochreous
irrorated with brown and the terminal area suflPused with brown, a
discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (TrifjiUo), 1 5 type fornax; Costa Rica,
Irazu (Rogers), 1 c? t5'pe dolens, Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Venezuela,
typet d in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 50 millim.
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1603. Eriopyga niveipuncta. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 17.)
Mamestra niveipimcta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 228 (1894) ;
Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Ain., Het. ii. p. 476.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown ; tarsi with pale
rings. Fore wing red-brown ; a waved subbasal line from costa
to submedian fold ; a waved antemedial line ; orbicular and
reniform very indistinctly defined by blackish, the former round,
the latter with dull fiery-red centre ; a medial shade bent inwards
to costa ; postmedial line minutely dentate and produced to pale
streaks on the veins, with two series of black points on them,
slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line represented by a series of small blackish spots and a white
spot near tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark
reddish brown, the interspaces of basal half pale ; cilia with fine
white line at base and pale tips ; the underside Avhitish, the costal
and terminal areas brown irrorated with ochreous, a discoidal
lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, type t c? in Coll. Schaus ; Panama, Chiriqui,
1 $ . Ecc^). 44 millim.
*1604. Eriopyga lindigj.
Leucania lindigi, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 11 (1874).
S . Head and thorax ochreous brown ; abdomen fuscous, the
anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing ochreous brown,
slightly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins of terminal area slightly
defined by fuscous and the interspaces streaked with fuscous ;
subbasal line represented by a black point in cell ; antemedial line
indistinct, waved, somewhat oblique, angled inwards on the veins,
where there are black points ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous
centres and surrounded by black points ; postmedial line dentate
and produced to black points on the veins, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line repre-
sented by a series of short black streaks ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia ochreous, with a fuscous line
through them ; the underside greyish ochreous tinged with fuscous,
especially on the inner and terminal areas ; a discoidal spot and
sinuous postmedial line, with short black streaks at the veins.
Hah. Colombia, Bogota, type f c? in Coll. Rothschild. Exp.
58 millim.
6'. Abdomen of male with lateral fringes of long hair meeting
on ventral surface,
a^. Fore wing of male on underside witli the cell tliiokly
clothed with downturned hair.
1605. Eriopyga subolivacea, n. sp.
cJ . Head and thorax pule greenish ochreous; i)ali)i rrddish,
'32(i NOCTUiDJi;.
tinged with fuscous at sides ; pectus reddish ; legs grey-brown, the
spurs whitish at sides; abdomen dorsally fuscous, the lateral tufts
pinkish, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing
greenish ochreous, with slight dark irroration on costal, inner, and
terminal areas ; a subbasal black point in cell and slight ante-
medial points on median nervure and vein 1 ; a postmedial series of
points excurved from costa to vein 6, then incurved ; traces of a
similar subterminal series almost obsolete except towards costa.
Hind wing ochreous white, tinged with brown on costal and
terminal areas ; the underside with slight brown irroration on
costal area, a small discoidal spot.
Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 c? type. E.vj). 36 millim.
6^. {Hypotrix). Fore wing of male on underside with
the cell not clothed with downturned hair,
a'. Fore wing with black spots on inner side of
subterminal line melanosticia.
b"^. Fore wing without black spots on inner side of
subterminal line,
a*. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform
filled in with black and connected at lower
extremities imrpiiri(jera.
i'. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform
not connected, the former not filled in with
black, the latter in lower pai-t only nigripars.
1606. Eriopyga melaiiosticta, n, sp. (Hate LXXXYII. fig. 18.)
cf . Head and thorax pale purplish brown ; abdomen fuscous
mixed with ochreous, the anal tufts ochreous mixed with purplish,
the tufts on coxae and abdomen purple. Fore wing purplish brown
irrorated with fuscous ; an indistinct dark subbasal line from costa
to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, curved ;
claviform and orbicular obsolete ; reniform defined by a few white
scales on a diffused red-brown patch ; medial shade excurved
from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled inwards ;
postmedial line double, the lines well separated, the inner
minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ;
subterminal line fine, whitish, defined on inner side by small
dentate black marks from below costa to vein 3, with more pro-
minent spots above and below vein 5, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7 ; termen crenulate, with a fine pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing yellowish white ; the veins and marginal areas suffused
EKIOPTGA. 327
with brown ; the cilia purplish red ; the underside with the
marginal areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and
curved postmedial line.
Hab. Bkazil, 1 c?; Pabaguat, Sapucay (Foster), 1 d type.
Exp. 46 millim.
1607. Eriopyga purpurigera.
Hypotrix purpurigera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 369 (1852).
$ . Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown, the tegulae
slightly tinged with purple ; palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen
fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing grey-white, slightly
tinged with olive-brown and purplish and irrorated with black ;
subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and point on
median nervure, with a short streak in cell beyond it ; antemedial
line double, waved, excurved, ill-defined ; orbicular and reniform
chocolate defined by black, the former elongate, oblique, pointed at
extremity and touching the latter, which is oblique, narrow, and
angled inwards on median nervure ; a dark medial shade oblique
Fig. 79. — Eriopyga purptorigera, S ■ \-
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial lino repre-
sented by a spot at costa, then by a series of points, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
commencing as an oblique black streak from apex, then double,
brown, excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing greyish, suffused with fuscous brown, especially towards
termen ; cilia ochreous, with some fuscous towards apex ; the
underside yellowish white, the costal area irrorated with brown,
a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal series
of points.
(S . Head, thorax, and fore wing strongly suffused with purple-
red ; orbicular and reniform black, the former smaller and not
touching latter.
Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 6 . Exp. 26-32 millim. Type f
in Coll. Oberthiir.
1608. Eriopyga nigripars. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 19.)
Himdla nigripars, Scliaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 231 (1903).
cJ . Head and thorax brownish ochreous, palpi blackish at sides,
metathorax with a vinous tinge ; abdomen fuscous, the lateral
328 NocTuiDji;.
fringes very thick and ochreous ; pectus and legs ochreous. Fore
wing ochreous with a vinous tinge ; traces of a subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold and of an oblique, waved antemedial line ;
a medial line oblique and blackish from costa to lower angle of
cell, then less distinct and inwardly oblique ; reniform large, with
slight ochreous annulus, its upper part with two black spots
connected by a curved black line, its lower part filled in with
black ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate and produced to black
points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique ; subterminal line ochreous, with a series of black
points on inner side, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7, then
oblique ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous
brown, with a hyaline streak below the cell ; cilia ochreous ; the
underside ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal
point and terminal series from apex to vein 2.
$ more strongly tinged with purple-red on upper and under sides ;
hind wing with the cilia purple-red.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, 1 2 ; Costa Wick, type t d" in Coll. Schaus ;
EciJADOB, Balzapamba {M. de Mathan), 1 ^ . Exp. 36 millim.
c^. (Eriopyga). Abdonien of made dilated at extremity and
with very large expansible genital tufts.
a?. Fore wing tinged with rutbiis.
a^. Fore wing with white points round upper and
outer edge of reniform ditisshna.
b^. Fore wing with white points at lower extremity of
reniform only.
a*. Fore wing without white spot above tornus.
a^. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with
fuscous on costal half janeh-a.
Ifi. Fore wing without fuscous suffusion on medial
area punctula.
h^. Foi'e wing with white spot above tornus monilis.
h-. Fore wing pale olive-grey-brown glaucistis.
C-. Fore wing dark fuscous brown azucara.
1609. Eriopyga ditissima.
Gortyna ditissima, Wlk. xi. 716 (1857) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i.
p. 265, pi. 26. f. 9.
Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with grey, the
patagia suffused with purple-pink ; pectus with tuft of large black
scales in male behind the fore legs ; abdomen fuscous brown, paler
ventrally. Fore wing orange-yellow, thickly irrorated with fiery
red, suffused with greyish brown on inner area from before middle,
on greater part of postmedial area and on terminal area ; a waved
brown subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; a double, oblique, waved
antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
round, the latter constricted at middle, and with pure white puncti-
form line inside the black outline excej)t on lower part of inner
side ; a medial blackish line obtusely angled at middle ; postmedial
line highly dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent
ERIOPYGA.
329
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some yellow
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, brown,
dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle,
defined by yellow and red on outer side. Hind wing whitish, the
veins and marginal areas suffused with brown ; the underside with
Fig. 80. — Eriopyga ditissbna, c?. \.
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal
point and postmedial punctiform line.
Hah. Mexico (Salle), 1 $ type ; Guatemala, V. de Atitlan, Las
Mercedes (Champion), 2 cJ , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 46 millim.
1610. Eriopyga janeira. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 20.)
Mamestra janeira, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. Ill (1898).
S . Head and thorax dark brown, the scales tipped with ochreous ;
abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing rufous, suffused with fuscous
brown except the submedian area and part of postmedial area ; an
indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;
an indistinct waved antemedial line ; orbicular indistinctly defined
by black at sides ; reniform indistinctly defined, its upper part filled
in with rufous, its lower with fuscous, and with a white point on its
outer edge ; a medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line hardly traceable, dentate, bent outwards
below costa, incurved at discal and submedian folds ; subterminal
line represented by a series of obscure rufous and blackish spots in
the interspaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved
at middle ; an obscure rufous apical patch ; a fine pale line at base
of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous with a
brown line through them ; the underside ochreous irrorated with
dark brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Uah. Brazil, llio Janeiro, 1 S - Exp. 40 millim. Typo t J in
Coll. Schaus.
1 (il 1 . Eriopyga punctula. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 21.)
Eriopyga punctulum, Guen. Noct. i. p. 20.3 (18r)2).
Mamestra dr^nuda, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 408 (1897).
cJ . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; palpi at sides
330
NOCTUIDJi:.
and fore legs iu front blackish ; mid and hind tibiae with black spots
at extremity ; abdomen ochrcous, dorsally tinged with fuscous
except at extremity. Fore wing ochreous, suifused with rufous and
sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line blackish, waved, from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, indistinct ;
orbicular a small ill-defined blackish spot ; reuiform with its upper
part very ill-defined, yellowish, its lower part fuscous with two
white points on its outer edge ; traces of a medial shade, oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate
and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and
incurved at discal and submedian folds; traces of a subterminal
yellow line with some black points on it in the interspaces, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the veins beyond it with
diffused fuscous streaks ; cilia fuscous, yellowish at base. Hind
wing ochreous white tinged with fuscous, the cilia ochreous ; the
underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal
point and curved postmedial punctiform line.
Ab. 1. desnuda : browner. — Ecuador.
Hah. EcTJADOR, type t desnuda in Coll. Doguin ; Brazil, Rio
Janeiro, 3 S • Exp. 42 milHm.
1G12. Eriopyga monilis.
Hddena monilis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 102 (1852).
Majnestra dotata, Driicc, Eiol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 273, pi. 26. f. I
(1889).
Mamestra trocas, Seluius, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. Ill (1898).
Head and thorax rufous ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen
ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing rufous with a
purplish tinge ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to sub-
median fold ; an irregular antemedial line bent inwards in cell and
angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular small, round, incompletely
defined by black and with two white points on its upper edge ;
reniform constricted at middle, with ochreous centre irrorated with
black and white annulus incompletely defined by black ; a diffused
fuscous medial waved Hue oblique from costa to median nervure,
where it is angled ; postmedial line formed by a series of rather ill-
defined black lunules, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved
at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, a series of black points beyond
it on the veins and some white points on the costa ; subterminal
line represented by a series of black spots with white points on
them and a larger spot above tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and
slightly excurved at middle ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia.
Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal areas tinged with brown
or wholly brown ; cilia pale yellow ; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with brown.
Ab. 1. trocas : rather browner and less I'ed. — Castro Pararia.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus) ; Guatemala, Atitlan, Mercedes
(Chawjnon), 1 J, 1 $, type; Costa Rica (Underwood), 1 c? ;
EBIOPYUA.
:«i
Tanama, Chiriqui {Ribbe, Champion), 1 d , 1 $ , Goclman-8;ilvin
Coll. ; Brazil, Sao Paulo, Castro Parana, type t 5 trocas m Coll.
Schaus; Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 1 $ . Exp. 40-44 milliin.
1G13. Eriopyga glaucistis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 22.)
S . Head and thorax grey-brown tinged with fuscous ; palpi
blaek at sides ; fore coxae with tufts of fulvous-yellow hair ;
abdomen fuscous brown above, grey below. Fore wing grey-
brown ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold ; a fine antemedial line, excurved below median nervure, then
slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular defined by a faint pale
annulus, round ; reniform with its centre irrorated with black and
a fine whitish annulus defined by black ; a difi'used medial shade
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then somewhat incurved ;
the postmedial line fine, minutely Avaved, oblique from costa to
vein 7, incurved below vein 4, a series of points on the veins beyond
it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by black marks on
inner side, becoming more prominent patches at costa, discal and
submedian folds ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
ochreous, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside
ochreous, the marginal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal
lunule and curved postmedial line.
Hub. Brazil, Petropolis (Doer), 1 c? type. Kvjj. 40 millim.
*1614. Eriopyga azucara. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 23.)
Mamestra asiicara, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1903).
$ . Head and tegulae ochreous slightly mixed with fuscous
brown ; sides of palpi and frons fuscous ; thorax fuscous brown,
the scales with pale tips ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing
ochreous, thickly irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown ; traces
of a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an
oblique, waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous
centres and ochreous annuli defined by fuscous, the former elliptical,
somewhat oblique, the latter constricted at middle and with white
points on its outer lower extremity ; an obscure medial shade ;
postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a very indistinct series
of small ochreous and fuscous dentate marks ; some blackish points
on termen. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous with a
brown line through them ; the underside greyish irrorated with
fuscous, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hab. Brazil, Sao Paulo, type t $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 38
millim.
332 noctuid.t:.
d^ . Abdomen of male with large downeurved tufts of hair at
extremity meeting ventrally ; fore wing on underside with
fringe of long hair on eosta from base to beyond middle,
the cell and area just beyond it clothed with long down-
curved hair ; the costa slightly lobed at base ; hind wing
clothed with rough hair to middle.
1615. Eriopyga lobata, n. sp.
Bryohota agnata, Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 287 (part.), nee
Feld.
Head and thorax purplish brown, the scales slightly tipped with
grey ; pectus mostly clothed with ochreous hair ; legs banded with
black ; abdomen fuscous, the tufts on claspcrs of male ochreous
whitish. Fore wing yellowish brown suffused with fuscous ; a
slight pale subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial
line double, filled in with ochreous, angled outwards below^ costa,
then oblique and slightly waved ; orbicular and reniform with
reddish centres and whitish annuli, the former small, oblique
elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part and angled
inwards on median nervure ; an indistinct waved medial line ; post-
medial line double, filled in with ochreous, bent outwards below
Fig. 81. — Eriopyga lohata, (^
costa, somewhat incurved at discal fold, then oblique and minutely
dentate, a series of short black streaks interrupted by grey points
on the veins beyond it and some pale points on costa ; subterminal
line pale reddish, defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7, then oblique ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing brown with an ochreous tinge ; the cilia pale with a
brown line through them ; the underside pale, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. Costa Rica, Irazu, 6000' {Rogers), 1 c?, 1 5 , typcGodmau-
Salvin Coll. Exp. 34 millim.
e^. Abdomen of male with the claspers and anal tuft
very long.
d^. Fore wing of male on underside wiili moderate
fringe of hair from base of costa, the cell and area
below it clothed with silky downturned hair;
hind wing with some long hair at base,
a''. Fore wing with dentate black marks before sub-
terminal line mcsosfrigafcK
P. Fore wing without dentate black marks before
subterminal line rgnica.
ERIOPYGA. 333
16 K). Eriopyga mesostrigata, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 24.)
Bryobota aqnafa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 287 (part.), nee
Feld.
Head and tegulae ochreous or rufous mixed with some black,
palpi and frons black-brown, the tegulae with dark line near tips ;
thorax dark red-brown ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous
brown, the anal tufts ochreous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused
with purplish fuscous : the subbasal line double, waved, from costa
to submedial fold, the antemedial line double, waved, dentate
inwards on subcostal and median nervures, on submedian fold and
on vein 1 ; the medial costal area pale rufous with dark streaks on
the veins; the orbicular and reuiform small with slight ochreous
annuli, the former round, the latter with its upper extremity pro-
duced ; an indistinct waved medial line bent inwards to costa ;
postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved
at discal fold, incurved and dentate below vein 4, some short black
streaks interrupted by pale points beyond it on the veins and in
submedian fold and some pale points on costa ; subterminal line
represented by a series of small brown spots with small dentate
black marks or short streaks on their inner sides and some scales
or slight streaks beyond them ; a terminal series of small black
lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge ; cilia
ochreous with a brown line through them ; the underside ochreous
whitish, the costal area irrorated and suffused with brown, a slight
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil, 4000' {Chamjnon), 1 S type ;
Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 cT , - 9 • ^'^y. 34-36 millim.
1617. Eriopyga cynica.
Orthodes cynica, Guen. Noct. i. p. 375 (1852) ; Smitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 198.
Orthodek nimia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 376 (1852).
Orthodes candens, Guen. Noct. i. p. 376 (1852).
Orfhosia tecta, Wlk. xxxiii. 714 (1865).
Head and thorax fuscous brown ; neck with an ochreous tinge ;
Fig. 82. — Eriopyga cynica, J . }•
tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous suffused with fuscous
except anal tuft. Fore wing fuscous brown more or less strongly
tinged with purplish ; subbasal line blackish, from costa to sub-
median fold; antemedial line black, defined by groy on inner side,
oblique, waved ; orbicular and reuiform large, slightly defined by
334 NOCTUIDiE,
whitish, the former oblique elliptical ; medial line siuuous, oblique
from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line defined by grey on
outer side, oblique from costa to vein 7, then nearly erect, sinuous
and with short streaks on the veins beyond it ; subterminal line
grey, defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7 ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing fuscous
brown, whitish towards base ; cilia grey with a brown line through
them ; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and diffused curved
postmedial line.
Ab. 1. candens. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with
purple-red, the pale markings rather more distinct.
Ab. 2. nimia. Pale grey-brown, the pale markings very pro-
minent.
Hah. Canada, Nova Scotia; U.S.A., N. and Centr. States, 7 d ,
1 5 , type and types nimia, candens, and tecta, New York, Evan's
Centre {Grote), 5 J , 1 $ , Trenton Falls (Douhledai/), 1 J, Penn-
sylvania, Sharon (Mesl^e), 1 c? , Wisconsin, Kacine ( Westcott), 1 c? ,
Colorado. E.vp. 32-38 millira.
6^. Fore wing of male on underside with slight fringe
of hair from costa, the cell only clotlied with down-
turned hair ; hind wing with some long hair at
base,
a'. Fore wing with the reniform large, not angled
inwards on median nervure.
a*. Thorax with black spot at base of tegulffi curvirena.
b*. Thorax without black spot at base of tegul* ... iniractafa.
P. Fore wing with the reniform narrow, produced
above and angled inwards on median nervure... goniostiyma.
1618. Eriopyga curvirena.
Orthodes curvirena, Guen. Noct. i. p. 374, pi. 5. f. 12 (1852).
Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi at sides and frons black ;
Fig. 83. — Eriopyga curvirena, (^ . \.
tegulse with small dorsal black spot at base ; abdomen fuscous
brown, the anal tuft ochrcous, the ventral surface greyer. Fore
wing grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge ; a pale subbasal line
from costa to vein 1 with black points on each side of it ; antemedial
line whitish, defined on each by brown, with short black streaks
before it on the veins interrupted by white points, and black striae
beyond it in and below cell ; orbicular and reniform very large.
ERIOPTGA. 335
nearly or quite touching, their centres slightly defined by black, the
former oblique elliptical ; an indistinct diffused medial line, the
veins beyond the reniform grey, with black between them to
the postmedial line, which is pale, oblique from costa to vein G,
then inwardly oblique, with a series of short black streaks inter-
rupted by white points beyond it on the veins and some pale points
on costa ; subterminal line pale ochreoiis, slightly defined by brown
on inner side, and very slightly bent outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal
series of black points defined by a pale crenulate line. Hind wing
fuscous brown, darker in female, the cilia pale; the underside
whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and curved
postmedial line, some rufous hair at base in male.
Hab. Brazil, New Fribourg, type (^ in Coll. Oberthiir, Rio
Janeiro, 3 c? , Sao Paulo {D. Jones), 1 $ ; Paraguay, Sapucay
(Foster), 2 (^ , 2 ? . Ex2y. 32 millim.
Subsp. spureUitiea. Wlk. xv. 1709 (1867).
Orthodes infirma, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 289 (nee Guen.).
(S without the rufous hair on underside of fore wing.
Hah. Mexico, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 cT , 2 $ , Jalapa (Trujillo),
1 2 ; Guatemala {Champion), 1 S , 1 ? ; Costa Rica {Rogers,
Underwood), 3 J , 3 $ type, Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Venezuela,
2 6 type.
1619. Eriopyga intractata. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 25.)
Tceniocampa intractata, Morr. Proc. Boat. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 160 (1874) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 201.
Himella fidelis, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 201.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; palpi
black at sides ; tarsi with black bands ; anal tuft ochreous. Fore
wing grey, irrorated with brown and with slight purplish suffusion ;
the veins with grey streaks ; the subbasal line represented by small
black spots below costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct, pale,
oblique from costa to just below cell, then erect, with slight black
marks on its outer edge, in and below cell : orbicular and reniform
large with fine whitish annuli, the former round, the latter elliptical :
postmedial line indistinct, pale, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, and with slight black mark on its inner
side below vein 2, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle.
Hind wing white, irrorated with brown and suffused with brown
towards termen ; cilia white with bi'own line tlirough them ; tho
underside with discoidal spot and traces of postmedial line.
Hah. \].^.A..{Meske), 1 c^ type ^cZeZis, ]\Iassachusetts, New York,
Illinois, Missouri. Exp. 34 millim.
1020. Eriopyga goniostigma. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 26.)
Himella goiiiostigma, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 233 (1903).
<J , Head and tegulae ochreous, palpi black except at tip, Bome
336 NOCTUID^.
purplish rod and black on vertex of head ; thorax purplish red
mixed with dark brown, metathoracic crest black ; tarsi banded
with black ; abdomen ochreous, irrorated with black on dorsal
surface. Fore wing purplish pink ; a double, waved subbasal black
line from costa to submediau fold ; the antemedial area ochreous
except towards costa and inner margin ; antemedial line double,
arising from small black points on costa, oblique to median nervure,
incurved in submedian interspace, angled outwards above inner
margin, and with double black points before it on median nervure
and vein 1 ; the cell ochreous on medial area ; orbicular and reni-
form dark chocolate with ochreous annuli defined by brown, the
former small, oblique oblong, the latter produced to a point at upper
extremity and angled inwards on median nervure ; a waved medial
line ; postmedial line double, produced to black and grey points on
the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal
fold, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line ochreous, defined on
inner side by minute somewhat dentate rufous marks with an
ochreous band before them, the area beyond them fuscous brown
with rufous streaks on the veins, the line slightly exeurved between
veins 7 and 2 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
ochreous white, suffused with fuscous brown on costal and terminal
areas ; the cilia ochreous ; the underside whitish, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and
sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Guadalajara, 1 S , type t d" in Coll. Schaus. Exp,
30 millim.
c^. Fore wing of male on underside without downturned hair
in cell.
a^. Hind wing of male on underside with the basal area
clothed and the inner margin fringed with long hair
and spatulate scales.
1621. Eriopyga albipuncta.
eta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. See,
entr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 485.
<S . Head and thorax dark brown ; tegulte ochreous in front ;
Orthodes albipuncta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. See, xxi. p. 237 (1894) ;
Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 485.
Fig. 84. — Eriopyga albipuncta, S • \-
pectus mostly ochreous ; tibice and tarsi black riuged with ochreous ;
abdomen ochreous suffused with fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous, the
ventral surface rufous irrorated with brown. Fore wing brown
KKIOPYGA. 337
suffused with purplish grey and red ; a waved black subbasal line
from costa to submediau fold ; a rather indistinct waved black ante-
medial line ; orbicular and reniform small, incompletely defined by
black, the former purplish red, round, the latter whitish ; traces
of an irregular medial shade oblique from costa to lower angle of
cell ; postmedial line black, outwardly oblique from costa to vein 6,
then inwardly oblique, dentate and produced to points on the veins,
some rufous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented
by a sei'ies of slight black and ochreoua streaks ; terminal area
rather redder. Hind wing yellowish suffused with dark brown ;
the cilia pale with a dark line through them ; the underside
yellowish, irrorated with fuscous on costal and terminal areas, and
the costal area suffused with purplish pink, a black discoidal spot
and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Coatepec, 1 c? , type t d in Coll. Schaus. E^cj^.
30 millim.
b^. Hind wing of male on underside normal.
1622. Eriopyga dyschoroides.
Hadena dijschoroides, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142 (1898) ; Druce,
Biol. Centi'.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568.
Head and thorax purplish red mixed with some dark brown ;
tarsi with dark bands ; abdomen fuscous above, greyish below, the
anal tuft in male ochreous and very long, the claspers very long
and with silky yellow scales at extremity. Fore wing pale rufous
suffused with purplish red ; the costa dark brown ; subbasal line
double, waved, from costa to submediau fold ; antemedial line
Fig. 85. — Eriopyga dyachonddes, (^
double, oblique, waved, angled inwards in cell and on vein 1 ;
orbicular and reniform small, indistinctly defined, the former
purplish red, round, the latter with its lower part filled in with
blackish, and an orange-yellow spot with white point below it on
outer side; a medial brown shade expanding into a patch in cell;
postmedial line very close to reniform, very minutely dentate and
with a series of black points beyond it on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale rufous defined by brown
on inner side, the area beyond it fuscous except at apex, angled
outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;
a terminal series of black points ; cilia pale pinkish with two brown
lines through them. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale
VOL. v. z
338
XOCTUID^.
])inkish with a fuscous line near base ; the underside whitish tinged
Avith purplish pink and irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot
and minutely waved postmedial line.
Ilab. Mexico, Jalapa, 1 J , Orizaba, type t in Coll. Schaus.
Exp. 24 millim.
/^. Abdomen of male normal.
«'-. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of long down-
turned hair on costa from near base to beyond middle,
a fringe of short upturned hair below median nervure
and a curved fringe of long hair below vein 3 to near
termen : bind wing with fringe of downturned liair on
costal area to beyond middle, a slight fringe of upturned
hair on median nervure and bases of veins 2, 3, 4.
*1623. Eriopyga rubripuncta.
Himella rubripuncta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 232 (1903).
<S . Head and thorax chestnut-red ; palpi, pectus, and legs
brownish ochreous ; abdomen fuscous, tho anal tuft and ventral
surface ochreous. Fore wing cliestnut-red ; an indistinct waved
subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique waved ante-
medial line ; orbicular absent ; reniform a small vermilion-red
lunule ; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line dentate
and produced to points on the veins, slighth' bent outwards below
-Fig. 88. — Erio'pi/ga rubripuncta, (j". i.
costa and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line defined by a
series of small dentate dark marks on inner side, sliglitly angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a fine whitish line at
base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with fine white
line at base. The underside with the hair ochreous ; hind wing
whitish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous
postmedial line.
Bab. Mexico, Orizaba, type t c? in Coll. Schaus. Ejp. 30 millim.
b~. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of very long
hair from custa to beyond middle, the cell clothed with
loose downturned hair; hind wing clothed with rough
hair to beyond middle.
1624. Eriopyga confliiens, n. sp.
Dryohoia agnata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Hot. i. p. 287 (part.), nee
Feld.
c?. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with some black; thorax
i:nT()PY(iA. 3IVJ
black-brown ; pectus clothed with oclircous hair ; legs baiulcrl with
black ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous.
Fore wing black-brown suffused with silvery purple ; a black streak
in base of submediau fold, the cell blackish and with black streaks
in bases of interspaces arising from it : subbasal line double, filled in
with rufous, w^aved, from cost a to submedian fold ; antemedial line
double filled in with rufous, waved and dentate inwards at the
Fig. 87. — Eriopyga confliiens, ^ . \.
veins ; orbicular and I'eniform rather small, fuscous with reddish
annuli, their lower parts connected by a fuscous fascia ; postmedial
line double filled in Avith rufous, strongly dentate, bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 5 ; subterminal line rufous
defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks, the area
beyond it fuscous with diffused rufous streaks on the veins. Hind
wing yellowish brown ; a fine pale line at base of cilia ; the under-
side with the basal half of costal area suftused with ochreous.
Hah. Guatemala, Totonicapam 10,000' {Champion), 1 J type,
Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 34 millim.
C-. Fore wing of male on underside witli the cell
clothed with long sparse downturned hair.
(•^. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique
below vein 6 ivfn-mn.
h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved
from below costa to inner margin vioirmcens.
i'^. Fore wing with the pfistmedial line excurved
to vein 4, then incurved.
a^. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards
on median nervure ropilJa.
6'. Fore wing with the reniform not angled
inwards on median nervure.
o\ Fore wing with the reniform small and
narrow.
o^. Fore wing with small dentate black
marks before subterminal line.
a'. Fore wing with the veins irrorated
with whitish irrornfa.
h'l. Fore wing with the veins not irrorated
with whitish virqula.
h^. Fore wing without dentate black marks
before subterminal line.
a'. Fore wing with tlie reniform suffused
with brick-red except below.
ffi''. Head and thorax dark brown pyro'^tis.
6\ Head and thorax purplish red-
bruwn iqiics^rciix.
z 2
340 NocxtriDJ^..
h'. Fore wing without red on reniform.
«"*, Fore wing with the costal edge
whitish iole,
6**. Fore wing with, the costal edge not
whitisli.
a^. Fore wing reddish or grey-brown
witli a purplish tinge vecors,
P. Fore wing reddish or grey-browu
with an ochreous tinge pueriUs.
'. Fore wing with the reniform large, kidney-
shaped.
a''. Foi-e wing bright rufous.
n'. Fore wing with the markings not
defined by grey rubui:
b'i. Fore wing with the markings defined
by grey lew-opera.
b^. Fore wing dark brown, with whitisli
postmedial band and blaek spot in
diseal fold before subterminal line marginalis.
1625. Eriopyga infirma.
Orthcdes infirma, Guen. Noct. i. p. 375 (1852).
(S . Head and thorax grey with a slight rufous tinge; tegulaa
Avith a small dorsal black
spot at base ; abdomen
gre)',the anal tuft ochreous.
Fore wing p;ilegrey-brown ;
an indistinct ])ale waved
subbasal line from costa
to sul)median fold : BJitQ-
-Eig.SS.—Eriopijga infirma, (S . \. medial line indistinct, de-
fined by grej' on inner
side, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform with pale annuli,
large, oblique elliptical ; an indistinct dark medial line oblique
from costa to below cell ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer
side, oblique from costa to vein 6, then nearly erect and slightly
sinuous, a series of short blackish streaks interrupted by white
points on the veins beyond it ; subterminal line pale, very slightly
bent outwards at vein 7, then straight ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with
brown, a discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial line,
g much browner ; the hind wing brown.
Hah. Beazil, Kew Fribourg, type f cJ in Coll. Oberthiir, Rio
Janeiro, 1 (J , 1 2 ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 J . Exp.
32 millim.
*1626. Eriopyga violascens. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 27.)
Himella violascois, Schaus, J. X.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 234 (,1903).
2 . Head and thorax pale purplish ; abdomen fuscous, the anal
tuft and ventral surface pinkish. Pore wing pale purplish pink
EKIOPYGA.
341
with some darker irroration ; a fuscoiis point in cell near base ;
an ill-defiued double, miniitoly waved antemedial line from cell
to inner margin ; orbicular and renitbrm dark red-brown slightly
defined by white scales, the former elliptical, the latter rather
constricted at middle ; a somewhat waved medial line from cell
to inner margin ; postmedial line double, with short streaks beyond
it on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below
vein 4 ; subterminal line fine, white, minutely dentate, on a brown
band; a fine terminal line. Hind wing white, the terminal half
tinged with brown ; cilia ochreous ; the underside with the costal
area tinged with pink and irrorated with brown, a discoidal point
and slight postmedial line on costal urea.
Hah. Mexico, Guadalajara, type t $ iu Coll. Schaus. Exp.
36 millim.
*1627. Eriopy^a ropilla. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 28.)
Celmna ropilla, Dogn. Ann. Soe. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 409 (1897).
S . Head and thorax rufous ; tarsi blackish ringed with white •;
abdomen fuscous black, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous.
Fore wing rufous ; the antemedial line commencing as an oblique
white striga from costa, then indistinct, dark, angled inwards in
cell and excurved below cell and above inner margin ; some white
scales on subcostal and median nervures ; orbicular represented by
a minute angled white mark ; reniform fuscous and white defined
by white, slightly angled inwards on subcostal nervure and strongly
on median nervure, a patch of grey scales above it on costa ; the
postmedial line indistinct, dentate and produced to points on
the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4:
some white points on costa towards apex ; the subterminal line
formed by a series of small blackish spots angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; the cilia rufous ; the underside pale, the costal
and terminal areas suffused with rufous and irrorated with brown »
a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Ecuador, Loja, type t c? in Coll, Dognin. Exp. 24
millim,
1628. Eriopyga irrorata. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 29.)
Orthodes irrorata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 478 (1887); id. Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. '20U.
Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with grey ; meta-
thoracic crest blackish ; pectus ochreous ; palpi and legs blackish
and ochreous, the tarsi black with pale' rings ; abdomen grey-
brown, more ochreous towards base, the anal tuft tinged with
rufous. Pore wing pale rufous, the veins with some- black
irroration ; subbasal line indistinct, jjale, minutely waved, i'rom
costa to submedian fold, with a broad band of fuscous irroration
beyond it; antemedial line waved, slightly oblique; orbicular
342 xocTuiD.E.
minute, ochreous defined with black and with black point at
centre ; reniform small, white defined by black, rather figure-of-8-
shaped and with black points in its upper and lower portions ; a
rather oblique diffused medial shade ; postmedial line slightly
bent outwards below costa, then contiuent with outer edge of
reniform, below vein 4 incurved and confluent with medial shade,
a series of black points beyond it from vein i> to inner margin and
some pale points on costa ; subterminal line ochreous defined by
fuscous on inner side and with some small dentate black marks at
middle, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
a series of black points on termen and ochreous points at base of
cilia. Hind wing ochreous suttuscd with fuscous, deeply on
terminal half; the cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous thickly
irrorated with black, a black discoidal bar, diffused postmedial
band and terminal series of points.
Ilah. Canada, Br. Columbia, 1 5 ; U.S.A., Washington, 1 J ,
California, 1 c? , Sierra Nevada, Truckee, 1 $ . Exjy. '30 millim.
1G29. Eriopyga virgula. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 30.)
TcBniocampa i'»Y/«fo, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 76(1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 200.
S . Head ochreous tinged with rufous ; thorax fuscous brown ;
pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing
dull reddish brown ; an indistinct subbasal line from costa to sub-
median fold ; an indistinct waved antemedial line, angled inwards on
vein 1 ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform very indistinct and
narrow, with traces of a whitish annulus ; an obscure medial shade,
oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct,
somewhat dentate, oblique from costa to vein (J, incurved below
vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, with a series of dentate
black marks before it at middle, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle. Hind wing yellowish Avhite suffused with
fuscous except at base ; the underside whitish irrorated wfth
brown and tinged with yellow especially on costal and inner
areas, a small discoidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial
line.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Xew Mexico, Beulah {Code nil), 1 J,
Arizona. E^iy. 28 millim.
1G30. Eriopyga pyropis, u. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 31.)
Head and thorax dark brown tinged with rufous ; tarsi with
whitish rings; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore
wing purplish brown suffused with briuk-red, leaving the veins dark ;
an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an
oblique waved antemedial line ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform small,
figure-of-8-shaped, whitish suffused with brick-red except lower
extremity; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa.
ERIOPTGA. 343
slightlj- incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some pale
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurvcd at middle. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown,
a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hab. CosxA Riga, Candelaria Mts. {Rogers), Id, 1 2 , type,
Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 32 millim.
*1631. Eriopyga ignescens. (Plate XCIV. fig. 7.)
Himella ignescens, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 232 (1903).
6 . Head and thorax purplish red-brown, the scales slightly
tipped with grey ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous, the
ventral surface purplish red. Fore wing dull brown strongly
suffused with purple-red ; an indistinct oblique waved antemedial
line; orbicular absent; reniform small, ochreous strongly suffused
with vermilion ; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below
costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some
pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, ochreous
slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia pale, with a brown line through
them ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, the costal area
tinged with purplish, a small black discoidal spot and indistinct
curved postmedial line.
Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, type t 6 in Coll. Schaus. Rrp. 20
millim.
1032. Eriopyga iole. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 32.)
Orthodes iole, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 237 (1894) ; Driice,
Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. ii. p. 485.
Taniocampa oviduca, Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Ara., Het. i. p. 283 (neo Giien.).
Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal
tuft rufous. Fore wing pale rufous; the costal edge yellowish
white ; the veins irrorated with white scales ; the subbasal line
represented by some white scales ; the antemedial line indistinct,
oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform brown defined by
white, the former irregularly rounded, the latter irrorated with,
white ; traces of a waved medial lino ; postmedial line indistinct,
minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved
below vein 4 ; subterminal line formed by a series of white lunulas
defined on inner side by small dentate brown marks, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine whitish line at
base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially
on veins and marginal areas.
Bah. Mexico, Las Vegas (Ifoer/e), 1 5 ; Guatemala, S. Geronimo
(Champion), 1 S , Guatemala Cit'v (Rodrir/ioe:), 1 c? , Godman-Salviu
Coll. Exp. (S 30, 2 32 miirun. Type"t in Coll. Schaus.
.144 noctuid.t:.
1633. Eriopyga vecors. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 1.)
Orthodea rccors, Guen. Noct. i. p. 376 (1852) ; Smitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 19',).
Orthodfis enervis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 420 (1852).
Cerastis prodeiins, Wlk. x. 452 (1856).
Apamea togata, Wlk. xxxii. 672 (1865).
Celana velata, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 256 (1860).
Orthodesgriseocincta, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 120 (1873).
Orthodes nitens, Grote, Papilio, lii. p. 31 (188-3).
Head and thorax yellow or red-brown sometimes tinged with
purple ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with fuscous brown, the anal
tuft ochreous. Fore wing red-brown, more or less strongly suffused
with purplish and irrorated with white, chiefly on the veins ; an
indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line oblique, waved; claviforra and orbicular absent;
reniform a small pale reddish lunule defined by fuscous; post-
medial line indistinct, minutely waved, bent outwards below
costa, incurved at discal fold and more strongly below vein 4,
with a series of points beyond it on the veins and some pale
points ou costa; subterminal line indistinct yellowish, defined by
brown on inner side and b}^ black points at middle, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; some slight dark points
on termen. Hind wing yellowish brown, the cilia pale with a
brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, a discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and some dark
subterminal marks.
Ab, 1. prodeuns. Fore wing with the reniform white.
Ab. 2. Thorax and fore wing dark purplish brown.
Ab. 3. griseocincta. Purplish brown ; fore wing with white
irroration, the lines prominently defined by white.
Hah. Canada, Montreal (L?/??i«n), 1 (J, Nova Scotia {Ihdman),
1 c? , type jn-odeuns ; U.S.A., N.E. States, 1 (5,3$, type & type
griseocincta, Massachusetts, New York, Albany ( W. W. Hill), 1 § ,
Columbia Distr., Wisconsin, Mississippi. Exp. 28-34 millim.
1634. Eriopyga puerilis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 2.)
Mamestra puerilis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. vSci. ii. p. 64 (1874) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 200.
Head and thorax ochreous, more or less strongly tinged with
purplish red and sometimes with grey ; abdomen grey dorsally
tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft usually yelloAvish or reddish.
.Fore wing ochreous, more or less strongly sutt'used with purplish
red ; the veins with dark streaks and grey irroration ; an indistinct
waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique
waved antemedial line ; orbicular absent or represented by a small
white spot with a black streak between it and reniform, which is
small, indistinct, pale or with its upper part filled in with white or
represented by a figure-of-8-shaped mark ; a diffused medial line
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ;
postmedial line sinuous, bent outwards below costa, slightly
■ERIOPrCA.
345
incurved at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, with a series
of black points beyond it ou the veins and some pale points on
costa ; subtcrminal line oehreous white defined by brown on inner
side and often by some small black spots at middle, angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal seiies of black
points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia yellowish ; the under-
side oehreous irrorated with brown, the costal area sufiused with
red, a black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Washington, 1 $ , California, S. Francisco {Stretcli),
2 J, Mendocino, 3 S type, (Wah-iiKjhain), 1 cJ . Kvj). 30 millim.
*1635. Eriopyga rubor. (Plate XC. fig. 8.)
Orthudcs rubor, Gueii. Noct, i. p. 374 (1852).
2 . Head and thorax bright rufous slightly tinged with grey ;
abdomen oehreous tinged with rufous, the anal tuft oehreous.
Fore wing bright rufous with a purplish tinge ; subbasal line
represented by a few dark scales ; antemedial line very indistinct,
slightly sinuous ; claviforra absent ; orbicular and reniform well-
developed, with dark otitlines, the former elliptical; an oblique
sinuous medial line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post-
medial line very indistinct and with a series of dark points beyond
it on the veins, slightl)' bent outwai'ds below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale defined by fuscous on
inner side, slightly- angled at vein 7, then oblique. Hind wing
oehreous whitish, the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous ;
cilia oehreous ; the underside with the costal area tinged with
rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule and
traces of a sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type t ? in Coll. Oberthiir. Exj).
34 millim.
*]G36. Eriopyga leucopera. (Tlate LXXXYIII. fig. 3.)
Himclla leucopera, Scbaus, J. K.Y. Eut. Soc. xi. p. 234 (1903).
$ . Head and thorax purplish i)ink mixed with white ; abdomen
whitish dorsally tinged with fuscous, ventrally with pink irrorated
with brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing jxile ])inkish
largely suffused with ferruginous red ; a slight subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold, with a fuscous point beyond it in cell;
antemedial line brown, slightly defined by whitish on inner side, at
middle of cell bent outwards to below orlncular; orbicular and
reniform large, rather browner witli whitish annuli, the former
round ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line 1)rown,
defined by whitish on outer side and with a series of black and
white points on the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subtcrminal line whitish defined
by rufous on inner side, slightly waved and angled outwards at
vein 7, the area beyond it rather brighter rufous except the apex
which is grey ; a fine waved grey terminal line. Hind Aving
346
N0CTUID.5;.
semibyaline white, the veins and costal area ochreous tinged with
brown ; the cilia ochreous ; the underside with the costal area
ochreous irrorated with brown and with a slight postmedial line
on it.
Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, type t $ in (Joll. Schans. E.vp.
30 millira.
*1637. Eriopyga marginalis. CPlate LXXXVIII. fig. 4.)
Himella mio-ginalk, Scliaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 233 (1903).
$ . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous and black;
tarsi banded with black ; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral
surface ochreous irrorated with red and black. Fore wing reddish
brown suffused with dark brown, the basal area with some ochreous ;
a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an ill-
defined double antemcdial line oblique from costa to submedian fold,
then bent inwards to inner margin, angled inwards in cell ; traces
of a round orbicular with ochreous annulus ; reniform indistinct,
figure-of-8-shape, with pale annulus with ochreous points on it,
incomplete below ; an indistinct waved line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, dentate and produced
to black and ochreous points on the veins, bent outwards below
costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on
costa ; a wedge-shaped black spot beyond it in discal fold indenting
an oblique white subtermiiial band, which is tinged Avith olive
towards costa and inner margin and at middle, its outer edge
forming the subterminal line, which is incurved at middle and with
the area beyond it red-brown ; a terminal series of brown lunules
with some white irroration between them. Hind wing dark brown,
paler towards base ; cilia rufous, whitish at tips ; the underside
whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area
suffused with purplish pink, a black discoidal spot and sinuous
postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, type f 5 in Coll. Schaus. Exp.
38 millim.
d-. Fore wing of male on underside with the cell
not clothed with long sjjarse dovvnturned liair.
a^. Fore wing with tlie postmedial line excurved to
vein 5, then incurved.
a*. Hind wing pale, tiie terminal area more or
less suffused with brown,
ap. Fore wing tinged with ochi'eous contrahens.
lr>. Fore wing tinged with purplish red conar.
bK Hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with
brown.
f/p. Fore wing red-brown pcrhrun ncn.
//'. Fore wing grey-brown hyposcota.
P. Fore wing with tiie postmedial line excurved to
vein 4, then incurved.
«■'. Hind wing pale at base, the terminal half
usually more or less .suffused with brown,
especially in female.
E in OP VGA. 347
fli. Fore wing vviih the postmedial line
ininutely dentate, with dark jDoints
beyond it on the veins.
a". Fore wing grey - brown tinged \vi(li
purplish red imiformis.
h^. Fore wing ochreous grey-brown more
or less tinged witii rufous.
«<". Hind wing with the terminal half
largely .suffused with brown.
(1*^. Fore wing without medial shade ... (iffurafa.
If. Fore wing with medial shade J'lirJ'urata.
IP. Hind wing white, the veins and
terminal area slightly tinged with
brown oroha .
c®. Fore wing pale rufous ; hind wing with
the terminal area not tinged with brown, thcriaidis.
h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line
dentate, witliout ])oints beyond it on
the veins j^oliotis.
(•'. Fure wing with the postmedial line not
dentate tmieolora.
1>K Hind wing uniform brown.
«•'. Fore wing with the renif(.rm filled in with
rufous 'viU(L%.
h-\ Fore wing with the reniform filled in with
pure white.
a'''. Fore wing with the lines obsolete tertulia.
b'\ Fore wing with the lines present ; some
small dentate black marks before sub-
terminal line adonea.
1638. Eriopyga contrahens.
Cclmm contrahens, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 255 (18t)0) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 200.
Mamestra thecaia, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 59.
Graphiphora contrahens, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. iv.
p. 180 (1878).
Head and thorax g^reyish ochreous mixed with dark brown ;
abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated with browu. Fore wing
ochreous, largely suft'ussd
and irrorated with fus-
cous brown, leaving the
inner area and an oblique
fascia from apex pale ;
the veins irrorated w^ith
grey ; subbasal line dark,
defined by ochreous on
outer side, waved, from
costa to submedian fold ; antcmedial lino double, filled in with
ochreous, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform small and rather
indistinct, with dark centres and pale annuli, the former round ;
postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer side, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 5 ; no
trace of subterminal line ; a terminal series of small black lunulcs ;
cilia with ochreous line at base and intersected with ochreous.
f***^
348 NOCTUTD^.
Hind wing yellowish brown, the terminal area suffused with
brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with brown, a dark discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and
terminal series of black striee.
Ab, 1. Fore wing tinged with purplish.
Hah. Canada, Eenfrew Co., 2(5', 2 $, Nova Scotia; U.S.A.,
1 c? , type con^/-a7«eiis, Grote, Maine, New Hampshire, New York,
Nebraska, Colorado, California, Mt. Diablo, 1 5 , New Mexico.
Exp. 30-34 millim.
1639. Eriopyga conar. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 5.)
Agrotis conar, Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het., Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. I(j5.
Himella quadristignia, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 480 (1900).
S . Head and thorax pale reddish mixed With fuscous and some
grey; palpi and frons at sides fuscous; tarsi fuscous witli pale
rings ; abdomen jjale. Fore wing pale suffused with purplish red-
brown and with some dark irroration ; subbasai line represented by
double stria? from costa and cell, where there are some black scales
on each side of it ; antemedial line double at costa, then rather ill-
defined, irregularly waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviforra
absent; orbicular and reniform with black centres and whitish
annuli slightly defined by black, the former small, round, the latter
narrow above ; a faint oblique medial line from lower angle of cell
to inner margin ; postmedial line black, defined by whitish on outer
side and produced to short black streaks on the veins, slightly bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by the area
beyond it being darker, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia
blackish with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish white,
the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown, a fine dark terminal
line ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
fuscous, a small discoidal spot and waved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, 1 S , Utah ; New Mexico, Santa Fe
(Cocherell), 1 c? , Arizona. Exp. 32 millim.
1640, Eriopyga perbrumiea. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 6.)
Graphiphora perhrunncn, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 28 (1879) ; Smith, Cat.
Woct. N. Am. p. 202.
Head and thorax clothed with pur])lish red, dark brown, and grey
scales and hair ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with
dark brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface tinged with purplish
red. Fore wing purplish red irrorated with fuscous, the costal area,
cell, and terminal area suff'used with fuscous ; the veins irrorated
with white scales ; the subbasai line represented by a black striga
from costa and small spot below cell ; the antemedial line indistinct,
oblique, waved ; orbicular very indistinctly defined, round ; reniform
narrow, black defined by white, \cvy incompletely except on outer
ERIOPYGA. 349
side; postmedial line rather indistinct, defined l)y whitish on outer
side, oblique from costa to vein 0 and incurved below vein 4, with
black streaks interrupted by white points on the veins beyond it ;
subterminal line indistinct, defined by fuscous on inner side and by
diffused fuscous streaks on the veins beyond it, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing pale, almost uniformly suffused with fnscous ; cilia
yellowish ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a black
discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal series of
black strise.
Hub. Canada, Vancouver I. (./. J. WaH:er), 1 S ', U.S.A., Cali-
fornia, 2 c? , 1 5 , type. Exp. 32 millim.
1641. Eriopyga hyposcota, n. sp. (Plate XC. fig. 9.)
S . Head and thorax grey-brown with a slight rufous tinge ;
abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing grey-brown slightly tinged
rufous, especially on terminal area ; traces of a waved subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line pale grey,
obliquely excurved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform
small with grey annuli, the former round, the latter constricted at
middle; postmedial line pale grey, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 5, then incurved, some more or less prominent
slight grey and black streaks beyond it on the veins ; subterminal
line grey, defined by fuscous on inner side, very slightly angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, bent outwards to
tornus ; a terminal series of small brown spots. Hind wing pale
almost uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia, whitish. ITnderside
of both wings sufiused with fuscous, on fore wing to subterminal,
on hind wing to postmedial line.
Hab. Erazil, Bahia, Cachimbo, 1 c? type. Exp. 30 millim.
1642. Eriopyga uniformis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 7.)
Taniocampa, vniformis. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. x. p. 472 (1887) ; id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202.
$ . Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous and tinged with
purplish red ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous
mixed with grey. Fore wing grey suffused with purplish red
and irrorated with fuscous, the veins with some white points
on them ; subbasal line represented by two faint dark stria? from
costa; antemedial line very indistinct, double, waved, oblique ;
claviform absent: orbicular and reniform small, very indistinctlj'-
defined, the former round, the latter with some fuscous in lower
part and white points round it ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, grey,
slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight points. Hind
wing whitish more or less entirely suffused with fuscous, the terminal
area darker ; cilia white with a dark line through them ; the
350 xocrciD.K.
underside white, the costal area irrorated with black, a discoidal
point, sinuous postmedial line, and some points on termen.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, Prescott (Kunze), 2 $ . Exp. 28 millim.
1643. Eriopyga aflFurata, nom. nov. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 8.)
Himella furfurata. Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. :201 (nee Grote).
Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with grey ; palpi
blackish at sides ; pectus with the hair dark brown in front :
abdomen grey-brown, the anal tut't more ochreous. Fore wing
greyish, suffused in part with pale rufous and irrorated with
fuscous ; subbasal line waved, blackish from costa to subraedian
fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ;
orbicular and reniform small, with brown centres and pale annuli
incompletely defined by fuscous, the former round, the latter with
its lower part filled in with black, sometimes with two white points
on its outer edge ; medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of
cell, then waved ; postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 6, then
dentate and produced to points on the veins, incurved at submediau
interspace, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
pale, defined by brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing whitish, slightly tinged with brown in male, wholly
suff"used with brown in female •, the underside whitish, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot, curved
postmedial line, and terminal series of points.
Ab. 1. Fore wing much more evenly suifused with pale red-
brown ; hind wing fuscous brown in both sexes.
Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Vancouver I. {J. J. Walker), 1 5 ;
U.S.A., Hlinois, Colorado, California, Sanszalito, 4 c? , 1 5 , type,
Arizona. Exp. 30 millim.
1644. Eriopyga furfurata. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 9.)
Himella furfurata, Grote, Proc. Ao. Nat. Sci. Phil. xxvi. p. 201 (1874).
TcBiiiocampa fcredia, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 32 (1883) ; Smith, Oat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 201.
Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale purplish red and
with some fuscous scales ; prothoracic crest tipped with fuscous ;
abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Pore wing ochreous
whitish, sufi'used with pale purplish red and with some dark irro-
ration ; subbasal line hardly traceable ; antemedial line indistinct,
oblique from costa to submediau fold, then angled inwards on
vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform large, pale, ver}' indistinctly defined
by fuscous scales, the former round, the latter with its lower part
filled in witli fuscous and with some white points on its outer edge ;
a medial shade, angled at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line
indistinct, with a series of dark points beyond it on the veins, bent
outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, pale with
ERiopYGA. r;,")!
slight dark shade on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle ; a prominent terminal series of small
black spots. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with brown ; cilia
wliitish ; the underside Avhitish irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of dark
striae.
Hah. U.S.A., Maine, 1 2 , New York, Albany {Meslce), 1 S ,
1 2 ^yp6, Vermont. E.v^:). 24 millim.
1645. Eriopyga oroba.
Agrotis oroha, Dnice, Biol. Centr.-Aiii., Ilet. i. p. 285, pi. 27. f. 10 (1880).
Caradrma blandiija, Dogn, Aun. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 246 (1897).
S . Head and thorax grey to red-brown mixed with grey ; palpi
black at sides, whitish at tips ; tarsi black-brown ; abdomen fuscous,
the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing grey to
red-brown slightly irrorated with black ; subbasal black points on
costa and median nervure ; antemedial points on costa, median
nervure, and vein 1, or an oblique waved line ; claviform sometimes
represented by a small rufous spot ; reniform small, dark rod-brown
slightly defined by ochreous or whitish ; postmedial line indistinct,
black, dentate and produced to points on the veins, arising from a
small spot on costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, ochreous or whitish,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined by
fuscous suffusion on inner side and the area beyond it suffused with
fuscous ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia reddish with white
and black lines through them. Hind wing white ; the cilia
ochreous ; the underside of costal area irrorated with brown, a
small black discoidal spot and subterminal series of points towards
costa.
$ . Abdomen with the anal tuft fuscous ; hind wing with the
veins, termen, and cilia rather more tinged with fuscous.
The form hkmduja from Ecuador is rather redder than the tj'pical
Mexican form.
Hah. Mexico, Guerrero (//. IT. Smith), 2 J , 1 $ , type Godman-
Salvin Coll.; Ecuador, JiOJa, 1 (S , 2 2 > J'j^vp. 3(5 millim. Type t
(S , 2 hlundvja in Coll. Dognin.
*1G46. Eriopyga therinistis. (Plate XCIV. fig. 8.)
Eriopyga thermistis, Druce, incd.
(S . Head and thorax pale rufous ; palpi black except at tips ;
abdomen ochreous, the extremity and ventral surface tinged witfi
rufous. Fore wing pale rufous, the terminal area suffused with dark
rufous ; antemedial line indistinct, waved, with black points on costa
and veins; orbicular and reniform small, very indistinctly defined, the
former round, tlie latter filled in with ratlier darker brown ; postmedial
line represented by a series of black points on the veins with traces
of a dentate line between them, sliglitly bent outwards below costa,
352 NOCTUID.E,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; traces of a pale subtermiual line
slightly angled outwards at vein 7. Hind wing yellowish white ;
the cilia ochreous ; the underside with the costal area tinged with
rufous and irrorated with brown, a postmedial dark line on costal
area.
Hah. Colombia, Sierra del Libane, 6000' (//. //. Smth), typef
in Coll. Druce. Ea'2^. 32 millim.
1647. Eriopyga poliotis, n. sp. (Plate LXX XVIII. fig. 10.)
Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the scales tipped with
grey ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown, irrorated
with whitish and dark brown scales, especially on basal half ; an
indistinct oblique waved antemedial line ; claviform absent ; orbi-
cular and renit'orm rather large, very indistinct and hardly defined
except by some white points round them ; postmedial line dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of small dentate fuscous and
white marks, bent outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of small dark lunules ; a fine white line at base of
cilia. Hind wing white tinged with brown ; the veins and terminal
half suffused with brown ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through
them ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas thickly
irrorated wdth brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial
line with dark streaks on it at the veins.
Hub. Ecuador, Riobamba, 1 J , 1 $ , type. £l-pp., c? 42, $ 46
millim.
*1648. Eriopyga unicolora. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 11.)
Agrotis unicolora, Mssn. Stiabel's Keise, p. 144, pi. vi. f. 27 (1890).
(S . Head and thorax reddish brown, some of the hairs tipped
with grey. Fore wing reddish brown with a slight purplish-grey
gloss; subbasal and antemedial lines and claviform obsolete ; orbi-
cular and reniform barely traceable, with faint dark outlines ;
postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa ; ex-
curved to vein 4, then incurved ; traces of a dark subterminal line
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing
white, the veins, costal and terminal areas suffused with brown ;
the underside with discoidal point.
Hah. Ecuador, Collanes, Calcitpungo, type t d" in Mus. Berlin.
Exp. 34-38 millim.
*1649. Eriopyga viuda. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 12.)
Celerena viuda, Dogii. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 410 (1897).
5 . Head and thorax very dark red-brown, the hairs tipped with
ochreous ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen very dark red-
brown. Fore wing dark red-brown irrorated with blackish, the
antemedial area, a medial shade, and the terminal area suffused with
ERIOPrGA. ERIOPTGODES. 353
blackish ; a slight waved subbasal line from costa to submcdian
fold, defined by pale rufous on inner side ; an oblique, waved ante-
medial line, defined by rufous on inner side ; orbicular and reniform
rather small, indistinct, ferruginous red, the former round ; post-
medial line double, minutely waved, filled in with rufous, oblique
from costa to vein 7, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subter-
minal line indistinct, formed by a series of small ochreous and black
lunules, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind
wing dark brown ; the cilia greyish ; the underside irrorated with
white, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Ecuador, Loja, tyjjc f $ in Coll. Dognin. E.ri-). 32 millira.
*1650. Eriopyga tertuUa. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 13.)
Perigea tertvUa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 27 (18'J7).
$ . Head and thorax very dark reddish brown : abdomen fuscous
brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing black-brown suffused
with deep red-brown ; reniform small, pure white ; five ochreous
points on costa towards apex. Hind wing dark brown ; the under-
side grey thickly irrorated with brown, especially on costal area, a
dark discoidal spot and traces of sinuous postmedial and subterminal
lines.
Hah. Ecuador, Loja, typct 2 in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 30 millira.
1651. Eriopyga adonea.
Perigea adonea, Druce, Biol. Cent.-Ain., Het. ii. p. 481, pi. 94. f. 4 (1898).
Head and thorax brown with a purplish tinge ; abdomen fuscous,
the anal tuft more ochreous, the ventral surface grey irrorated with
fuscous. Fore wing brown suffused with purplish and slightly
irrorated with white ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to
submediau fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, slightly defined
by grey on inner side ; orbicular and reniform very small, round,
defined by black, the former with a few white scales representing
the annulus, the latter with white or ochreous centre ; an indistinct
medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa,
then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lino
represented by a series of very small black spots with some white
scales on their outer side. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia
pale with a brown line through them ; the underside pale thickly
irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and sinuous post-
medial line.
Hah. Costa IIica, Irazu (liogers), 1 J , 3 5 , type, Godman-
Salvin Coll. E.rp. 24-28 millim.
Genus ERIOPYGODES, nov.
Type, E. imhecilla.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2ik1 joint fringed with long
Lair, the 3rd porrcct ; irons smooth ; eyes large, roundi'd ; liead and tliora.x
VOL. V. 2 A
354
NOCTtJIDiE.
clothed with hair only, the pro- and nietathorax with spreading crests ; tibiae
fringed with hair ; abdomen with rough hair at base and lateral fringes, but
without crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex not produced, the termen
curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins
o, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.
Sect. I. Antennte of male serrate.
1652. Eriopygodes imbecilla.
Nodua imbecilla, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 113 (1794); Hiibn. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. f. 555 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 363, pi. 33. f. 3, a, b ;
Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 194.
Mi/thimna dif^jKirilis, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 78 (1816).
Mythimna nexa, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 62, pi. 104. f. 4 (1821).
Nocttia aliena. Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 441 (1827).
Nodua alpina, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 728, 729 (1827).
S • Head and thorax bright rufous ; abdomen fuscous brown,
the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing ochreous
tinged with rufous, the veins rufous ; antemedial line rufous, sinuous,
incurved in cell ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniforra with
indistinct whitish annulus ; an indistinct medial shade oblicjue
from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line single, even, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; sub-
terminal line dark, angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique, straight,
Fig. 90. — Eriopygodes imbedlla, (^ .
a dark patch before it on costa with pale rufous points on it ; a
dark terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous ;
the underside whitish tinged and irroratcd with rufous, a slight
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
5 . Fore wing deep rufous, the pale reniform prominent.
Hah. France, Sand Coll. ; German r ; Switzerland (/S'toMfZwj^fr),
Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Atjstria ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; Bulgaria,
Rilo Dagh {Elwes) ; Scandinavia ; IIussia, Esthonia, Frey Coll.,
Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals ; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai,
Ala Tau; Siberia; Mongolia, Urga ; E. Siberia, Amur, 1 c^" •
Exp. 28-30 millim.
Sect. II. Antennoe of male minutely ciliated.
A. Fore wing with the antemedial line waved impar.
B. Fore wing witli the antemedial line oblique eiididias.
ERrOPYOODES.
35:
1653. Eriopygodes impar.
Mythimna impnr. Stand. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1S70, p. 117 ; Mill. Icones, iii.
pi. 149. ff. 6, 7 ; Stand. Cat. Lcp. pal. p. 194.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with dark broAvn ;
tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing brownish grey with some dark
irroration, especially in cell and on terminal area ; subbasal line
represented by slight dark striae from costa and cell ; a slight black
streak in base of submedian fold ; antemedial line double at costa,
then indistinct, angled inwards in cell, then waved ; claviform
absent ; orbicular and rcniform more or less indistinct, small, with
whitish annuli, the former round ; postmedial line defined by grey
on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely
Fie;. 91. — Eriopygodes impar, (^ . \.
waved, some whitish poiiits beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
pale grey, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal
and submedian folds, the area beyond it darker except at apex ; a
terminal series of dark striae. Hind wing whitish tinged with
brown ; the underside irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and
indistinct curved postmedial line.
Hah. S.E. Russia, Sarepta, 2 cj' , Caucasus, 1 c? , D'Emmick Coll. ;
W. TuEKESTAX, Saisan. Exp. 30 raillim,
1654. Eriopygodes euclidias. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 14.)
Leucania euclidias, Meyr. Fauna HavTaii. i. p. 140 (1899).
Head and thorax pale to bright rufous ; abdomen fuscous, the
anal tuft, lateral fringes, and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing
pale to bright rufous, often more or less suffused with dark brown
or fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct, pale, curved, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line more or less distinct, oblique,
double, often filled in with whitish ; orbicular a white point with
dark annulus ; reniform represented by an obli(|ue white bar the
inner side of its annulus, sometimes with some white points re-
presenting its outer side, narrow and somewhat angled inwards on
median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct, double, filled in with
pale colour or whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and
minutely waved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subter-
minal line indistinct pale or more or less prominent white, defined
by fuscous on inner side, sometimes extending to postmedial line
and forming a distinct band, very slightly incurved at discal and
submedian folds. Hind wing pale or whitish, slightly or deeply
2 A 2
356
NOCTUID^.
suffused witli fuscous especially in female, sometimes leaving tlie
costal and terminal areas "whitish ; the underside pale, the costal
area suffused with rufous and irrorated with white.
Ah. 1. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform conjoined by
a white streak in lower part of cell.
Ab. 2. Fore wiug without white centre to orbicular.
Ab. 3. Fore wing with the white on reniform replaced by yel-
lo^Yish, the orbicular sometimes with yellow centre.
Ab. 4. Vertex of thorax, basal area of fore wing, cell and area
on each side of subterminal line suffused with fiery red.
I/ab. Hawaii, Kauai. Mt. Waimea, 4000' (Perlivs), 0 d' , 1 ?
type, Olaa, 6 cJ , 2 2 , Kilauea, 1 $ , Haleakala, 5 c? , 7 $ , Kona
{PerJcins), 1 c? . Kvji. 30-40 millim.
Genus NEPHELODES.
lype.
Nciyhelod.es, Guen. Noct. i. p. 129 (1852) emmedonia.
Monosca, VVlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 29 (18()9) emmedonia.
Monostola, Alph. Eom. Mtini. vi. p. 37 (1892) asiatica.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed
•with hair, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna of
male bipeetinate, typically with short branches ending in a bristle, the apical
part serrate ; head and thorax clothed with hair only, the pro- and metathorax
with spreading crests ; tibiiB fringed with hair ; abdomen witli dorsal series of
crests. Fore wing broad, the apes rectangular, the termen rounded ; veins
iJ and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upjier angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witli veins 3, 4 from angle
of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.
Sect. I. {Monostola). Antenniie of male bipeetinate to apex, the
branches long.
A, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved above inner
margin asiatica.
E. Fore wiug with the postmedial line not excurved above inner
margin injans.
1655. Nephelodes asiatica.
Monostola asiatica, Alph. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 37, pi. 2. f. 7, a, b (1892);
Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 19-4.
Fig. 92. — Kephelodes asiatica, ^ . \.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous ; antennae yellow.
Fore wing bright rufous with very slight dark irroration ; the veins
and medial area slightly darker, especially towards inner margin ;
traces of a subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antcmcdial
ITEPHEL0DE3.
35'J
lino obliquely curved from costa to submedian fold ; claviform well
developed, indistinctly dotiued by dark brown ; orbicular and reui-
form indistinctly defined by brown, the former rounded ; postmcdial
line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 6, slightly angled
inwards at discal fold, oblique to submedian fold, then excurved ;
subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being slightly
darker. Hind wing yellowish, the terminal half suffused with
fuscous ; cilia rufous' except towards tornus ; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas suffused with rufous, a discoidal spot
and indistinct sinuous postmcdial line.
Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 S , Amdo ; W. Cuina. Exj^. 42
millim.
*1656. Nephelodes infans.
Monostola infans, Alpb. Kom. Mem. vi. p. Si) (1892); Slaud. Cat. Lop.
pal. p. 194.
Mi/thimna pectinata, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xsvi. p. 450 (1892) ; id.
Eoiu. Mem ix. p. 32, pi. 2. f. 4.
S . Head and thorax bright rufous ; antennae ochreous ; abdomen
pale red-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing bright rufous ;
antemedial line indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold,
then erect ; orbicular and reniform defined by brown, the former
round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle ; postmcdial lino
minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at
discal fold, oblique below vein 4 ; the subterminal line only defined
by slight dark irroration beyond it and before it at costa, angled
outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle. Hind wing
dark reddish brown, the cilia rufous ; the underside pale suffused
with reddish brown ; a discoidal lunule and indistinct curved post-
medial line.
Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, in Coll. Piingeler, Amdo; W. China.
Exp. y() millim.
Sect. II. Anlenna; of male hipfcLinate with moderate branches,
With .short bristle at extremity.
A. ITind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown ... tertialis.
B. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown pectinata.
1657. Nephelodes tertialis. (riate LXXXVIII. fig. 15.)
Ncphelodcs tertialis, 8mith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 19 (1903).
S . Head and thorax, dark purplish red-brown ; antenna) rufous ;
abdomen ochreous white suffused with rufous. Fore wing purple-
brown with slight greyish irroration ; the veins darker ; the medial
area deep red-brown from subcostal nervure to vein 1 ; subbasal
line represented by a slight dark striga from costa ; antemedial
line indistinct, oblique, waved ; traces of a small pale claviform ;
orbicular and reniform well-developed, purplish, indistinct, the
former rounded, the latter somewhat angled inwards on niediiu
nervure and defined by a pale line on outer side; jwstmediul lino
indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
358 NOCTUTD^.
then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal
line indistinct, pale, augled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle; traces of a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing
yellowish white, the veins and terminal area tinged with rufous ;
the underside with the costal and terminal area tinged with rufous.
Hah. Canada, Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1 J cotype ; U.S.A., Colo-
rado (CocJcerell), 1 J . Exj). 40 millim,
1658. Nephelodes pectinata.
NephelocJes pectinaiiis. Smith, Can. Ent. xxxii. p. 221 (1000) ; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 161.
J . Head and thorax chocolate-brown with a purplish tinge ;
fore tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore
wing pale purplish rufous slightly irrorated with fuscous, the
veins streaked with fuscous ; the medial area deep chocolate from
subcostal nervure to vein 1 ; traces of a waved subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold ; an oblique waved antemedial line ; orbi-
cular and reniform moderate, pale, the former somewhat elliptical ;
postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
Fig. 93. — Nephelodes pecfinaia, c?. i-.
strongly incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subter-
minal line formed of obscure sagittate rufous marks, somewhat
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine dark
terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish or purplish
tinge; the cilia ochreous white ; the underside pale ochreous thickly
irrorated with rufous and the terminal area suffused with fuscous ;
a dark discoidal spot.
2 . Head, thorax, and fore wing more tinged with purple, the
last with the medial area concolorous.
Hab. Canada, Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker, Mathcw, Cronq^ton),
4 c? , 1 $ . ^>J'. 42-50 millim.
Skct. III. {Nephelodes). Antennsu of male bipectinate, with short branches
with long bristle at extremity.
1659. Nephelodes emmedonia.
Noctna emmedonia. Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 92, pi. 247, D (1779).
Ncphelode-s minians, Guen. Noct. i. p. 130 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 172.
Nephelodes violans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 130(1852).
Gruphiphora expansa, Wlk. x. 390 (1856).
NEPHELODES. — POLIODES.
359
Graphiphora suhdohns. Wlk. x. 405 (lS5fi).
Mo7iosca subnotuta, Wlk. Cliar. Uiidescr. Het. p. 29 (18G9).
Head and thorax bright rufous with a purplisli tinge ; tarsi
banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Pore
wing pale rufous suffused with rosy purplish, the area between the
medial and postmedial lines deep rufous except costal and inner
areas : subbasal line represented by a pale striga on costa : ante-
medial line oblique, waved, excurved in submedian interspace ;
medial line rather diffused, oblique, excurved in cell ; orbicular and
reniform of the ground-colour, well developed, the former rounded,
very indistinctly defined ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale
Fig. 94. — Ncphelodes cmmedonia, ^ \.
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line more or less strongly
defined by fuscous on inner side, minutely dentate, angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of minute
points sometimes present. Hind wing yellowish suffused with
brown, rather more strongly towax'ds termen ; the cilia pinkish ;
the underside yellowish more or less strongly tinged with pink, a
dark discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. violans. Head, thorax, and fore wing more purjile and
without the red tones.
Hah. Canad.v {Norman), 1 J, 1 $, Nova Scotia {Redman)^ 2 c? ,
1 § ; AV. Canada, Orilla (Bush), 3 c? type, expansa ; U.S.A.,
E. States, 5 c? , 3 $ , type violans. New York, 1 $ , Hlinois, 1 $ ,
Virginia ; hab. ign. 1 S type subdolens, 1 2 type suhnotata. Exp.
40-58 millim.
Larva. Head dark brown, unmarked. Body uniformly cylin-
drical, grey-brown ; dorsal and subdorsal lines broad, straight, pale
yellow; sides paler, with a faint diffuse pale lateral line. Sub-
stigmatal band broad, even, pale yellow, the subventral region and
venter pale. Feet black at base. Feeds on grass, etc. — H. G. D.
Genus POLIODES, nov.
Type, T.JlavideniuIa.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 1st and 2nd joints
fringed with long Imir in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons stnooth ;
eyes large, roiuided, overhmig by long cilia ; head and thorax clothed with
scales and hair; antennae of male ciliated; vertex of head tufted; teguliB
dorsally produced into a sharp ridge; pro- and nietathorax with spreading
crests ; tibia fringed with hair ; abdoioen w ith dorsal scries of crcsts and
3G0
NOCTUIDJE.
fringed with hair at sides. Fore wing with veins 3 and f) from near angle of
cell ; 0 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tlie areole :
11 from cell. 11 ind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 ob.-,olesceQt
from middle of discocellulars ; ti, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
cell near base only.
A. Fore wing with subterminal series of small whitish liinules.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform distinctly
defined flavidentula.
h. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform indistinct ... violaacens.
B. Fore wing without subterminal series of yelluwish-white
lunules .' viola.
*1660. Poliodes flavidentula.
Mamcstra flavidentula, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 230 (1903).
S . Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; palpi
blackish at sides ; frons with black bar above ; tegulae with black
medial Hue ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; tarsi
banded with black ; abdomen grey mixed with reddish brown and
dorsally suifused with fuscous. Fore wing grey slightly irrorated
with reddish brown ; subbasal line re])resented by double black strife
from costa and cell ; a black streak in base of submedian fold and
Fig. 95. — Foliodes flavidentula, J. \.
another on inner margin before the antemedial line, which is
double, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1
and to inner margin ; claviform large, triangular, finely defined by
black; orbicular and reniform large, grey with fine black outlines
and reddish centres, the former rounded ; a medial reddish-brown
line, oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique, and with a V-shaped black mark on its inner side beyond
the extremity of claviform, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal "line represented by a scries of small yellowish-wliite
lunules defined by dentate black marks on inner side and with
black streaks from them to the termiiuil lunules ; cilia grey, with
brown lines at base and tips, interrupted at the veins. Hind wing
whitish suffused with brown, except in interspaces of bascil two-
thirds ; cilia white, with brown lino near base ; the underside
white, the marginal areas suffused with brown, a black discoidul
spot and postmedial sinuous line with dark stria? at the veins.
Hah. Chili, type t c? in Coll, Schaus. Exp. 44 millim.
POLIODES. — TRICHOPOLIA.
361
*1661. Poliodes violascens.
Xylina violascens, Mssn. Stubel's Reise, p. 146, pi. vii. f. 1 (1890).
Head and thorax purplish grey ; abdomen whitish, sufFased with
"brown towards extremity. Pore wing purplish grey irrorated with
fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa and a
patch below cell with short white streak on it ; antemedial line
represented by two points on costa and a mark on inner margin
with short white streak on it ; orbicular defined by brown at sides
and below ; reniform hardly traceable ; postmedial line slightly
waved, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 4, where it is
angled outwards, then strongly incurved and with dark patch with
short white streak on it below the cell on its inner side ; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of black spots with white
marks on them ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
fuscous, the lower part of cell and area below it white.
HaK Ecuador, Paramo de Alao, 12000'. Exp. 40 millim. This
species is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by
Prof. Karsch.
*1662. Poliodes viola. (Plate XCIV. fig. 9.)
Poliodes viola, Druce, iued.
5 . Head and thorax purple-grey mixed with brown ; ])al|)i
red- brown except at tips ; abdomen brown, the crests tipped with
grey, the base pale at sides, the anal tuft and ventral surface
vinous red. Pore wing purple-grey irrorated with brown ; sub-
basal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line indistinct, waved, oblique ; claviform rather small,
incompletely defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,
almost confluent, defiaed by black, the former elongate elliptical,
the latter ill-defined below and angled inwards on median uervure ;
postmedial line oblique from below costa to vein G, then dentate,
incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line represented by a series of
small wedge-shaped black marks, oblique from near ajjex to above
vein 6 and from below vein G to above vein 2 ; some black points
on termen. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal areas tinged
with brown ; cilia white at tips ; the underside with small dis-
coidal spot, traces of a postmedial line on costal area and some
points on termen.
Hah. N. Peru, Huancabamba, 8000', type in Coll. Druce.
E.VI). 50 millim.
Genus TRICHOPOLIA.
Type.
Trichopolia, G rote, Tapilio, iii. p. 76 ( 1883) dentatella.
Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect to beyond frons, frinj^ed with long
hair ; frons smooth ; eyes rather siTiall, reniform, very hairy, and overining by
cilia; antenna; of male typically bi pectinate with short branches at right angles
to shaft, serrate at base and extremity ; head and thorax clothed witii long
liair and without crests; tibi;c hairy; abdomen without dors:il crests and with
lateral fringes of long hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex produced and
362
NOCTUID.E.
the teruien obliquely curved ; veiu 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ;
<> from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 7, 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent
from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base onlj-.
Sect. I. Antennje of male bipectinate.
A. Fore wing with tlie median nervure defined by grey streaks.
B. Fore wing with the median nervure not defined by grey ...
ursina.
dentatella.
1663. Tricliopolia ursina.
Lathosea iirsina, Smith, Can. Ent. sxx. p. 324 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N.
Am. p. 173.
6 . Head and thorax clothed with grej' mixed with olive-brown
hair ; sides of palpi and frons blackish ; abdomen brownish grey.
Fig. 9G. — Tricliopolia ursina, c? • !•
Fore wing whitish grey tinged with brown, leaving tlie costal and
terminal areas rather paler ; the cell with two blackish fascial ;
a black fascia from base above submedian fold, and another below
it from before middle to subtermiual line ; an oblique series of
dashes from near termen above vein 6 where they are very short
to vein 2 where they extend to cell ; vein 1 more or less streaked
with black ; orbicular and reniform very small, pale, undefined, the
former somewhat elliptical. Hind wing grey irrorated with brown
and with brown terminal line ; the underside with black discoidal
lunule.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 1 cJ »
Garfield Co. Exjy. 35-40 miilim.
*1664. Trichopolia dentatella. (riate LXXXVIII. fig. 16.)
Tricliopolia dentatella, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 77 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 164.
J . Greyish fuscous tinged with olive. Fore] wing svith the
markings very indistinct ; traces of a waved antemedial line angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform, orbicular, and reniform moderate,
indistinctly defined by black, the orbicular round ; traces of a
minutely waved postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, ex-
curved to vein 4, then oblique ; a series of blackish streaks in
interspaces of terminal area ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing white, with some dark points on rermen.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona. Exp. 30 miilim. This species is un-
known to me ; figured from a drawing from type in Brooklyn Inst.
Arts k, Sci.
TRICUOPOLIA. — STEETCHIA. 363
SiccT. II. Antenna; of male serrate and fasciculate.
*1665. Trichopolia serrata.
Trichopolia serrata, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. xxii. p. 479 (1900);
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 161.
S . Head and thorax dai'k brown with a few ochrcous scales ;
abdomen dull grey. Fore wing ochreoiis suffused with fuscous
brown, the markings rather indistinct; subbasal line pale, defined
by some black scales on each side ; antemedial line double, filled in
with pale colour, nearly erect, the outer line fine, interrupted ;
claviform broad, elongate, acute at extremity, fuscous defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform large, pale defined by black, tha
former round ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then slightly incurved, a black streak from it
to termen below vein 5, the veins of terminal area darker; sub-
terminal line pale, irregular, interrupted, without defining shades ;
a terminal sei'ies of small black lunules. Hind wing white, with a
fine terminal fuscous line ; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot.
Hah. U.S.A., Texas. Exji. 25-28 millim. This species is
unknown to rae.
Genus STRETCHIA.
Type.
Stretchia, H. Eclw. Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. v, p. 26(5 (1874) plusiceforviis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with very long
hair in front ; frons smooth and with tuft of hair ; eyes moderate, rounded,
overhung by long cilia ; antennae of male bipectinate, with rather long branches
tapering to base and extremity ; head and thorax roughly clothed with long
hair and scales, or hair only ; the teguUv produced to a distinct ridge, the pro-
and metathorax with distinct crests; tibi^ fringed with long hair; abdoraini
with dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with
the apex produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;
5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with
cell near base only.
A. Fore wing with the stigmata defined by black.
a. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with red-brown, muricina.
b. Fore wing with the medial area not suffused with red-
brown.
«\ Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous plus i(sfor mis.
/)\ Hind wing white irrorated with fuscous variabilis.
B. Fore wing with the stigmata pale, not defined by black.
a. Fore wing dark grey inferior.
b. Fore wing silvery grey with a yellowish tinge and suffused
with purple-brown sojcea.
166(3. Stretchia muricina. (riate LXXXVIII. fig. 17.)
Acerra muricina, Grote, Bidl. Puff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 85 (1875) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 208.
S . Head and thorax clothed with purplish-red, rufous, and grey
364
NOCTUIDiE.
scales and hair, redder in front ; teguloe with brown line near
extremitj^ ; patagia edged by black above ; tarsi with pale rings ;
abdomen red-brown. Fore wing red-brown, the ante- and post-
medial .areas suffused with purplish grey, the costal area irmrated
with white: a slight subbasal line from costa to submedian fold;
an obli(]uc waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform forming
a broad V or U-shaped mark truncate below, whitish with grey
irroration defined by some white, and with ferruginous patch on
outer side of^ reniform, some deep brown or blackish suffusion in
middle, at sides, and below it ; i)ostraedial line dentate and pro-
duced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it;
terminal area whitish, more or less tinged with brown and ex-
tending to inner side of subterminal line at middle, this line being
indistinct, pale, defined by a dark brown bar before it towards
costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ;
slight dark streaks on the veins towards termen and a terminal
series of dark lunules. Hind wing reddish brown ; the underside
grey irrorated and suffused with reddish brown, especially on
marginal areas, a large black discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous
postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Vancouver, 4 S ; U.S.A., Oregon.
Ej-p. 32 millim.
1667. StretcMa plusiseformis.
Stretchia plusiceformis, H. Edw. Pi-oc. Gal. Ac. Sci. v. p. 2()7 (1874) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 208.
(S . Head pale rufous, the frontal tuft white and deep rufous;
tegulfe pale rufous at base, the tips white with three dark brown
lines; thorax white, mixed with dark brown hair and scales ;
abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing bluish white irrorated with dark
Fig. 97. — Stretchia plusies/ormi^, (^ . \.
brown ; a slight dark streak below base of cell ; a subbasal line
from costa to eubmedian fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved,
obsolescent on inner area ; orbicular and reniform conffuent below
and forming a broad U-shaped mark, indented below, whitish
irrorated with brown, defined at sides and below by a dark brown
line with slight rufous suflfosion round it, the reniform with ferru-
ginous mark on outer side and dark striga at lower angle of cell ;
postmedial line indistinct, minutely waved, well separated from
reniform, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-
terminal line indistinct, pale, defined by black-brown on inner side
i
STRETCHIA.
?.6o
promiuently towards costa and inner margin, angled outwards at
vein 7 and slightlj' excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small
dark lunules. Hind wing grey tinged with brown ; the cilia
ochreous white ; the undei'side grey irrorated with dark brown, a
diseoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., Nevada, 1 S . Exp. 38 millim.
Subsp. 1. Much darker; fore wing rather broader ; stigmata not
conjoined, the orbicular oblique elliptical, the renit'orm oblique
oblong, the area round them slightly darker; postmedial line closely
approximated to reuiforra and straight from below costa to vein 4-.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado {Bruce), 1 S •
Larva. Head rounded, shining brown, sutures and mottlings on
the sides pale. Cervical shield shining umber-brown, mottled with
pale and a pale dorsal line ; anal plate similar without central line.
Body whitish, densely mottled with red-brown. Dorsal and lateral
lines narrow, obscure, whitish ; stigmatal band broad, white,
obscure, red-filled, just covering the spiracles. Spiracles white,
black-ringed ; feet pale.
Food-plant, wild gooseberry. — H, G. D.
1G68. Stretchia variabilis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 18.)
Stretckia varlnh/l/s, Smitli, Traus. Am. Eiit. Soc. xviii. p. 119 (1891) ; id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 208.
Head and thorax clothed with black-brown and blue-grey scales
and hair mixed ; frons with black bar ; tegula3 with grey tips ;
tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous mixed with black.
Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, the medial
area suffused with fuscous except towards costa and inner margin ;
the veins streaked with black ; subbasal line black, waved, from
costa to submedian fold, in which it is followed by a black streak
bent down to vein 1 basally ; antemedial line defined by grey on
inner side, oblique from costa to below cell, then erect ; orbicular
and reniform grey irrorated with fuscous and defined by black
except above, the former somewhat oblique elliptical, and approxi-
mated or conjoined at lower extremity to the latter ; postmedial
line defined by grey on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
grey, slightly defined by black on inner side, more strongly towards
costa and inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, with
a slight pinkish tinge and irrorated with brown scales; some
purplish-brown hair on inner margin ; a terminal brown line ; tlie
underside with black diseoidal lunule showing througli to upperside.
JIah. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 2 c? , 1 $ . Exp. 40 millim.
*lG(i9. Stretchia inferior.
<r, Smith, Tr. U.S. Nat. Miis. x.
.207.
Dark grey ; tegulae reddish at base. Fore wing very indistinctly
Ferigrapha inferior, Smith, Tr. U.S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 477 (1887) ; id. Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 207.
3()6 NOCTUIDiK.
striated with brown ; the lines obsolete ; orbicular and reiiiform
large, confluent, slightly paler and not defined by black. Hind
wing uniform fuscous ; the underside paler irrorated with fuscous,
a large discoidal spot.
Hah. U.S.A., California. Ex^. 30 millim. This species is
unknown to me.
1670. Stretchia saxea. (Plate LXXXYIII. fig. 19.)
Xylina saxea, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 537.
2 . Head and thorax white irrorated with black ; sides of palpi
and frous tinged with rufous ; tegulae and patagia edged with
black ; prothoracic crest tipped with rufous ; tibiae and tarsi dark
brown ; abdomen red-brown. Pore wing silvery grey with a
slight yellowish tinge and irrorated with purple-brown ; antemedial
area obliquely suffused with brown, and with black streaks on the
veins ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line represented
by a dark streak on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, irregularly
waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; claviform large,
defined by black below, and with black fascia from its extremity to
termen with brown suffusion above it ; orbicular and reniform
large, pale, very ill-defined, the former oblique and nearly conjoined
to latter at lower extremity ; postmedial line indistinct, waved,
excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line
only defined by the area beyond it being dark except at apex and
tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, crossed
by short black streaks above and below vein 5, the lower further
from termen ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing
red-brown ; the underside paler rufous, with some dark irroration
on costal and terminal areas, a black discoidal lunule.
Hah. Japan, Yokohama {Pnjer), 1 5 type. Exp. 42 millim.
Genus MOERISONIA.
Type.
Morrisonia, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 53 (18/ 4) sectilis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint fringed
with hair, the 3rd short ; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; tegulas produced
to a slight dorsal ridge ; thorax clothed with hair and scales, and with divided
ridge-like crest; tibiae moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal
crests on basal segments. Foi-e wing with the cilia crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole; IJ from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle,"
8 anastomosing with the cell near base.
Sect. I. Antenna; of male bipectinate with short branches, the apical part
ciliated.
A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines well defjned.
a. Fore wing without dark shade from base through sub-
median interspace.
«\ Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled inwards
in submedian fold.
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a?. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly iucurred
in submedian interspace.
a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-
wards in submedian fold.
fl*. Fore wing tinged with olive-green plena.
b^. Fore wing not tinged wit,h olive-green insic/nis.
P. Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled
outwards in submedian fold.
a*. Fore wing without oblique subbasal black streak
above inner margin.
«'. Fore wing with the streak below base of cell
short mutans.
b^. Fore wing with the black streak below cell
extending to postmedial line paracausfa.
//. Fore wing with oblique subbasal streak above
inner margin bromias.
b-. Fore wing with the postmedial line not incurved in
submedian fold aqorasiis.
b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled inwards in
submedian fuld in ucens.
b. Fore wing with dark shade from base through submedian
interspace secdlis.
B. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines almost
obsolete except at costa bimdca.
1071. Morrisonia plena.
El-ana plena, Wlk. xxxiii. 744 (1865) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths &
Butterflies, p. 17, pi. iv. f. 32.
Mamcstra sphagnea, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 17 (1874).
Bianthcecia viridis, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 547 (1880).
S . Head and thorax olive-green slightly mixed with reddish
hrown ; palpi brown ; teguhc with medial black line; patagia with
some black scales on outer edge ; tarsi with black rings ; abdomen
brown mixed with grey, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore
wing olive-green irrorated with brown and black ; subbasal line
double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, where it is often con-
nected with the base by a black streak ; a more or less prominent
black patch on inner area before the double, oblique, waved ante-
medial line ; claviform indistinctly defined by pale green ; orbicular
and reniform green defined by black and with their centres defined
by black, the former elliptical, the latter often with pale reddish
patch on its outer part ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial
line indistinctly double, dentate and produced to points on the
veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below
vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale
green, defined on inner side by brown and fuscous, especially at
middle and as a semicircular patch in submedian fold, on outer side
strongly defined by black from bcloAv costa to above inner margin,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal
series of black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with a purpli.sh
tinge ; cilia ochreous, with a dark line through them ; the under-
side greyish irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot.
5 . Darker ; fore wing more suif used with brown and black,
especially on medial area, the reniform with white spot.
3G8 NOCTUID^.
Hah. Neav Zealand (O^Ze^/)' ^ ^ type, (Purdie)l S ,{Mailiew)
1 d , 1 ?,(./. -^. TFaZi-e?-) 1 J , 1 2 , Marlborough {S1cellon\ 2 $ ,
type viridis, Otago (Hutton), 1 J , Dunedin (Purdie), 2 cJ , 1 $ .
i/a,p. 34-40 millim.
Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 17.
Greenish brown, j'ellower ventrally ; subdorsal line with series of
rust-red spots : oblique black marks on four posterior segments :
lateral line represented by a series of black marks near posterior
margin of each segment, the area between these markings clouded
with 5-ellow, green, or pink ; anal segment yellow ; head brown
Avith two black stripes and some black points. Food-plants : grasses
and low plants.
1672. Morrisonia insignis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 20.)
Etiple.rif/ iJisigyuf:, Wlk. xxxiii. 724 (1865); Hudson, New Zealand Moths
& Buttcrllies, p. 16, pi. iv. ff. 2'J, 30.
Xylina turbida, Wlk. xxxiii. 7o4 (1865).
Hadena skdloni, Butl. Cist. Eat. ii. p. 547 (1880).
Mamestra polychroa, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 16 (1887).
Head and thorax dark rufous more or less mixed with greyish ;
tegula3 with black line near tips ; patagia edged with some black ;
tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen rufous mixed w^ith greyish.
Fore wing purplish rufous, suffused with black on medial area
except at costa and inner margin, above and below vein 2 and
on terminal area ; the inner margin greyish, sometimes with some
olive on basal and medial areas ; a black streak in base of sub-
median fold ; subbasal line represented by black streaks from costa
and cell ; a black patch above inner margin near base ; antemedial
line defined by grey on inner side, angled outwards below costa,
oblique to vein 1, then bent inwards ; claviform large, defined by
grey and black at extremity and below ; orbicular and reniform
large, with pale annuli defined by black, the former rounded, more
or less open above, the latter Avith black lunule on inner side and
pale patch on outer ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line
whitish, with some black and sometimes some olive before it, angled
outwards at vein 7, dentate to near termen at veins 4, 3, and bent
outwards to tornus ; a terminal black line and series of points.
Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale at tips; the underside
pale tinged with red and irrorated wath brown, a discoidal lunule
and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. New Zealand {J. J. WalJcer), 2 6 A 2, Auckland (OxJe>/),
1 d" , 1 $ type & type turhida, {Enys) 1 S -, Marlborough {SlccUon,
Matheiv), 2 c? , 2 $ , type skelloni, Otago (IJuiton), 1 c? • £xp.
38-42 millim.
Eggs. Greenish white.
Larva. Young : semilooping ; pale brown with black warts
emitting several long bristles.
Adult: pale greenish brown, yellowish ventrally ; subdorsal line
represented by four oblique black marks on posterior segments ;
MORTITSONTA.. 369
lateral line formed by black marking near posterior edge of each
segment ; lateral area clouded with yellowish green or pink ; anal
segment dull yellow ; head brown, with two black stripes and some
black points. Food-plant, Dock. 11-12.
1673. Morrisonia mutans. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 21.)
Hadcna mutans, Wlk. xi. 602 (1857), c? ; Hiwjsop, New l^ealand Moths
& Butterflies, p. 18, pi. iv. fT. 34-6 & pi. iii. f. 15.
Hudeiia lignifusca, Wlk. xi. 603 (1857).
Xylina spurcata, Wlk. xi. 631 (1857), J.
Xylina vexata, Wlk. xxxiii. 755 (1865).
Mamestra angiista, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109, f. 18 .(1874).
Mamestra accepirix, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 19 (1874).
Hadena dehilis, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 385, pi. xlii. t. 6.
S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish ; tegulge
with prominent medial black line edged with white above ; patagia
edged with some black; tarsi with pale. rings; abdomen reddish
brown. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated \\nth fuscous, the
costal area paler on basal half; the veins slightly .streaked with
black ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; the snbbasal line
represented by black strite from costa ; an oblique black bar on inner
area before the antemedial line, whicb is double at costa, then
interrupted, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; claviform
moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with
slight greyish annuli defined b}^ black, the former round or rather
oblique elliptical, open above ; an indistinct somewhat sinuous
medial line ; the medial area in and below cell suft'osed with black ;
postmedial line double at costa, then indistinct, somewhat dentate
and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
incurved below vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined
on each side by black except towards costa, angled outwards at
vein 7 and incurved in submedian fold, where there is a largo
dentate black mark before it ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing reddish brown ; the cilia pale with a brown line throiigh
them ; the underside pale irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule
and curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. Uf/nifiisca. Fore wing without black suffusion in and
below cell.
2 . Much greyer and with hardly any red-brown tiijgc ; fore wing
with the postmedial area whitisli.
Ab. 2. dehilis. Fore wing with the postmedial area not whitish.
Ab. 3. Fore wing whitish with slight brown suffusion,
Hab. New Zeal.\nd {Sinclair), 1 $ , {Cobaso) 1 $ ,{Bolton)4d ,
10 2 , type and types lignifusca and spvrcata, {Enys) 1 cT , 2 $ ,
type dehilis, (J. J. Walker) 3 2, Auckland (O.vle]/), 1 c? , 1 $
type vexata, Otago (Ilutton), 2 $ , Marlborough (Skellon), 1 $ >
Wellington (Maihew), 2 $, Dunedin {Purdie), 1^,1$. E,vj).
34-42 millim.
Larva. Kather stout, with the anterior segments wrinkled ; dorsal
370 NOCTTJIDJF.
surface usually reddish brown ; lateral line broad and black ; a
series of subdorsal black stripes; ventral surface green. Sometimes
the markings are hardly visible, and the colour is entirely green or
brown. JFood-plant, Plantago.
*1674. Morrisonia paracausta.
Mamestra paracausta, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 15 (1886) ; Hudson,
New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 15, pi. iv. f. 28.
Head whitish mixed with reddish ochreous, the frons with two
black bars ; thorax and abdomen grey mixed with white and
black ; tegulfe mixed with reddish ochreous and with medial black
line ; patagia black at outer edge ; legs ochreous white mixed
with black. Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with fuscous and
whitish towards costa, in female whiter ; a sinuous black streak
below cell to postmedial line defined below by brown to ante-
medial line, then by a brown patch above which is dilated on
terminal area to apex and tornus ; the lines slender, dentate, the
antemedial line defined with whitish on inner side ; claviform
obsolete ; orbicular and reniform hardly traceable ; postmedial
line incurved in submedian interspace, where it is defined by white
on outer side ; subterminal line represented by dentate white marks on
veins 4 and 3 extending to termen and a double mark above tornus ;
cilia ochreous mixed with whitish and fuscous. Hind wing grey
mixed with white ; an indistinct postmedial line and interrupted
terminal line.
Hah. New Zealand, Mount Arthur, Castle Hill, Invercargill.
Exp. 37 miUim. This species is unknown to me.
Larva closely resembles that of M. ochthistis.
*1675. Morrisonia bromias. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 22.)
Melanchra bromias, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 273.
S . Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous and mixed with
fuscous ; frons with blackish lateral bars ; tegulse with diffused
blackish medial band ; patagia with black line near upper edge ;
abdomen pale rufous dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing
brown-pink suffused with fuscous, leaving pinkish patches near
base, on inner medial area and beyond the cell ; a black streak
below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin before
middle ; subbasal line represented by two slight strias from costa ;
antemedial line defined by pinkish on inner side, oblique from costa
to submedian fold, angled inwards on veins 1 and again to inner
margin ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reni-
form pinkish and fuscous with slight grey ocelli defined by black,
the former rather quadrate, open above and below, the latter with
whitish discoidal lunule at centre : postmedial line rather indistinct,
defined by pinkish on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, strongly in submedian
MORRISONIA. 371
fold, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined
by the area beyond it being blackish, with somewhat dentate black
marks beyond it and before it in sub median fold, dentate at veins
7, 6, 4, 3, and excurved to tornus, some whitish on it at veins 7, 6,
3, and a diffused patch at inner margin ; a terminal series of small
black hxnules. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous ; a fino
terminal line ; cilia whitish with a brown line through them ; the
Tinderside greyish irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and
sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. New Zealand, Chatham I., type t in Coll. Meyrick. E.vp.
42 millim.
*167G. Morrisonia agorastis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 23.)
Mamestra agorasUs, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. lust. xix. p. 18 (1887) ; Hudson,
New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 18, pi. v. f. 30.
(S . Head and thorax bright red-brown with a purplish tinge
and mixed with a few white scales ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore
wing purplish red-brown irrorated with grey : subbasal line defined
by grey on each side and waved from costa to submedian fold ;
antemediul line defined by grey on inner side, waved and angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, indistinctly defined by grey
and blackish scales ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous
centres and white annuli defined by black, the former rounded and
slightly produced on outer side ; traces of a diffused curved medial
line ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, minutely den-
tate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, some-
what dentate, defined on inner side by very indistinct small dentate
brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous,
uniformly suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous white with a brown
line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,
especially on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal spot, traces of a
sinuous postmedial line and some black lunules on termen.
Hah. Neav Zealand, Wellington, Akaroa, Lake Guyon, typo f c?
in Coll. Meyrick, Exp. 38 millim.
1677. Morrisonia mucens.
Septis mucens, Hubn. Zutr. Ex. Schniefct. iii. p. 9, ff. 41.'), 41G (1827) ;
limith. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 2.31.
Xylina mulfifaria, Wlk. xi. 628 (18.57).
Xylina spoliata, Wlk. xi. 769 (1857).
Head and thorax ochreons white mixed with dark brown ; frons
with black bar; tegula) with black medial line; patagia edged with
black; abdomen brownish ochreous irrorated with black. Fore
wing ochrcoiis white more or less tinged with rufous, sometimes
nearly uniformly suffused with dark brown ; a sinuous l)lack streak
below base of cell, and a streak above inner margin rear base ;
'2 b 2
372 N0CTTTTD2E,
the subbasal line represented by double oblique black striae from
costa; antemedial line double and distinct at costa, then less pro-
minent, strongly angled outwards in submedian fold and above
inner margin ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by
black and with a dark brown or black patch between it and post-
medial line ; orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined by brown,
the former large, oblique elliptical, the cell before and between
them more or less tinged with dark brown ; postmedial line
dentate, double at costa, then single, bent outwards below costa,
98. — Morrifonia mucens, ^J.
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, distinctly defined by white on
outer side below vein 2, some white points beyond it on costa :
subterminal line only defined by triangular dark brown patches on
termen between veins 7 and 4 and 3 and submedian fold, the apical
and tornal areas tinged with bluish white ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown, the
terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside white irrorated
witli brown, a discoidal spot and curved punctiform postmedial
line.
JTah. U.S.A., Middle, Southern, and Central States, Florida,
St. John's Bluff {Donhleday), 3 S , type spoliata, 1 $ type multi-
faria, Missouri, Texas, 1 J • J^^vjo. 34 millim.
1678. Morrisonia sectilis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 24.)
Xylophasia stctilis, Guen. JVoct. i. p. 141 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 232.
Norrinonm rileyana, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 212 (1890) ; Smith, Cat. Noot.
N. Am. p. 231.
S . Head and thorax pale rufous ; frons with black bar ; tegulae
with black medial line ; patagia black except at edges ; tarsi black
with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous irrorated with black. Fore
wing ochreous tinged with rufous, a dark rufous and black fascia
from base through submedian interspace to termen, extending to
inner margin at base ; black streaks below base of cell and above
base of inner margin ; subbasal line represented by double oblique
black striae from costa ; antemedial line represented by double
black striae from costa, then less prominent and acutely angled
outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin ; clavi-
form very obscurely defined; orbicular and reniform with rufous
MORRISONIl. o73
centres and ochreous annuli, the forraer large, oblique elliptical,
open above; postmedial line dentate, double at costa, bent outwards
below costa, exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, delined by whitish
01) outer side below vein 2 ; subterminal line only defined by tri-
angular dark patches on termen between veins 7 and 4 and 3 and
submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia dark
intersected by ochreous. Hind wing ochreous tinged with fuscous
brown, especially on terminal area ; the underside white irrorated
with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved punctiform post-
medial line.
Ab. 1. Ground-colour much whiter and with slight rufous tinge.
Hah. U.S.A. {Douhleday), 1 d" type, Missouri, Texas, 2 J , Grote
Coll. Exp. 38 millim.
1G79. Morrisonia bisulca. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 25.)
Mamestra bisulca, Grote, Can. Eut. xiii. p. 230 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noet.
N. Aiu. p. 232.
Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; patagia edged with
blackish ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown.
Fore wing grey, almost entirely suffused with reddish and dark
brown ; the veins streaked with black ; a black fascia in submedian
fold from base to vein 2 ; subbasal line represented by an oblique
striga from costa; the antemedial line very indistinctly defined by
whitish, angled outwards below costa and strongly above inner
margin ; orbicular and reniform small, whitish defined by black, the
former iregularly elliptical, a black streak between them ; post-
medial line almost obsolete, dentate, bent outwards below costa,
exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white spots beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line defined by the area beyond it being dark
with black streaks in the interspaces, strongly angled outw^ards at
vein 7 and dentate nearly to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series
of small black lunules. Hind wing brown, greyish at base ; cilia
with the tips whitish ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal spot.
Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, 1 J , 1 $ typo. Exp. 40 millim.
Sect. II. Antennje of male serrate and fasciculate.
A. Fore wing with tlie orbicular aiifl reniforin confluent evicla.
B. Fore wing with tlie orbicular and reniform not confluent.
a. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median
nervure ivjidclis.
b. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median
nervure.
<!>. Fore wing witli the ground-colour deep red-brown vitiosa.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour rufous.
«*. Fore wing with white streak on base of subcustal
nervure iiifcnsa.
1)^. Fore wing without white stroak on base of subcostal
nervure ruhcscrtn.
374 NOCTUID^.
6'^. Fore wing with the gronnd-colour grey.
d^. Fore wing not tinged with olive-green.
a^. Fore wing with the orbicular large, elongate usiislriga,
P. Fore wing with the orbicular small, round lithias.
b'^. Fore wing tinged with olive-green homoscia.
1680. Morrisonia evicta.
Cloantha evicta, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 84, pi. 2. f. 18 (1873) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 232.
Cloantha vomerina, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 84, pi. 2. f. 17
(1873).
Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown ; palpi dark
brown at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulaj with black medial
line and brown tips ; thorax dark brown mixed with grey; abdomen
ochreous white mixed with dark brown, the anal tuft with a purplish
tinge. Pore wing dark reddish brown suifused with white, especially
on base of costal area, some ochreous in cell and base of submedian
fold ; the veins streaked with black ; a black streak in base of sub-
median fold ; the subbasal line represented by double oblitjue striae
from costa ; the antemedial line by a striga from costa, then inter-
rupted, strongly angled outwards above vein 1 and inner margin and
Fig. 99. — Morrismiia evicta, cT. \.
slightly defined by white ; orbicular and reniform ochreous with
whitish annuli and defined by black above and below, the former
produced as an ill-defined streak in cell towards base and with a
prominent black streak below it, the latter angled inwards on median
nervure and confluent with the former ; postmedial line obsolescent,
dentate^ produced to white points on the veins, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line only
defined by the area beyond it being dark brown with blackish
streaks in the interspaces, running obliquely to apex ;■ vein 4 at ex-
tremity and vein 3 strongly defined by white streaks ; a terminal
series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with
brow-n, the terminal half strongly suifused with brown ; the under-
side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a
black discoidal spot and curved postmedian line.
Ab. 1. vomerina. Fore wing A^ith the costal half whitish and
strongly contrasting with the inner half which is blackish.
Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., New York, (i J ,2 5 ^ type and type vomerina^
isTew Jersey, Illinois^ E.vp. 36 millim.
MORRISONIA. 375
1681. Morrisonia infidelis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 26.)
Morrisonia infidelis, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 206 (1879) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 232.
S . Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with
grey ; frons with black bar ; tegulse whitish at base and with strong
black medial line ; patagia edged with blackish ; abdomen purplish
brown and grey. Fore wing purplish brown, the costal and inner
areas suffused with grey ; the veins streaked with black ; a diffused
black fascia above basal half of vein 1 ; the subbasal line represented
by indistinct double oblique striae from costa ; the antemedial line
with an oblique striga from costa, then interrupted, indistinctly
angled outwards above vein 1 and inner margin and obscurely defined
by white : orbicular and reniform with rufous centres and greyish
annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, entire, the
latter ill-defined above and angled inwards on median nervure to
below the former : postmedial line very strongly dentate, indistinct
and slightly defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line only
defined by the area beyond it being dark with blackish streaks in the
interspaces, running obliquely to apex ; vein 3 strongly defined on
each side by white streaks; a terminal series of small black luuules;
cilia purple-brown intersected by greyish. Hind wing whitish
tinged with browm, strongly on terminal half; cilia white at tips;
the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and
postmedial series of striae on the veins.
Bab. U.S.A., Michigan, 1 J type. Exp. 40 millim.
1682. Morrisonia vitiosa.
Apamea vitiosa, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 384, pi. 42. f. 3 ; Hudson, New
Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 20, pi. iv. f. 40.
Mamestra proteastis, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. p. 45 (1888).
Head and thorax deep purplish red-brown mixed with black and
a few whitish scales ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous, the
anal tuft, sides, and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing deep purplish
red-brown more or less completely suffused with black, the veins
irrorated with a few whitish scales ; subbasal line double, often
tilled in with ochreous, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line double, often filled in with ochreous, waved and angled
inwards on vein 1 ; claviform rather small, defined by black; orbicular
and reniform defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the
latter with ochreous spot with points above and below it or series of
points on outer edge ; postmedial line double, sometimes filled in
with ochreous, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal lino rufous or ochreous, defined by minute dentate
black marks on inner side and lunules on outer, angled outwards
at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it darker;
37G NocTuiu^i
the ternieii creilulate, with series of white points da vdns and
small black lufaules in interspaces. Hind wing dark reddish
brown ; the underside paler and irrorated with white, a dark
discoidal lunule.
Hah. New Zealand (Enys, Slcellon, Mathew), 4 cJ , 2 $ , tyjie,
JS,vp. 30 millim.
Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 20, pi. iii. f. 16.
'Very pale green above with numerous white lines and dots, dark
greerJ below with yellow dots ; a dorsal series of black spots forming
a triangle on each somite ; thoracic and posterior somites with pink
lateral stripe, entire in the young stages. Food-plant, Melkoj^e
simplex. 10;
168&. Morrisonia infensa. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 27.)
Orfhosia infensa, Wlk. xi. 748 (1857) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths &
Butterflies, p. 23, pi. t. f. 12.
Mamesira arachnias, Meyr. Traus. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 23 (1887).
$ . Head and thorax bright rufous ; frons with black bar ; tegular
■With black medial line defined by white behind: fore tibiae whitish;
abdomen dull reddish brown. Fore wing bright rufous, the veins
rather darker ; a white streak on subcostal nervure to antemedial
line ; subbasal line represented by a very oblique white-defined
black striga from costa ; antemedial line with black and white
strife at costa, then indistinct, doublej dentate, oblique to submedian
fold ; claviform and reniform absent ; orbicular defined by a curved
white streak above ; postmedial line with black and white striae at
costa, then indistinct, double, highly dentate, strongly bent outwards
below costa and angled inwards in submedian fold ; subterminal
ine represented by a series of very slight white marks angled
inwards in submedian fold. Hind wing fuscous with a reddish
tinge; the cilia rufous; the underside ochreous white tinged with
rufous and irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. New Zealand, 1 § type, N. Island, Napier, S. Island,
Blenheim. Exp. 40 millim.
1684. Morrisonia rnbescens. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 28.)
Xi/hrphasia. rnhesec77.% Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 489 (1879); Hudson, New
"Zealand Moths & butterflies, p. 25, pi. v. 1'. 18.
Head and thorax pale ferruginous ; tegtilaB with more or less
developed black medial line ; patagia with some black scales near
upper edge ; abdomen pale ferruginous, sometimes dorsally tinged
■Vvifch fuscous. lore wing pale ferruginous ; the veins with streaks
formed of dark scales ; the medial area below the cell usually
suffused with darker ferruginous ; subbasal line represented by
doable rufous stri* from costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct,
doublej highly dentate ; claviform indistinctly defined by rufous j
MOREISONIA. 377
orbicular and rcnitbrm defiued by rufous, tlie former elongate
elliptical, open above and with a black point on its inner side, the
latter more or less filled in with black; traces of a waved medial
line ; postmedial line verj' indistinct, double filled in by paler colour,
dentate and produced to a double series of dark points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, sometimes
nearly obsolete, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subtermiual
line represented by a series of pale and rufous dentate marks, angled
outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, with
deep rvifoiis patches beyond it at middle and tornus ; a terminal
series of dark points. Hind wing rufous suffused with fuscous, the
termen and cilia redder ; the underside pale rufous with some
darker irroration, a slight discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial
line.
Hah. New Zealand {J. J. WaJlcer), 1 6 , Otago (Ilutton), 1 (S
type, Dunedin (Ptirdie), 2 cj' , 1 $ , Mount Arthur, Castle Hillj
Lake Wakatipu. Earp. 44 millim.
1685. Morrisonia ustistriga. (Plate LXXXYIII. fig. 29.)
AyUiia ustistriga, Wlk. xi. 630 (1857) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths &
Butterflies, p. 2fi, pi. t. f. 20.
Xylina lignisecta, Wlk. xi. 631 (1857).
Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown and more
or less suffused with ferruginous ; tegulae witt slight dark medial
line ; abdomen grey suffused with ferruginous except at base. Fore
wing purplish grey, irrorated with dark brown and more or less
suffused with ferruginous; subbasal line represented by double
black striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line represented by
double black stria3 from costa, then very indistinct, single, oblique
to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above
inner margin ; claviform strongly defined by black, acute at
extremity, often with a black streak from it to postmedial line ;
orbicular and reniform large, strongly defined by black, the former
open above, ])roduced on outer side and often connected by a black
streak with the latter ; postmedial line represented by double striae
at costa, then indistinct, minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4^
in submedian fold oblique and prominently black defined by white
on outer side, some white points bej'ond it on costa; subtermiual
line grey, defined by slight dentate black marks before it below costa
and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3,
in submedian fold angled inwards and connected with postmedial
line by brown suffusion with a black streak on it ; a terminal series
of l)lack lunulcs ; cilia grey, with a rufous line through them.
Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips ; the undcr.sidc
pale irrorated with brown and the costal area suffused with rufous,
a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
2 without any ferruginous or rufous tint.
llah. New Zealand {Colenso, Bolton, J. J. Walker), 4 c? , 4 $ ,
378 NOCTD]D.B.
type & tj'pe lignisecta, Auckland {Oxley), 1 J, Otago {Button), 1 c?,
1 $ , Marlborough (Shellon), 2 $ , Dunedin {Purdie), 1 J , 1 $ .
^ar^. 42-48 millim.
Larva. On honeysuckle.
*1686. Morrisonia lithias.
Mamestra lithias, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. six. p. 17 (1886) ; Hudson, New
Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 17, pi. iv. 1'. 33.
S . Head and thorax white thickly irrorated with fuscous and
black ; patagia with two indistinct black streaks ; abdomen grey ;
legs grey irrorated with white and banded with black and white,
the spurs with black medial band. Fore wing fuscous irregularly
suffused with grey, the veins irrorated with black and white ;
the lines double tilled in with white, minutely dentate : claviform
small, round, black with white point at centre ; orbicular and
reniform with fuscous centres and white annuli defined by black,
the former small, round ; subtermiual line pale, angled outwards at
vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; cilia chequered
grey and white. Hind wing grey with a darker terminal line; cilia
white with a grey line through them.
Hah. New Zealand, Castle Hill. Exp. 33 millim. This species
is unknown to me.
1687. Morrisonia homoscia. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 30.)
Mamestra h(}moscla,'^'L&yv.TrAX\$. N Z. Inst. xix. p. 21 (1886); Hudson,
New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 21, pi. v. f. 7.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with red-brown.
Fore wing pale grey-brown thickly irrorated and suffused with dark
brown and tinged with olive-green, the veins irrorated with white ;
the subbasal line represented by double dark striae from costa and
cell ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ; claviform absent ;
orbicular and reniform with indistinct pale annuli defined by black,
the former round ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line
double, somewhat dentate and prodiiced to black and white points
on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4,
some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale defined
hy brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and
dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing dark brown ; the cilia pale at tips ; the underside
whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and
curved postmedial line.
Hah. New Zealand, Marlborough Province (Skellon), 1 $ , Wel-
lington. Exj). 44 millim.
Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, pi. 3. f. 10.
Dorsal area green, with whitish dorsal and subdorsal lines with
series of white points between them ; lateral and ventral areas
brown ; stigmata red, the substigmatal line pale brown. Food-
plant, Pomaderris ericifolia.
MORKISONIA.
379
Sect. III. Antenna; of male ciliated.
A. Pectus and ventral .surface of abdomen of male clothed with
long rough hair, forming lateral frieges on the latter which
has long tufts of hair from base.
a. Fore wing with the costal area paler than ground-colour. . stipuia.
b. Fore wing with the costal area not paler than ground-
colour.
a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line rufous dotata.
b\ Fore wing with the subtermiual line whitish ochthistis.
1688. Morrisonia stipata.
Xylina stipata, Wlk. xxxiii. 7f)3 (1865) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths &
Butterflies, p. 25, pi. v. f. 17.
Head and thorax ferruginous mixed with ochreous and usually
more or less black ; fore tibiae pale with rufous points, the tarsi
ringed with black. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, and
more or less with fuscous except on costal and postmedial areas :
the veins irrorated with dark scales ; the subbasal line represented
Fig. 100. — Morrisonia stipata, (^ . {.
by double dark stria? from eosta and an ochreous striga from cell
intersecting an ill-defined black streak above vein 1 ; a dontato
mark above inner margin near base ; anteraedial line double, filled
in with ochreous, waved, oblique from costa to median nervure,
angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviforra short and broad, defined by
black; orbicular and reniforra defined by blackish, the former very
oblique elliptical, with rufous centre, the latter with fuscous centre
and incomplete ochreous annulus forming a lunule on outer edge ;
an indistinct medial line obli(|uc from costa to median nervure, then
waved; postmedial line double filled in with ochreous, dentate and
produced to a double series of dark points on the veins, bent out-
wards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points o n
costa beyond it ; subtermiual line ochreous more or less corapletel y
defined by rufous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 an d
dentate to tcrmen on veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it suffused wit h
fuscous except at apex; a terminal series of small black luiiules ;
cilia chequered rufous and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous with a
rufous tinge; a pale subtermiual spot on vein 2 ; cilia ochreous
intersected with rufous : the underside ochreous tinged wi th
3S0 NOCTUIDJly.
rufous, the cos;tal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a
discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line with dark streaks at
the veins.
Hah. New Zealand {J. J. Wallxr), 2 6 ., 1 ? , Auckland (Oxlei/),
1 2 type, (Emjs) 2 § , {Matheiv) 1 6 , Otago {HiUtoii) 1 c5' , Duuedin
(Purdie) 1^,2$. Exj:). 48 millim.
1689. Morrisonia dotata. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 31.)
Dasypolia dotata, Wlk. xi. 522 (1857); Hudson, New Zealand Moths &
Butterflies, p. 24, pi. v. f. 16.
S . Head and thorax dark rufous, the tegulae and patagia edged
with dark brown ; spurs banded with ochreous ; abdomen rufous,
darker dorsally. Fore wing deep rufous suffused in part with
ftlscous, chiefly on medial and terminal areas ; subbasal line double,
waved, from costa to submedian fold ; a curved mark above inner
margin near base ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique from costa
to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform well
developed, filled in with blackish and defined by black ; orbi-
cular and reniform large, defined by black, the former oblique
elliptical, with fuscous centre, the latter with its inner part
fuscous, its outer pale ; an indistinct waved medial line ; post-
medial line double, the outer indistinct, dentate and produced to
short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved
below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line rufous, defined on inner side by a black and brown shade,
angled inwards in submedian fold, the area beyond it darker, waved,
slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine
waved black terminal line ; cilia chequered rufous and fuscous.
Hind wing dark rufous tinged with fuscous ; the underside irro-
rated with grey and whitish at base, a discoidal lunule, waved post-
medial line, and diffused subterminal band.
Hah. New Zealand (Colenso), 1 6 type, Nelson, Wakapuaka.
Exj). 50 millim.
1690. Morrisonia oclithistis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 32.)
Mamesira ochthistis, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 20 (1887); Hudson,
New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 20, pi. iv. f. 42, & pi. iii. f. 16 (larva).
Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with black ; tegulae with
ochreous medial line ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen rufous,
tinged with fuscous in female. Fore wing bright rufous more or
less irrorated and suffused with black, especially on medial area ;
subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line
double, irregularly waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique
elliptical, the latter often with whitish spot or points on its outer
edge ; a blackish medial shade, oblique from costa to cell ; post-
medial line double, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa
and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line ochreous, defined by fuscous on inner side, more
MORRTSONIA. 381
strongly at middle, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous or -with
dark streaks on the veins, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate
at veins 4 and 3 ; termen crenulate, with waved black line. Hind
wing fuscous brown with a reddish tinge ; the underside pale
irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and curved post-
medial line.
Hah. New Zealand, Dunedin (Enys, Purdie, J. J. Walker), 2 c? ,
5 5 , Christchurch, type t in Coll. Meyrick, Wellington. Exp.
36 millim.
Larva. Green, with white lines and points on dorsal area and
yellow points on ventral ; a pink lateral stripe on first five and last
two somites, in early stages entire ; claspers pinkish. Food-plant,
Melicope simplex.
B. Pectus and ventral surface of abdomen in male normally
scaled.
a. Fore wing with the subterminal line not dentate tartarcBa.
b. Fore wing with tliesubterniinnl line more or less dentate.
a^. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
rt^. Fore wing witli tlie cell filled in with black ovwplaca,
h"^. Fore wing with the cell not filled in with black covfma.
b^. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a'-. Fore wing with the subterminal line pale, wall-
defined.
a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely angled
inwards in submedian fold lignana.
b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved in
submedian fold morosa.
b'^. Fore wing witii the subterminal line represented by-
indistinct dentate dark marks.
ci^. Fore wing witli black suffusion on inner area ... prionistis.
P. Fore wing without black suffusion on inner area.
/?*. Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish
gi-e V temperata,
6'. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish
frrey phricias.
1(591. Morrisonia tartaraea. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 1.)
Graphipkora farfara>a, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 384, pi. xlii. f. 2; Hudson,
New Zealand Moths & ButteriHes, p. 21, pi. v. f. (i
Head and thorax dark red-brown, the head and tegula) greyer ;
abdomen dark brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing dark brown
tinged with grey, the inner medial and terminal areas with rufous;
subbasal line double filled in with grey, waved, from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, waved ;
clavif'orm moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
reddish incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ;
the area between and beyond them darker ; a dark medial shade,
oblique from costa to median nervure and angled inwards in sub-
median fold ; postmedial line represented by double dark striic
from costa, then by a slight series of points, bent outwards below
costa and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line blackish towards
costa. then pale defined by rufous, angled outwards at vein 7 iind
382 HOCTTJID^..
excurved at middle. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia pale at tips ;
the underside irrorated with grey, a slight discoidal lunule and
curved postmedial line.
Bah. New Zealand (Eii7js\ 1 c? type, (MatJieiv) 1 $,(«/. J.
Walker) 1 $ , N. Island, Murimutu Plain, S, Island, Christchurch.
Exji. 42 millim.
*1692. Morrisonia omoplaca. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 2.)
Mamestra omojdaca, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 24 (1887) ; Hudson,
N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, ^. 23, pi. v. f. 13.
5 . Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with grey, the palpi and
vertex of head with some blackish ; tegulse with black medial line
and grey and fuscous tips ; prothoracic crest grey and fuscous ;
patagia fuscous tinged with grey ; tibiae irrorated with black ;
abdomen pale ochreous brown, the ventral surface irrorated with
black. Fore wing ochreous white suffused and irrorated with
rufous ; an oblique band from vein 1 near base to cell and the cell
except at base filled in with black ; a sinuous black streak below
base of cell defined by ochreous above ; the subbasal line repre-
sented by two oblique black striaj from costa ; antemedial line
double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and strongly outwards
above inner margin ; claviform moderate, fuscous black defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform fuscous with whitish annuli defined
bv black, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter with
whitish discoidal lunule ; postmedial line indistinctly double,
strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, oblique below vein 4,
and strongly dentate inwards in submedian fold ; subterminal line
pale, defined on inner side by slight, somewhat dentate rufous marks
and some fuscous at costa, the area beyond it mostly suffused with
black except at apex, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly
dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing pale, uniformly
sufiosed with fuscous brown, the cilia whitish with a fuscous line
through them ; the underside greyish irrorated with brown, a
slight discoidal spot and traces of a sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. New Zealand, Lake Coleridge, liakaia, type t $ in Coll.
Meyrick. Exp. 42 millim.
1093. Morrisonia confusa.
Auchmis confusa, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Sehmett. iii. ff. 495-6 (1827) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 232.
Xylina wfnicf.uosa, Wlk. xi. 627 (18.57).
S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and black ;
frons with black bar ; tegulae with black medial line ; patagia
edged with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey irrorated
with red-brown and fuscous. Pore wing greyish suffused with
red-brown and irrorated with black, the veins streaked with black ;
a sinuous black streak in base of submedian fold ; the subbasal line
MOURTSONTA. . 383
represented by double black strite from eosta ; the anteraedial line
with a dark striga from costa, then indistinct and strongly angled
outwards above vein 1 and inner margin ; claviform incompletely
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with obscure ochreous
aunuli incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ;
the postraedial line strongly dentate, black defined by ochreous on
outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique; the subterminal line very obscurely defined by the
Fig. \0\.^-Morri!>o7iia confiisa, (^. ]•,
area beyond it being slightly darker, with blackish streaks in the
interspaces, running obliquely to apex, and with pale dentate marks
on veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia
intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with
brown, especially on terminal area ; the veins dark ; a dark terminal
line ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial series of striae
on the veins.
Hab. Canad.^ ; U.S.A., Eastern States, 3 S type infructuosa,
Texas, 1 S , California. Ea-j). 40 millim.
Larva. Head round, shining light red-brown, reticulate in lighter
and paler over the clypeus. Jjody shaded in vinous red, with a
rounded, quadrate, deep vinous patch laterally above the spiracle
on joints 2 to 12. Fine whits dorsal, lateral, and suprastigmatal
lines. Shields not chitinized, coiicolorous ; spiracles white, finely
black-rimmed. rood-i)lants : Willow, etc. — H. G. D.
1694. Morrisonia lignana. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 3.)
Haclena lignana, Wlk. xi. 7 ''8 (1857); Hudson, New Zealand Moths &
Butterflies, p. 26, pi. v. f. 19.
Head and thorax brownish grey slightly mixed with rufous ;
tegulte and patagia with black linos near upper edge ; abdomen
grey irrorated with fuscous, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing
brownish grey irrorated with fuscous and sometimes tinged with
purplish, the costal area and veins rather paler; the subbasal line
represented by double black stria) from costa and cell, interrupting
a slight black streak above vein 1 ; antemedial line doable, dentate,
oblique from costa to median nervure, and strongly angled inwards
on vein 1 ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform defined by black, tlie former elongate elliptical, open
384 I70CTTJIDJ5.
above and wath black point on its inner side, the latter with its
lower part filled in with fuscous and slightly angled inwards on
median nervure ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line
more or less indistinct, strongly dentate and produced to a series
of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on eosta ; subterminal
line ochreous white, defined on inner side by fuscous marks at
middle and below vein 3, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to
terraen on veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing fuscous, with slight pale mark on termen at submedian fold ;
cilia ochreous, with a brown line near base ; the underside whitish
irrorated with fuscous, a diseoidal spot and more or less indistinct
postmedial line.
Hah. New Zealand [EarlX 1 S type, {Eiiys) 1 $ , {Matlieiv) 1 $ ,
Marlborough {Skellon) 1 § , Wellington, Mount Hutt. E.vp.
42 millim.
1695. Morrisonia morosa. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 4.)
Xylophasia morosa, Bull. Cist. Ent. ii..543 (1880).
Mamestra pelistis, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 20 (1887)"; Hudson,
N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 19, pi. v. ff. 3, 4.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and a few dark
scales ; frons with black bar ; tegulae with medial black line ;
abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing pale brown, more or less
strongly suffused with purplish red : subbasal line double, waved,
from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ;
claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with
fuscous centres, and pale annuli defined by black, the former
round ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate and produced
to black and pale points on the veins, bent outwards below costa
and slightly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa
beyond it ; subterminal line grey or ochreous, angled -outwards at
vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it suffused with
fuscous except at apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish at tips ; the underside
whitish irrorated with bjown, a slight diseoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Nab. New Zealand (Skellon, Mathew), 2 c? , 1 2 type, Wel-
lington, Paikakariki, Akaroa, type f j>eZts<w in Coll. Meyrick, Lake
Coleridge. Exp. 40 millim.
*1696. Morrisonia prionistis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 5.)
Mamestra prioiiistis, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p, 27 (1887): Hudson,
N. Zealaod Moths & Butterflies, p. 27, pi. v. f. 21.
2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown ; sides of
palpi and frons with some dark brown ; tegular dark brown near
tips ; patagia with black stripe on upper edge and on lower edge
iiear base; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing gr^y irrorated with
:*roinusoNiA. 385
brown ; a pale rufous fascia in discal fold from before middle to
subterminal line ; a similar fascia in submedian fold extending to
inner margin at base and to termen ; the inner area suffused with
fuscous from before middle to near tornus ; subbasal line indistinct,
angled outwards below costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct,
double, dentate, strongly angled outwards below cell and above
inner margin ; orbicular and reniform indistinct and ill-defined,
except the latter on outer side, where it has some diffused black
beyond it at lower angle of cell, the former rounded, the veins
beyond the cell grey defined by fine black streaks ; postmedial line
obsolete except for two dark striae from costa and in submedian
interspace, where it is strongly angled inwards ; subterminal line
represented by oblique strigae from termen at and below apex, then
by conjoined dentate rufous marks ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia grey intersected with brown. Hind wing dark
red-brown ; cilia white at tips ; the underside pale, suffused and
irrorated with pale red-brown ; a small discoidal lunule.
jETafe. New Zealand, Wellington, type f 5 in Coll. Meyrick,
Rakaia. E.vp. 48 millim.
1697. Morrisonia temperata. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 6.)
Brijophila temperata, Wlk. xv. 1648 (1858) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths
& Butterflies, p. 9.
Xylina inceptura, Wlk. xv. 1730 (1858).
Xylina deceptura, Wlk. xt. 1737 (1856).
S . Head and thorax reddish or dark brown and grey mixed ;
abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing grey-brown with a
reddish tinge and some fuscous irroration, the veins streaked with
fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double dark striae from costa
and cell ; antemedial line represented by double dark points on
costa, median nervure, and vein 1 ; claviform sometimes partly
defined by fuscous ; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish
annuli defined by fuscous, the former rather elongate elliptical,
the latter somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial
line more or less indistinct, dentate, and with a series of points
beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below costa and obliciue
below vein 4 ; subterminal line represented by some more or less
indistinct dentate dark marks at middle ; a terminal series of dark
points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale at tips ; the under-
side pale with slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.
$ greyer.
Hah. New Zealan'd (Churton), 3 J j 2 5 ? fyps and types inceptara
nd decepiura. Exp. 36-40 millim.
1698. Morrisonia phricias. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 7.)
Mamestra pkririas, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. p. 46 (1888); Hudson,
New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 27, pi. v. f. 22.
Palpi with the 3rd joint long and dihatcd at extremity; thorax
VOI-. V. 1' c
386 NOCTUID^.
with high triangular crest. Head and thorax grey mixed with
brown ; tegulte with dark line at tips ; tarsi with pale rings ;
abdomen ochreous grey suffused with fuscous. Fore wing silvery
purplish grey irrorated and suffused with fuscous, the veins with
dark streaks ; a slight black streak below base of cell ; slight traces
of the subbasal line; antemedial line very indistinct, double, oblique
from costa to below the cell, then dentate ; claviform absent ;
orbicular and reniforra moderate, indistinct, grey defined by fuscous ;
a slight medial shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ;
postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then very
highly dentate, oblique ; subterminal line very slightly defined by
fuscous on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at
veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous
brown, the cilia whitish; the underside whitish suffused with
brown, traces of a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. New Zealand, {Enys) 2 (S , {J. J. Wallcer) 1 c? , 1 2 ,
Marlborough {Skellon) 2 S . Exjy. 40-44 millim. Type t in Coll.
Meyrick.
Genus PERSECTANIA, nov.
Type, P. cvingi.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed
•with hair in front ; frons with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate
below it ; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the tegulre
produced into a slight dorsal ridge ; the prothorax with divided crest, the
metathorax with spreading crest ; tibite fringed with hair ; abdomen with
dorsal crest on 1st segment and lateral tufts of hair. Fore wing rather pro-
duced, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from npper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent
from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell
near base only.
Sect. I. Antenna of male serrate and fasciculate ; pectus and abdomen clothed
with rough hair, the latter with long sublateral tufts from base.
1699. Persectania evingi.
Xi/lophasia ewingii, Westw. Proc. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 55, pi. 20. f. 1 (1837).
C'hloantha composita, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 114 (1852); Hudson, Kew Zealand
Moths & Butterflies, p. 22, pi. v. if. 8, 0, & pi. iii. f. 7.
Leucania civersa, Wlk. ix. 113 (185fi).
Mamestra maori, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 24 (1874).
Morrisonia ixracida, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 114(1874);
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 232.
Leucania dentigera, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 642 (1880).
Head and thorax grey tinged with pale or dark brown ; frons
whitish with dark bar ; "tegulae with black medial line edged with
white above ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;
abdomen whitish tinged with brown and with some fuscous sub-
lateral spots. Fore wing grey-white, more or less strongly irrorated
with fuscous and suffused with fuscous or brown ; a black streak
below basal half of cell ; the veins and the interspaces of terminal
rERSECTANIA.
387
half with slight dark streaks ; subbasal line represented by a slight
very oblique black streak from base of costa ; the a,ntemedial line
indistinct, double, very highly dentate, usually with an oblique
black streak before it above inner margin ; claviforni represented
by obscure black streaks above and below ; orbicular and rcuiforra
Fig. 102. — Pcvscctania evingi, (^. \.
small, with whitish annuli defined by black, the former elongate and
more or less confluent with the latter ; postmedial line bent out-
Avards below costa, then very highly and rather irregularly dentate,
most strongly in submedian fold ; subterminal line whitish, defined
by black on outer side, the area before it pale, beyond it suffused
with brown or fuscous, arising from apex, with shortening denti-
tions on veins 6, 5, then dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, and 1 ;
a terminal series of triangular black points ; cilia intersected with
whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal area paler or nearly
white ; cilia white, brownish at base ; the underside white, a small
discoidal spot, the terminal area fuscous from apex to vein 2.
Hah. ign., type $ aversa and type $ peracuta ; Qcteensland,
1 2 ; New South Wales, (Rai/nor) 4 ,5 , 2 2 ; Victoria, Gisborne
{Lyell) 2 d" ; S. Australia (Bal-ewell) 1 J; Tasmania, Hobart,
(Norman)! <S , (Butler, Smith, Alliwrt) 2(5, 3 2; New Zealand,
(J. J. WaJlcer) 1 2, Auckland (OAeij, Sinclair) 1 cT , 5 2 »
Dunedin (Purdie) 1 J, Marlborough (SJcellon) 2 2 , type deniigera.
Exp. 34-44 millim.
Larva bright reddish brown ; dorsal stripe broad, black ; sub-
dorsal stripe narrower, edged with white ; lateral stripe dull red,
white, and black ; ventral surface, head, and prolegs greenish grey
with black markings ; spiracles black. Food-plants, Grasses. 1 & 9.
Sect. II. Antennas of male with bristles and cilia; pectus and abdomen more
smoothly scaled.
A. Fore wing with the orbicular and renifonn obsolete aiducias.
B. Fore wing with the orbicular s-epreseuted bj a streak
confluent with the renifonn sfcropastis.
C. Fore wing with tiie orbicular and reniform separate atrisf ri//a.
1700. Persectania aulacias. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 8.)
Leucania aiiloc/as, IVlpyr. Tr. i\.Z. Inst. xix. p. 11 (1887).
Lencania arotia, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 11 (1887); Hudson, New
Zealand Moths ct Butterflies, p. 12, pi. iv. f. 18.
Head and thorax ochreous slightly tinged with rufous; sides of
2 c 2
388 KociriBj:.
palpi and frons with some black scales ; tegulse with black medial
line ; upper edge of patagia and prothoracic crest with some black
scales ; legs with fine blackish streaks ; abdomen ochreous irrorated
M'ith brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous ; the veins
black-brown, defined by fine whitish streaks; the interspaces with
diffused reddish-brown streaks ; traces of a sinuous streak ])elow
the cell from base to below end of cell, upturned at extrerait)- ; a
slight antemedial point on vein 1 ; a slight oblique streak above
middle of inner margin ; a postmedial series of black points on the
veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; faint
traces of a highly irregularly dentate pale subtermiual line repre-
sented by an oblique streak below vein 7 and another from vein 3
at termen to submedian fold. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia
grey ; the underside ochreous white, irrorated and partly suifused
with brown, a slight discoidal lunule, indistinct sinuous postmedial
line, and some black striae on termen.
Ab. 1. arotis. Hind wing with the cilia white, tinged with
ochreous and brown at base.
Hub. Neav Zealand (J. J. Walker), 1 c? , Wellington, Blenheim,
Christchurch, in Coll. Meyrick, llakaia. Edy. 46 millim.
1701. Persectania steropastis. (riate LXXXIX. fig. 9.)
Mamestra steropastis, Mevr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 22 (1887) ; Hudson,
New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 23, pi. v. ff. 10, 11.
Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous; sides of palpi and frons
blackish ; tegulte with medial black line. Fore wing rufous ; the
veins with dark streaks ; a dark streak slightly defined by grey
above below base of cell and another above inner margin before
middle ; antemedial line obsolete towards costa, very strongly angled
outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin and inwards
on vein 1 ; a dark streak in lower part of cell ; reniform repre-
sented by slight dark and whitish marks on upper discocellular aud
lower angle of cell, and a curved streak below angle ; postmedial
line very strongly angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards
on vein 1, otherwise obsolete; interspaces of terminal area with
dark streaks, the subtermiual line being represented by oblique
white streaks below veins 7, 4, 3. Hind wing deep fuscous brown,
the cilia pale at tips ; the underside grey tinged with reddish and
irrorated with black.
Hah. New Zealand, Dunedin (Purdie), 3 c? , 2 J , Akaroa (J. J.
Walker), 1 S, Napier, Blenheim, Christchurch. Eajj. 40-44
millim. Type f in Coll. Meyrick.
1702. Persectania atristriga.
Xi/lina utrisfncja, Wlk. xxxiii. 756 (1805); Hudson, New Zealand MotLs
'& Butterflies', p. 10, pi. iv. f. 12.
Mamestra aniipodu, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 23 (1874).
Head aud thorax purplish or red-brown, sometimes brown
PEKSECTANIA. XTLOMANIA.
389
irrorated wltli grey ; tegul?e with fuscous and grey medial line ;
abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft more ochreous brown. Fore
wing grey-brown suffused with purplish red and with slight dark
irroration ; the costal area greyish to near apex ; a prominent black
streak below base of cell; the subbasal line represented by slight
strife from costa and cell ; the antemedial line arising as double
strige from costa, then indistinct and highly dentate ; claviform
small, defined by black, sometimes nearly obsolete ; orbicular and
reniform small, greyish defined by black, the former elongate, the
Fig. 103. — Vcrsectania afrisfriga, (^ . \,
latter angled inwards on median nervure and with some fuscous in
lower part; postmedial line arising froai double striae from costa,
then indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and strongly
angled inwards in submedian fold ; subterrainal line represented by
a series of small ochreous and fuscous dentate marks, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, with the cilia rufous; the
underside pale irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and
curved postmedial line.
Hah. New Zealand (./. J. Walker), 3 c? , 1 $ , Auckland, (O.vlei/)
2 S type, (Enj/s) 1 $ , Otago {Mutton), 1 S , Marlborough (Skellon),
Id, 1 2 , (Mathew) 1 d" , Dunedin {Paniie), 3^,1$. Exp. 36-
44 millim.
Genus XYLOMANIA, nov.
Type, X. hiemalis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons, the 2nd joint
fringed with hair below, the 3rd sliort ; frons smooth ; eyes lurge, rounded ;
tegulie dorsally produced into a slight ridge ; pro- and metathorax with
spreading crests; pectus clothed with woolly hair; tibiiB fringed with hair ;
abdomen with dorsal crest on. basal segment. Fore wing with the apex slightly
produced, the termen oblique and somewhat angled at vein 3; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; G irom upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
f(jrm the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 and (>, 7 shortly
stalked; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base.
Sect. I. Antenna of male bipectinate, with rather long branches, the apex
simple.
A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent... b'^hre^isiana.
B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform separate.
a. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell erythrnlita,.
h. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell h\emnli<.
390 NocTuiDJi;.
703. Xylomania behrensiana. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 10.)
Graphiphora behrensiana, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 71 (1875) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am, p. 208.
$ . Head and thorax dull brown mixed with grey ; abdomen
brownish white irrorated with dark brown. Fore wirg brownish
grey, suffused with brown to the subterminal line and thickly
irrorated and striated with black-brown; the costal edge pale;
subbasal line blackish, defined by pale colour on outer side, waved,
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by whitish
on inner side, oblique from costa to above inner margin, then angled
inwards ; orbicular and reniform defined by whitish, confluent and
forming a celt-shaped mark ; postmedial line double filled in with
whitish, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold,
incurved below vein 4 ; the veins of terminal half streaked with
whitish ; subterminal line whitish, excurved below costa and at
middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pinkish
white with slight dark irroration, especially on marginal areas ; the
underside with small black discoidal spot, curved postmedial series
of points on the veins and terminal series.
Bab. U.S.A.., California, 1 § type. Exp. 40 millim.
1704. Xylomania erythrolita. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 11.)
Graphipliora erythrolita, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 208 (1879) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct, Jf. Am. p. 208,
Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown ; shaft
of antennae crimson in male ; palpi tinged with crimson ; tarsi with
pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing purplish
grey irrorated with dark brown, especially on basal half: subbasal
and antemedial lines represented by slight dark spots on costa;
orbicular and reniform dark with greyish annuli, the former small,
round, the latter obliquely curved ; traces of an oblique medial
line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, produced
to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at
discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, interrupted,
whitish defined by brown on inner side, prominently towards costa
and inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a terminal series of brown stria). Hind wing grey suftused
with brown, especially on terminal area; the underside grey
irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial
eeries of points on the veins.
Ab. i Much more rufous in colour,
Uah. U.S.A., California, 5 c? , 1 2 ■> type. Eccp. 34 millim.
1 705, Xylomania hiemalis,
Xiilomigcs hicmaJis, Grote, Bull. 13uff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 71 (1874) ;
'Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 2:«.
Dryohota californica, Eehr. iStreck. I,op. Ehop. & Het. p. 94 (1874).
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black ; frons with
XTLOMANIA.
391
black bar ; tegulae with black medial line ; tarsi ringed with black ;
abdomen pale reddish, ventrally mixed with grey. Fore wing
bhiish grey irrorated with fnscous and black ; a waved black streak
below bas3 of cell; the subbasal line represented by an oblique
black striga from costa ; antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviform
well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with
orange and black scales at centre and grey annuli defined by black,
the former irregularly rounded and open above : postmedial line
double, indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish, defined by dentate
black marks on inner side and by the area beyond it being darker,
running obliquely from apex, dentate at veins 4, 3, and incurved
Fig. 104. — Xylomanla hiemalis, (^ . \.
at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of small black
lunules. Hind wing white, more or less strongly irrorated with
fuscous ; a terminal series of dark striae ; the underside with black
discoidal lunule and sinuous punctiform postmedial line showing
through on upperside.
Hal. Canada, Vancouver I. (W. H. Danhj), 3 d , 1 2 ; U.S.A.,
California, Sanzalito, 1 6 ; Oakland, 1 $ type. Exi^. 34-38
millira.
Sect. II. Antennje of male witli short branches, the apex simple.
A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
a. Fore wing tinged with bluish, the black markings very
prominent i^aMidior.
b. Fore wing tinged with brownish 'peritalls.
B. Fore wing without black streak below base oi' cell cognata.
*170G. Xylomanla pallldior. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 12.)
Xylomigcs pallkUor, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 227 (1899) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158.
J . Head and thorax bluish white mixed with some black, palpi
black at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegula? with black medial
line ; patagia with black streak on lower edge and some black
scales near upper edge ; tarsi with black rings ; pectus tinged with
pink ; abdomen wliitish tinged with purplish pink and irrorated
with black. Fore wing bluish white irrorated Avith fuscous, the
base of inner margin tinged with pinkish ; a sinuous black lino
below base of cell connected with the claviform, which is defined by
392 NocTciDj::.
black ; subbasal line represented by two striae from costa ; ante-
medial line double, waved, oblique, intersected by an oblique black
streak in cell running to upper edge of orbicular, which is defined
by black, oblique elliptical, open above and confluent below with
tho reniform, which is dehned by black, has blackish centre and
has its lower part intersected by a black streak ; a diffused black
medial shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial
line indistinctly double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line repre-
sented by a series of wedge-shaped black spots produced as streaks
to termen towards costa and inner margin ; cilia chequered black
and white. Hind wing white irrorated with blackish, and the
costal and inner areas tinged with pinkish brown ; a discoidal
lunule, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and series of
marks on termen and cilia, all more distinct on underside.
Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 42 millim. .
1707. Xylomania peritalis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig, 13.)
Xi/lomiges peritalis, Smith. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 69 (1892); id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 23o.
S . Grey mixed with vinous brown ; palpi blackish ; tegulae
with black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded
with black ; abdomen pale rufous. Pore wing white irrorated with
fuscous and slightly tinged with pale vinous at base ; a black
streak below base of cell ; subbasal and antemedial lines repre-
sented by dark strigse on costa ; claviform very large, defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform very large, almost contiuent, defined
by black, the former produced at lower extremity, the latter some-
what constricted at middle ; traces of a medial shade towards costa
and inner margin ; postmedial line represented by two striae on
costa and one on inner margin ; subterminal line only defined by
some black streaks before its medial part and in the interspaces
beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered white and black.
Hind wing white, the inner area tinged with pale rufous ; a black
terminal line ; the underside with large black discoidal lunule and
postmedial series of black stria? showing through to upperside.
Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, Colorado, Glenwood Springs {Barnes), 1 cj" .
E.vp. 40 millim.
1708. Xylomania cognata.
Xylomiges cognata. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 78, pi. t. f. 3
(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158.
Head and thorax white mixed with black ; tegulae with black
medial line ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore
Tving white, irrorated with pale brown and fuscous and sometimes
tinged in parts with ochreous ; a double, waved, black subbasal line
from cost a to subracdian fold; a double, oblique, waved antemedial
XJLOMANIA.
393
line, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform well-developed, short,
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, rounded, sometimes
almost confluent, incompletely defined by black ; traces of a waved
medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below
Fig. 105. — Xylomania cognata, (^ . \,
costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subtermiual line
white, defined on each side by black marks except towards costa,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, then in-
curved, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of small
black lunules ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white
slightly irrorated with black ; a terminal black line ; the underside
with discoidal spot and postmedial punctiform line showing through
to upperside.
IJah. Canada, Vancouver I. ( W. If. Danhy), 4 d' , 3 $ ; U.S.A.,
Oregon, Colorado. Exp. 38 millim.
Sect. III. Auteunre of male serrate and fasciculate.
A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
a. Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish grey ruhrica.
b. Fore wing with the ground-colour white simplex.
33. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a. Fore wnig not suH'used with red-brown.
a^. Fore wing ncit suifused with black.
a'-. Fore wing with the indistinct subtermiual line strongly
angled inwards on vein 4 indurata.
b'^. Fore wing with the indistinct subtermiual line notangled
inwards on vein 4 curialis.
b^. Fore wing largely suffused with black.
«'-. Foi'e \Viug with the ground-colour blue-grey Candida.
b'^. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish dolosa.
b. Fore wing strongly suffused with red-brown perlubeiis.
1709. Xylomania rubrica. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 14.)
Gra-phij>hora ruhrica, Karv. Can. Ent. x. p. 58 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
Jh. Am. p. 234.
$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey ; frons with black
bar ; tegula3 with blackish medial line ; patagia with some black
scales on edges ; abdomen with dark irroration ; tarsi banded with
black. Pore wing brownish grey, suffused with rufous from orbicular
above vein 2 to subtermiual line, sometimes with a distinct curved
black shade on lower part of this area ; an irregular black streak
below base of coll; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub-
394 NOCTUIDiE.
mediau fold ; antomedial line double, waved, uoarly erect ; clavi-
form slightly defined by black ; orbicular aud renifurm defined by
black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, grey or rufous
with grey annulus, the latter rufous with grey aunulus ; postmedial
line double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly
incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, sometimes finely
defined by black on inner side, the area beyond it dark except at
apex, where there is a grey patch, angled outwards at vein 7, then
nearly straight ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia grey
mixed with dark brown. Hind wing white, some brown irroration
on the veins and inner area ; a terminal lunulate black line ; the
underside with brown irroration on costal area, a black discoidal
lunule showing through to upperside, and a postmedial series of
short streaks on the veins.
Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, California, San Raphael, 1 $ type, Havilah,
1 $ . Exp. yS millim.
1710. Xylomania simplex.
Acronycta simplex, Wlk. xxxii. 618 (18()5) ; Siiiitb, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 233.
Xylomiges cruciaUs, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 277 (1875).
Head and thorax white mixed with grey ; frons with black bar ;
tegulae with black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi
ringed with black ; abdomen grey tinged with rufous. Fore wing
white thickly irroratcd with fuscous ; a strong black streak below
base of cell ; the subbasal line represented by an oblique black
striga from costa, the antemedial line by strise from costa and inner
Fig, 106. — Xylomcmia siiiiplox- , (J. ,.
margin ; claviform large, more or less completely defined by black ;
orbicular large, oblique, wedge-shaped, open above, defined by a
black patch or streak before it in cell, and the oblique medial black
shade beyond it from costa to median nervure ; reniform large,
rounded, with some orange at centre, an incomplete black outline
and a prominent semicircular black mark below it ; postmedial line
represented by a series of black stria) on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, sub-
terminal line only defined by a series of short black streaks in the
interspaces beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with
black. Hind wing white, with series of black stria) on termen ; the
XYLOMANIA. 395
underside with black discoidal spot and postmedial series of stria)
showing through to upperside.
Hab. Canada, Vancouver I. {Dr. LyaU, W. H. Danly\ 2 S type ;
U.S.A., Washington, 1 $ , Oregon, Portland, Colorado, California,
Sanzalito, 2 c5" , 1 $ , type crucialis. Exp. 36-4-1 millim.
Larva. Head very slightly bilobed, shining brown, the sutures
and mottling on the sides lighter. Body green or brown, finely
dotted with white; dorsal, lateral, and suprastigmatal lines fine,
white, straight. Shields very slightly chitinized, lighter than the
body, pale, unmarked. Spiracles black, surrounded by reddish.
Food-plants, various shrubs. — H. G. D.
1711. Xylomania indurata. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 15.)
Xylomigcs indurata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 80, pi. iv. f. 7
(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 153.
J . Head and thorax clothed with dark brown and grey scales ;
abdomen grey dorsally tinged with ochreous, ventrally irrorated
with brown. Fore wing bluish grey strongly irrorated with fuscous;
the ante- and postmedial lines represented bj- traces of dark points
on the veins ; claviform rather large, obscurely defined by brown ;
orbicular and reniform obscurely defined by brown, the former
rounded ; the subterminal line only defined by an indistinct series
of small dentate dark marks on its inner side ; an indistinct oblique
dark shade from termen below apex; cilia intersected with whitish.
Hind wing white sparsely irrorated with brown, especially on the
veins, the inner margin tinged with pale reddish brown ; the under-
side with black discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks
on the veins showing through to upperside.
Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes, Oslar), 2 J,
3 2 ; Durango (Oslar), 1 d" . Eap. 46 millim.
1712. Xylomania curialis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 16.)
Xylomiqcs curialis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 143 (1873) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 233.
Head and thorax clothed with bluish-grey and brown scales ;
tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with
ochreous, ventrally irrorated with brown. Fore wing bluish grey
irrorated and sutt'used with fuscous brown, the submedian and
discal folds often with a reddish tinge ; the veins slightly streaked
wath black, the subbasal line represented by an indistinct dark
striga from costa ; the antemedial line very indistinct, waved ;
claviform rather large, defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform
obscurely defined by blackish, the former round, the latter with
some black in its lower part and often some red on its outer edge ;
postmedial lino very indistinct, dentate and produced to points on
the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique ; the subterminal lino grey, defined by small dentate dark
marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly
excurved at middle ; traces of a terminal scries of dark points.
3!)6 NOcruiD^.
Hind wing pure white, with, terminal series of small black lunules ;
the underside with the costal area slightly irroratcd with brown, a
dark discoidal spot and some postmedial striae on the veins.
Hah. U.S.A., California, 2 S type ; San Francisco (Stretch), 1 J ,
1 $ . Exj). 40 millim.
1713. Xylomania Candida. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 17.)
Xylomiqes Candida, Smith, Trans. Am. Etit. See. xxi. p. 79, pi. v. f. 1
(18J4) ; Djar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158.
Head and thorax clothed with bluish- white and black scales ;
teguloe with slight black medial line ; tarsi banded with black :
abdomen tinged with pale rufous, the ventral surface white irro-
rated with black. Fore wing bluish white thickly irrorated and
suffused with black ; a dentate black subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; a waved autemedial line angled inwards on vein 1
and outwards above inner margin ; claviform rather small, obscurely
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and
whitish annuli defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, the
latter usually with a reddish mark on its outer edge ; a waved blackish
medial shade angled at median nervure ; postmedial line dentate
and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line grey
defined by small blackish, somewhat dentate marks on inner side,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of dark points. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with
small discoidal lunule, postmedial series of short streaks on the
veins, and terminal series of striae showing through to upperside,
the costal area irrorated with brown.
Hah. Canada, Vancouver I. ( W. H. Danhy), 7 c? , 2 $ ; IJ.S.xi.,
Oregon, Corvallis, 1 $ . Exi). 40 millim.
1714. Xylomania dolosa. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. IS.)
Xylomiges dolosa, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 88 (1880) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
■^J^. Am. p. 234.
5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with black and white
scales ; pectus paler ; tarsi ringed with black. Fore wing white
thickly irrorated Avith black, and suffused with black from base to
postmedial line except the inner area, at costa extending to subter-
minal line ; subbasal line waved, black, obscurely defined by white,
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line represented by a
black striga from costa and an angle above inner margin : claviform
a prominent wedge-shaped white mark confluent with the small
round orbicular, which has a fuscous centre ; reniform well deve-
loped, white, its centre irrorated with black ; postmedial line rather
indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ;
subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a confluent series
of dentate black marks angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at
XTLOMANIA. ^397
submedian fold, the veins beyond it streaked with black ; a ter-
minal series of small black huiules. Hind wing white sparsely
irrorated with black, a terminal blackish line, the underside with
large black discoidal lunnle.
Hah. U.S.A., Maine, 1 5 type, New Hampshire, White Mts.,
New York, Plattsburgh, Colorado. Exp. 42 millim.
1715. Xylomania perlubens. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 19.)
Xylomigcs pcrlulxns, Grote, Can. Eiit. xiii. p. 132(1881); Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 234.
Mamesti-a suhapicalis, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 462 (1887).
(5 . Head and thorax ferruginous red slightly mixed with grey ;
frons with blackish bar ; tegulao with slight medial black line ;
patagia with some black scales near edges ; dorsal crests tipped
with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen pale ferruginous
mixed with grey. Fore wing grey, almost entirely suffused with
ferruginous red and irrorated with white, the veins streaked with
black and white ; a double, waved, black subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; a double antemedial line, oblique from costa to
submedian fold, angled inwai'ds above vein 1 and outwards above
inner margin ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and
reniform defined by black, large, the former erect elliptical, with
whitish centre, the latter rufous with some black on lower part,
open above and on outer side ; traces of a waved medial shade ;
postmedial line double, waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly
incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, defined by rufous and
some black on inner side, the area beyond it fuscous irrorated with
white and with grey apical patch, angled outwards at vein 7 and
slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; cilia fuscous and pale rufous. Hind wing white with
some terminal black striae ; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and postmedial series
of short streaks on the veins.
Hah. TJ.S.A., "Washington, 1 c? type, Oregon, Portland, Colorado,
California. Exp. 46 millim.
Larva. Dyar. Can. Ent. xxvi. p. 67 (18'.)4).
Head whitit^h, with brown reticulations and streaks on the sides ;
tubercles black. Body pale brown or partly greenish, brown-dotted.
Dorsal line narrow, white, black-edged, subdorsal line similar ;
lateral area black-shaded ; stigmatal band broad, dull-red filled,
bordered with white. Food-plant, Wild Gooseberry. — II. G. D,
Sfxt. IV. Antenna; of male ciliated.
A. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median
nervure and confluont witli the orbicular.
a. Fore wing witli black streak below base of cell.
a'. Fore wing with the postmedial line almost obsolete . conRpicillaris.
b\ Fore wing with the postmedial line well developed... ^)«/t7if//fl.
398
NOCTUIDiE.
b. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a\ Fore wing witii tiie ante- aud postmedial Hues con-
joined by a black streak in subniedian fold bel/ci.
i'. Fore wing with the ante- and posttnedial lines not
conjoined bv a black streak aUernavsf.
B. Fore wing with the renifonn angled inwards on median
ncrviire and confluent with orbicular.
a. Fore wing bluish white paialh.
b. Fore wing greyish white suffused in parts with brown ... norma.
c. Fore wing ochreous whitish.
rt^ Fore wing with brown patch on termen above tornus. natalmsis.
b^. Fore wing without brown patch on termen above
tornus v-alhum.
1716. Xylomania conspicillaris.
Koctua conspicillariR, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 615 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. iv.
pi. 134. ff. 4-6 ; Hiibn. Saniml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. fif. 236, 237 ; Steph.
111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 1G9; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 149, pi. 110.
ff. 3, 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 212.
Noctua musicalis, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 147. f. 5 (1777).
Noctua mekdeuca, View. T[ib. Verz. p. 68, pi. i.f. 5(1789): Dup. Lep.
Fr. vii. pi. 112. f. 6.
Head and thorax bluish grey mixed with dark brown ; frous
with black bar ; tegulse with black medial line ; thoracic crests
black ; tibiae black with pale rings ; abdomen grey irrorated with
brown. Fore wing bluish grey irrorated with brown, the basal and
costal areas suflt'used with reddish brown ; the veins streaked with
black ; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented
by an oblique black striga from costa ; antemedial line indistinct,
strongly dentate ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reni-
form large, rounded, incompletely defined by black, the latter with
Fig. 107. — XylomaJiia conspicillaris, (^. }.
black mark in its lower part ; an oblique brown line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line represented by a
double series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it
being suffused with rufous, running obliquely from apex and dentate
on veins 3, 4, 2, 1 ; cilia red-brown intersected with white. Hind
wing white ; the veins brown, the apex tinged with brown ; a ter-
minal scries of brown stria; ; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and postmedial series
of striae on the veins.
Ab. 1. melaleuca. Fore wing black except iuner area, which is
grey or ochreous white.
XTLOMANIA. 399
Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller
and Frey Colls. ; Austria, Leech Coll. ; Italy, Xortli and Central;
Sweden; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asia Minor,
Pontus, Taurus ; Kurdistan ; W. Turkestan, Sarawschan ; W.
Siberia, Altai. Exp. 38-42 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep p. 83 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 143, pi. 152. f. S."
Greenish ochreous freckled with fuscous, forming darker dorsal
blotches ; dorsal and subdorsal lines obscurely dark-edged ; spira-
cular line pale reddish ochreous with dark edge above ; head pale
pinkish ocbreous with black markings. Food-plants : Lotus, Poly-
gonum, etc. 6-8.
1717. Xylomania pulchella. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 20.)
Xi/Iomiqes fulchella, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 81, pi. v. f. 2
'(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158.
Head and thorax brownish grey ; frons with blackish bar ;
tegulae with traces of black medial line and sometimes black tips ;
patagia incompletely edged with black ; abdomen pale brown
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white, sparsely irroratcd with
black ; tbe antemedial, postmedial, and terminal areas except at
apex suffused with black ; a black streak below base of cell ; a
double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double,
waved antemedial line ; claviform moderate, defined by black, or
almost obsolete ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the
former pure white, oblique elliptical, the latter with whitish
annulus suffused with rufous, extending to postmedial line and with
some black in its lower part ; traces of a waved medial line ;
postmedial line waved, defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards
below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein
4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white,
angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly incurved at submedian fold ;
an apical grey patch ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia fuscous intersected wnth white. Hind wing white, with some
dark irroration on veins and inner and terminal areas ; the under-
side with the costal area irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot
and minutely waved postmedial line.
Ilah. Canada, Vancouver I. ( W. H. Danby), 6 c? , 2 $ . Exp.
40 millim.
1718. Xylomania bella. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 21.)
Xylomyfjes hella, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 175,
Head and thorax ochreous ; frons with black bar ; tcgulu?
whitish at base, with black medial line and rul'ous tips ; tarsi
banded with black ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing white
irrorated with ochreous and dark brown ; subbasal line indistinct,
double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
oblique, from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1
and outwards above inner margin ; the medial area except below
submedian fold suffused with dark brown, becoming black towards
400 NOCTUIDJC.
submediau fold ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular
and reniform large, pale rufous with wbitish annuli defined by
black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter open on
outer side ; postmedial line dentate, defined by white on outer
side, bent outwards below costa, esciirved to vein 4, then oblique,
some bluish grey beyond it towards inner margin ; subterminal line
white, arising from the white apical patch, slightly excurved at
middle and with small black spots on it above veins 4 and 3 ;
the veins bej'ond the lower angle of cell streaked with black ; the
terminal area red-brown except at apex : a terminal series of black
and white lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind
wing white, with postmedial series of black points on the veins ;
the terminal area suffiised with brown from apex to vein 2 ; some
terminal black lunules ; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with brown^ a black discoidal spot.
Hah. Japan, Yokohama (Pri/er), 4 J , 5 $ , type. Exjy., d" 42,
2 46 millim.
1719. Xylomania alternans. (riate LXXXIX. fig. 22.)
Hapalia altcrnam, Wlk. x. 3G0 (18.56).
Xylomiqes tahulata, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 181
(1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234.
5 . Head and thorax dark grey mixed with black and white ;
frons with black bar ; tcgulse with black medial line ; tarsi banded
with black ; abdomen ochreous banded with black. Fore wing
dark grey ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submediau
fold; auteraedial line double, waved, oblique; claviform with its
extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined
by black, the former with whitish annulus, rather quadrate and
open above and below ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
defined on inner side by white suffusion except at costa, and with
blackish marks on it at discal and submedian folds ; the veins of
terminal area slightly streaked with black ; a terminal series of
small black lunules. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with
reddish brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside white irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial lino with short
black streaks on the veins, some terminal black strite.
Hah. U.S.A., 1 o' , 1 ? type, Xew York, 1 $ , Grote Coll. Exf.
40 millim.
1720. Xylomania patalis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 23.)
Xyhmigcs pataUs, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. i. p. 144, pi. iv. f. 11
"(1873); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234.
Xylomigcs fietcheri, Grote, Can. Ent. xx. p. 130 (1888).
Head and thorax bluish white mixed with fuscous brown ; frons
with black bar ; tegula; with black medial line ; patagia edged
with black ; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing bluish
XYLOMANIA. 401
whitish irrorated with pale fuscous brown ; a fine black streak
below base of cell ; an oblique black striga across cell before the
antemedial line, which is represented by a fuscous striga from
costa and an angle above inner margin ; claviform moderate,
delined b)- black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the
former oblique elliptical, the latter angled inwards on median
nervure and confluent or nearly confluent with the former; post-
medial line indistinct or almost obsolete, minutely waved, bent
outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly below
vein 4 ; subterminal line only defined by some small dentate black
marks on its inner side and some fuscous suffusion on costa, angled
outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal
areas suffused with reddish brown in male, wholly suffused in
female ; the underside irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot
and sinuous postmedial line.
Huh. Canada, Vancouver ; U.S.A., California ( Walsinr/Jiam), 1 cT ,
1 5 , Sanzalito, 3 cJ , 1 2 type. /vc^;. 39 millim.
1721. Xylomania norma. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 24.)
Bianthoecia norma, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 305, f. 245 (1891).
cJ . Head and thorax ochreous, tinged with rufous and mixed
with some black ; teguliE with black line near upper edge ; abdomen
ochreous, tinged with rufous and irrorated with black. Fore wing
greyish white, suffused in parts with rufous and irrorated with
fuscous ; a rather wedge-shaped black mark below base of cell with
short streak beyond it ; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa ; antemedial line waved, angled at submediau fold ; clavi-
form small, whitish tinged with rod and defined l)y black; orbicular
and reniform whitish tinged with red and incomplerely defined by
black, the former very elongate elliptical and running into lower
angle of cell, with a blackish spot in upper extremity, the latter
narrow, its upper extremity produced and its lower retracted into
a streak on median nervure running below the orbicular ; post-
medial line highly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then oblique : a slight dark triangular shade on costa
towards apex ; the terminal area dark, arising from termen just
below apex and interrupted by a dentate whitish mark on vein 4,
some short black streaks on its inner edge and some black points on
termen ; cilia pale rufous intersected with yellow. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; cilia whitish tinged with rufous ; the underside
whitish irrorated with black, a discoidal lunulc, sinuous post-
medial line, and terminal series of small spots.
Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 cS • Exj^. 22 millim.
1722. Xylomania natalensis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 25.)
Apamea natalensis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 403 (1875).
5 . Head and thorax brownish white, slightly mixed with,
VOL. v. 2 D
402 KOCTUIDJE.
rufous ; teguloe with three dark lines ; patagia edged with brown
below and black scales above ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen
ochreous tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crest at base blackish.
Fore wing very pale olive-brown, sparsely irrorated with black ;
Bubbasal line represented by black striaj from costa and cell ; a short
black streak above base of vein 1 ; antemedial line indistinct,
double, waved ; median nervure and medial part of vein 1 streaked
with white and with black points on them ; orbicular and reniform
small and rather ill-defined, situated on a rufous patch in and
below cell, the former white, sometimes with fuscous centre, oblique
and confluent at lower angle of cell with the latter, which is
rufous with a black point in lower angle of cell and black patch
beyond it ; postmedial line represented by an incomplete double
series of black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein
4, theu oblique; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond
it being dark brown, bent outwards to apex and dentate at veins
4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered
pale black and rufous. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces
rather paler towards base ; cilia ochreous with brown line and pale
tips ; the underside ochreous irrorated with black, the costal and
terminal areas tinged with vinous red, a black discoidal lunule
and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Natal (Burrows), 1 $ type, Durban (Leiyh), 2 2 • Exp.
32 millim.
1723. Xylomania v-album. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 26.)
Leucania v-album, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 69, pi. 144. f. 10
(1891) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 273.
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with reddish brown ; tegula3
with black line near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous suffused with
dark brown on dorsum. Fore wing ochreous whitish irrorated
and striated with fuscous, less prominently on terminal area; an
ill-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line
represented by a black point on costa ; some ferruginous sometimes
present in and below cell; the orbicular and reniform whitish,
narrow, oblique, confluent below, and forming a V-shaped mark
with blackish suffusion before, between its ai'ms and beyond it, a
black point on it at lower angle of cell ; some black strife on costa
from before middle to near apex ; traces of an antemedial line
angled on median nervure, then reduced to points ; postmedial line
ill-defined, angled at vein 4, then oblique ; a rather indistinct
triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series
of small black bmules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind
wing fuscous brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside ochreous white
thickly irrorated and striated with black-brown, the terminal area
almost entirely black-brown, a large discoidal spot.
Hab. Madras, Nilgiris {Cardew, Hampson), 1 J, 2 $ , type.
Exp. 30 millim.
PERIGRAPHA. 403
Genus PERIGRAPHA. ^
Type.
Periqm.pha, Led. Noet. Eur. jd. 136 (1857) I-cincta.
Ace'rra, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 162 (1874) normalis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with long
hair in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round,
clothed with very long liair; antennte typically bipectinate to apes in both
sexes, the branches shorter in female ; head and thorax clothed with hair
only ; the tegulie produced upwards into a slight ridge, a ridge-like dorsal
crest ; pectus and legs clothed with long hair ; abdomen clothed with rough
hair, the 1st segment with dorsal crest. Fore wing with the apex soniewiiat
produced, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1
from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from
angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base.
Sect. I. Antennas bipectinate in both sexes.
A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforni conjoined by
a pale patch below cell.
a. Tegulffi with white tips circumdiccta.
b. Tegulae without white tips 1-c'uicta.
B. Fore wing with the orbicular and I'cniform not conjoined
by a pale patch below cell ... prima.
1724. Perigraplia circumducta, (Plato LXXXIX. fig. 30.)
Orfhosia circumdiccta. Led. Verb. z."-b. Ges. Wien, 1855, i. p. Ill, pi. i. f. 9 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 2U0.
d . Head and thorax chocolate-brown mixed with grey ; frons
with whitish bar above ; antennae whitish ; tegulee edged with
white ; abdomen rufous mixed with grey. Fore wing with the
basal and terminal areas pale pinkish brown with slight dark
irroration ; the medial area chocolate except the costal and inner
areas, which are grey irrorated with fuscous ; a whitish subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold defined by fuscous ; a fine pale
antemedial line excurved below costa, then running obliquely with
an inward curve to above inner margin, where it is angled ;
orbicular and reniform very large, brownish white defined by white,
the former rather oblique oblong, the latter extending to far
below cell, angled at middle and truncate at lower extremity, and
both conjoined to a large similar semicircular patch below the cell ;
postmcdial line pale, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique,
defined on outer side by some grey and fuscous irroration ; a series
of small fuscous spots on termen. Hind wing yellowish suffused
with dark brown ; the underside pale irrorated with brown, with
dark discoidal spot and traces of sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. S. Russia, Sarepta ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan,
Turcomania, 1 J , Tarbagatai ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 50
millim.
21)2
404 >-0CTUID.T3,
1725. Perigrapha I-cincta.
2\octna I-cinctum, ScbifF. Wien. Verz. p. 78 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv.
pi. 192. f. 5 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 144 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.
p. 190, pi. 85. f. 2.
Bomh)/x cincta, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 155 (1787) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 200.
Head and thorax grey mixed with darli brown ; tegulte with dark
band ; abdomen brownish grey mixed with dark brown. Fore wing
brownish grey, slightly irrorated and striated with fuscous ; ante-
medial li]]e represented by two dark points on costa and by a fine
pale line running obliquely with an inward curved from subcostal
nervure to middle of vein 1, where it is angled ; orbicular and
reniform very large, grey defined by yellowish white except above,
the former rounded, the latter extending to well below cell and
both conjoined to a streak on median nervure and semicircular
mark below the cell, these markings have black between and all
round them except above, shading into brown below ; postmedial
Fig. 108. — Pericfrapha I-cincta, J. |.
line marked by two black spots on costa, then by a grey line with
darker grey beyond it, bent outwards below costa, then slightly
waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale,
deiined on inner side by a fine brown line with a paler area before
it and by dark patches at costa and inner margin, excurved below
costa and angled outwards at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it
browner ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing fuscous
brown ; the underside grey irrorated with dark brown, a dark
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.
Hub. Austria, Moravia ; Hungary, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;
BussiA, Urals ; W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 46 millim.
Larva. Hiibn. Eur. Raup. iv. Noct. ii. Gen. H, a, b, ff. b, c.
Pinkish, with dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral yellow lines, the last
with some orauge below it ; ventral surface yellow ; head red.
Food-plant, Rumex.
*1726. Perigrapha prima.
Perigrapha. prima, Smith, Tran?. Am. Ent. Soc. xriii. p. 119 (1891) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 209.
5 . Deep bluish grey irrorated with fuscous ; frons and base of
tegulse yellowish ; patagia with obscure black edges. Fore wing
with the subbasal line hardly traceable, the costal half of basal
PERIGRAPHA.
405
area paler ; antemedial line double, evenly oblique, fuscous ; clavi-
form absent; orbicular and reniforra large, pale grey defined by
fuscous, the former elliptical, touching below the latter, which is
tinged with red; an indistinct medial shade ; postmedial line double,
fuscous, interrupted, indistinct, excurved beyond cell, the medial
part of postmedial area much paler ; subterminal line represented
by some black irroration ; a series of blackish terminal lunules.
Hind wing fuscous ; the underside fuscous brown with some pale
irroration, a diseoidal spot and postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada. Exp. 30 millim. This
species is unknown to me.
Sect. II. {Acerm). Auteuiijs of male bipectinate, the apex serrate ; of female
minutely serrate.
A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent normalis.
B. Fore wing with the orbicular and renitbrm not confluent.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular present pulchella.
b. Fore wing with the orbicular absent.
a\ Fore wing with the postmedial area darker than
ground-colour terminata.
6\ Fore wing with the jjostmedial area concolorous pectinata.
1727. Perigrapha normalis.
Acerra normalis, Grote, Bull. Buif. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 162 (1894) ; id
Check List Noct. pi. f. 4 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 207.
Head and thorax clothed with hair only, purplish brown mixed
with grey ; sides of palpi and frons dark brown ; teguloe with
brown line at tips ; abdomen grey-brown irrorated with dark
brown. Fore wing grey suffused with purple-brown and irrorated
Fig. lU'J. — Ferigrajjha uonnalis, (^ . \.
with black ; a slightly curved subbasal black line from cell to
submcdian fold ; antemedial lino indistinct, very oblique from costa
to vein 1 near postmedial line, then angled inwards ; orbicular and
reniform very large, forming a V Avith very broad arms and
extending to below cell, where it is broadly truncate, defined by
whitish lines and by deep black suffusion in middle, at sides and
below, open above ; postmedial line fusoous, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 5, then very obliquely incurved ; sub-
terminal line almost obsolete except towards costa, very slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
406 KOCTDID^.
series of black poiuls. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia
pinkish ; the underside pinkish white thickly irrorated with dark
brown, a black discoidal spot and curved postraedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., California, Sanzalito, 1 c? , 1 $ , type. Exp. 40-44
mi Him.
*1728. Perigrapha pulchella. XPlate LXXXIX. fig. 31.)
Graphiphora pulchella,'S.av^. Can. Ent. Tiii. p. 54 (1876); Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 208.
5 . Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with grey ;
metathorax with fuscous crests tipped with grey ; pectus with the
hair grey; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen pale brown, the dorsal
crest at base fuscous and grey. Fore wing grey overlaid with
various shades of red and purple-brown, leaving the basal half of
costal area and the terminal area grey ; an indistinct subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold, with a black point beyond it in cell ;
autemedial line rather ill-defined, oblique from costa to below cell,
then erect ; orbicular and reniform blackish with pale annuli,
rather small, the former irregularly rounded, the latter narrow ; an
indistinct diffused sinuous medial line ; postmedial line slightly
defined by grey on outer side and produced to short streaks on the
veins, excurvcd from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal
line defined by a dark brown shade before it, angled outwards at
veins 7 and 6 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it grey
irrorated with brown. Hind wing pale brown ; the underside grey
tinged with crimson, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal lunule.
Hah. U.S.A., California, in Coll. Schaus, Exp. 34 millim.
*1729. Perigrapha terminata.
Tmniocampa terminata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 475 (1887) ; id.
Cat. Noot. N. Am. p. 204.
S . Dull yellowish grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing
with the antemedial line indistinct, pale, interrupted ; claviform
and orViicular absent; reniform represented by a narrow yellow
lunule ; a diffused dark medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct,
pale, interru])ted, with a series of dark points beyond it on the
veins with pale points on their outer sides ; postraedial area rather
darker than ground-colour ; subterminal line irreguhirly dentate,
only defined by the area beyond it being paler; a series of black
spots just before termen ; a pale waved terminal line. Hind wing
blackish, with the cilia whitish ; the underside whitish with dark
irroration. a discal spot and punctiform postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., S. California. Exp. 40 millim. This species is
unknown to me.
Pl-.RIGRAPHA, 407
♦1730. Perigrapha pectinata. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 32.)
T(Bmoca7)ipa pectinafa, Sm\ih,'Pr. U.S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 475(1887); id.
Cat. Noct. A'. Am. p. 204.
(5 . Head and thorax ochreous-grey and brown ; abdomen
rufous irrorated with black, the ventral surface pale. Fore wing
brownish grey irrorated with black ; subbasal and antemedial
lines, claviform and orbicular obsolete ; an indistinct medial line
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then sinuous ; reniform
represented by a curved reddish-oehreous discoidal bar, concave
towards base and defined on inner side by a slight blackish bar
arising from cnsta and joining the medial line at lower angle of
cell ; a curved postmedial series of black points on the veins ;
traces of a pale sinuous subterminal line ; a series of black points
just before termen ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind
wing grey-brown with a faint rufous tinge ; cilia white tinged with
rufous ; the underside whitish iri'oi-ated with black, a discoidal
lunule, sinuous ^wstmedial line with darker streaks at the veins,
and some lunules on apical part of termen,
Uab. U.S.A., California, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 40 millim.
Sect. III. Anteunae of male serrate and fasciculate.
A. Fore wing with tlie inner margin not crimson prases.
B. Fore wiug with the inner margin crimson tranajiarens.
1731. Perigrapha prseses.
Perigrapha ^jrtyses, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Sury. Terr. t. p. 202
(1879) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 206.
S . Head purplish, the sides of palpi and frons black ; antennae
and tegulae bright rufous ; thorax deep purple-brown, some of the
hairs slightly tipped with grey, the metathoracic crest rufous ;
pectus purplish ; tibise whitish at extremity ; abdomen purplish red
irrorated with dark brown, the dorsal crest at base mixed Avith
white. Fore Aving dark brown with purplish reflections and
T^ig.WO. — PerUjntphapraHes, (^ . \.
irrorated with a few white scales ; traces of a waved rufous sub-
basal line from costa to submedian fold : antemedial line indistinct,
slightly defined by rufous on outer side towards costa, on inner
side below cell, oblique from costa to median nervure, then waved ;
408 NocxuiD.i-;.
orbicular and reuiform with slight rufous annuli, both rather
triangular in form, the latter defined bj' blackish on inner side ;
postmedial line indistinct, waved, defined by rufous on outer side,
bent outwards below costa, cxcurvedto vein 4, then incurved, some
pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line rufous, slightly
defined liy blackish on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
jjale, tinged with purplish pitdv and thickly irroratcd with fuscous ;
traces of a subterminal band towards tornus ; the underside with
black disooidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some terminal
lunules. .
Hah. U.S.A., California, Sanzalito, 1 d" type. Exp. 42 raillim.
*1732. Perigrapha transparens. (Plate XC, fig. 10.)
Perigrapha transparens, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi.
p. 582 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 208.
Orthosia hamifera, Grote, Can. Ent. xx. p. 130 (1888) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 218.
5 . Head and thorax crimson mixed with some brown and grey ;
palpal joints and frons at sides black ; antennae with the basal
joint white below ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen dark brown
with crimson-tinged lateral fringes, anal tuft, and ventral surface.
Fore wing pale rufous thickly irrorated with black and tinged with
crimson, especially at base and the fringe on inner margin ; subbasal
line obsolete ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique, waved ;
stigmata moderate, with fuscous centres defined by ochreous ; the
claviform hardly traceable, the oi'bicular oblitjue elliptical ; traces
of a medial shade oblique from costa to median nervure ; a curved
double postmedial series of black points on the veins : subterminal
line only indicated by the area beyond it being very slightly darker,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing
nearly uniform dark brown slightly tinged with crimson, the cilia
crimson ; the underside pale tinged with crimson and irrorated
with blackish, a discoidal lunule.
Bah. U.8.A., Washington, California, in U.S. Xat. Mus. Exp.
40 millira.
Sect. IV. Antennre of male with bristles and cilia.
*1733. Perigrapha ducinfieldi.
Perigrapha didwfieldi, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eat. Soc. xi. p. 23G (1903).
(5 . Head and thorax rufous, the scales slightly tipped with
white ; palpi at sides and tarsi tinged with fuscous ; abdomen
pinkish rufous. Fore wing pale pink-brown irrorated with fuscous ;
a slightly curved stibbasal line from costa to sitbmedian fold : a
double curved antemedial line ; orbicular represented by a dark
point ; a fuscous medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of
PEEIGRAPHA.
409
cell ; reniform well-developed, rufous, with whitish annulus defined
by rufous, its lower part filled in with blackish ; postmedial line
slight, double, curved, with a series of black points on its outer edge
Fig. 111. — I'erigmpJia diicinfieldl, J. }.
from vein 6 to inner margin ; subtermiual line represented by a
series of small ill-defined rufous spots almost obsolete towards
costa ; a series of black points just before termcn ; cilia rufous.
Hind wing reddish brown, the cilia rufous ; the underside yellowish
irrorated with brown, the costal and terminal areas suffused with
purplish pink, a black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial
line.
Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, type f c? in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 54
millim.
Genus MONIMA.
Type.
Momma, Hiibn. Vorz. p. 229 (1827) miniusa.
Cuphanoa, Hiibn. Verz. p. 229 ( 1827) , stabilis.
Scmiophora, Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., llaust. ii. p. 138 (1839) gothica.
TcBniocampa, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. p. 477 (1839) .. gothica.
Graphiphora, Hiibu. Tent. ined. (nee Ochs.) gothica.
Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, tlie 2nd joint fringed with long
hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; irons .smooth, with corneous plate below it ;
eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax ch)tlied with liair only, the vertex of
head and tegula^ with rather ridge-like crest, the pro- and nietat.horax with
loose crests ; pectus and legs hairy ; abdomen witli lateral fringes of hair
and without dorsal crests. Fore wing witli veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the coll near base
only.
Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate with long branches to near apex, of female
with short branches.
A. Fore wing with black i'ascia in submediau fold from ante-
to postmedial lino carnipeniiis.
B. Fore wing without black fascia in snbmedian fold.
a. Fore wing with V-shaped black mark between orbicular
and reniform erisa.
b. Fore wing without V-shaped black mark between orbi-
cular and reniform rorida.
410 N0CTUIDJ5.
1 734. Monima carnipennis.
Twniocampa carnipennis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 167 (1878); id. Ill
Het. B. M. ii. p. 30, pi. 30. f. (J.
Head and thorax grey tinged with red-ltrown ; palpi black at
sides; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing reddish ochreons tinged with
grey and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented
by a black point below costa and small triangular spot below the
cell ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, sinuous ; claviform repre-
sented by a black bar between ante- and postmedial lines, somewhat
attenuate at middle, or by a quadrate patch ; orbicular atd reniform
with slight greyish annuli defined by rufous or sometimes by black
and sometimes with some black suffusion between them and beyond
the latter, the former round ; the postmedial line indistinct, rufous,
oblique from costa to vein 6, where it is angled outwards, strongly
incurved below vein 4, and usually with a black point on it in discal
fold ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by rufous on inner
side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and bent out-
wards to tornus ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing
white, the veins and marginal areas tinged with reddish ochreous ;
the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal s])ot and traces of a sinuous postmedial
line.
Hah. Japan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer, Manley), 6 c5' , 4 5 • Exp.
48 millim.
1735. Monima eriza. (Plate XC. fig. 11.)
Semiopfiora eriza, Swinl]. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 494 (1901).
5 . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey ; abdomen
grey-brown tinged with ochreous. Fore wing grey-brown with a
slight reddish t:inge ; subbasal, antemedial, and postmedial lines
obsolete; orbicular and reniform large, the former oblique quadrate,
open above and below, where it almost touches latter, defined on
inner side by a black and whitish bar, and the space between the
two defined by a black-and-whitish V-shaped mark ; the subterminal
line defined by a series of small black spots on inner side, angled
outwards at vein 7 and incurved at discoidal fold ; a terminal series
of slight dark points. Hind wing grey-brown; the cilia pale ; the
underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and
traces of a sinuous postmedial line.
Bnb. Punjab, Kulu, 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim.
1736. Monima rorida.
Orthosia rorida, Friv. Tarsas. ETkonrv. ii. p. 272, pi. 7. f. 7 (1835) ;
Herr.-SchaflP. Schniett. Eur. ii. p. 206, Noct. f. 48 (1845) ; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 201.
Taniocampa sieversi, Christ. Rom. Mem. ii. p. 58, pi. 3. f. 5 (1885).
Head and thorax grey-white slightly irrorated with fuscous ; sides
M ON I MA.
411
of palpi and frons black ; antennye pale rufous ; abdomen rufous,
the ventral surface grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-
white, rather sparsely irrorated and striated with fuscous ; tlio
subbasal line represented by a black point in cell ; hardly a trace
of the antemedial line except a prominent black striga in cell on
inner side of the faint traces of orbicular ; reniform a narrow
Fig. 112. — Monima rorida, (^ . \.
blackish lunule expanding somewhat below and with a rufous
striga on its inner side ; postmedial line represented by a curved
series of blackish points on the veins ; faint traces of the subter-
minal line angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing pole brownish grey irrorated with brown ; the
underside strongly irrorated, a discoidal lunule and curved post-
medial series of short striae on the veins.
Ab. 1. sieversi. Fore wing with the lines more distinct, the area
between the medial and postmedial lines tinged with pink.
}lah. Austria, Istria, 1 c? , 1 $ , Dalmatia ; Bulgaria ; S. Turkey ;
Armenia, Tiflis ; Transcaucasia, Geok-tapa, 1 c? ; Asia Minor,
Pontus, Bithynia, Lydia, Taurus ; Syria, 1 5 , Leech Coll. Exp.
4(5 millim.
Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectinate with rather long branches, the apex
serrate ; of female serrate.
A. Fore wing with blackis^li or red-brown patch between
orbicular and reniform.
a. Fore wing with dentate black marks before middle of
subterminal line.
a}. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with black . porosa.
b\ Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with
black fasciculata.
b. Fore wing without dentate black marks before middle
of subterminal line.
a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line excurved at
middle gothica.
h^. Fore wing with the subterminal line oblique,
approximated to the postmedial line at middle... castaneipennis.
B. Fore wing without black or brown patch between orbi-
cular aufl roniform.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform defined
below by blackish streaks fcrront icta.
412 NOCTUID^.
6. Fore wing with the orbicular and rani form not
defined bolow by dark streaiis.
a}. Fore wing witli more or less prominent small
dentate black or brown spots before subterminal
line.
a^. Hind wing sviffused with brown.
a''. Fore wing with two prominent dentate black
spots before middle of subterminal line mmida.
P. Fore wing without prominent dentate black
spots before middle of subterminal line,
rt^. Fore wing with brown shade beyond
middle of subterminal line lizetta.
J*. Fore wing without brown shade beyond
middle of subterminal line populeti.
b^. Hind wing white miniosa.
h^. Fore wing without dentate dark marks before sub-
terminal line.
a?. F'ore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines
present,
a'. Fore wing with the subterminal line present.
«■*. F'ore wing whitish suffused with ferruginous, ferrigera..
i*. Fore wing suffused witii red-brown.
a'. Fore wing with the subterminal line pro-
minent, pale.
a°. Fore wing with the postmedial area not
darker than ground-colour stabilis.
h^. Fore wing with the postmedial area
darker than ground-colour stenoptera.
h'". Fore wiug with the subterminal line indis-
tinct.
a^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial
lines not reduced to series of black points, rubrescens.
b^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial
lines reduced to series of black points.
a'. Fore wing with the reniform con-
stricted at middle cruda.
b''. Fore wing with the reniform not con-
stricted at middle.
a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line
slightly defined by brown on inner
side fausta.
h^. Fore wing with the subterminal line
not defined by brown on inner side, flaviannula.
c*. Fore wing grey-brown amiuiimacula.
P. Fore wing with the subterminal line absent ... addenda,
b^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines
absent.
a'. Fore wing fulvous with pale discoidal spot carminata.
b^. Fore wing purjole-red without discoidal spot ... mys.
1737. Monima porosa.
Orthosia ^jorosw, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1854, iii. p. 186; Herr.-Sehaff. Neue
Schuiett. f. 13 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi
black with white rings. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated and in
places suffused with dark brown ; the subbasal line represented by
a black striga from cOsta and a rather triangular spot below cell ;
the antemedial line grev defined by black murks on inner side.
MOiNIMA. 413
oblique and strongly sinuous ; claviform large, filled in with black ;
orbicular and reniform grey with whitish annuli, open above and
below, defined by the cell being black before and between them
and some black between reniform and postmedial line, the orbicular
round ; postmedial line grey, defined by black marks on inner side,
waved, bent outwards below costa, somewhat angled at vein 4,
then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line white, defined by dentate black marks before it below costa
and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at
middle ; cilia chequered brown and grey. Hind wing grey suffused
with brown ; cilia w^hite at tips ; the underside whitish thickly
irrorated with brown, the costal and terminal areas suii'used with
brown, a black discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and traces
of a subterminal line.
Hah. Russia, Sarepta, 2 cJ , 1 2 , Urals ; W. Turkestan, Kirgh-
istan, Issyk-kul. Exp., J 36, $ 40 millim.
*1738. Monima fasciculata. (Plate XC. fig. 12.)
Hadena fascicidata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 204 (f894).
2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ferruginous brown ; tegulee
tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous
whitish, almost entirely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated and
striated with red-brown ; subbasal line dark brown, waved, from
costa to submedian fold; autemedial line oblique, slightly sinuous;
claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,
whitish defined by black, the former rounded, open above and
below, the latter open above and with brown centre with pale
striga on it, a red-brown shade between them ; an indistinct,
oblique, waved medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial
line waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, the area
beyond it from costa to vein 5 red-brown except for the pale line
which defines it ; subterminal line ochreous white, nearly straight
and slightly diffused, some black marks on inner side below costa
and above inner margin and both before and beyond it above and
below vein 5 ; termen whitish with a crenulate black line. Hind
wing brown tinged with ferruginous, the termen whitish, the cilia
ferruginous ; the underside reddish white irrorated with dark
brown, a discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and patch on
termen near tornus.
Ilab. SiKHiM (Knyvett), type f 5 iii tJoU- l>lwc8. Eay. 54
millim.
1739. Monima gothica.
Noctua gothica, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 516 (17.')8) ; Clerek, Iconps, pi. i.
f. 1 ; Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 76. ff. 1, 2 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. p. 80, pi. 61.
f. 2; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 138: Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 201.
414
NOCTUID^.
Noctua mm-atrum, SchifF. Wien. Verz. p. 78 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. f. 112.
Orthosia goihiciiia, Hern-SohaflF. Schmett, Eur. ii. p. 196, Noct. fiP. 125, 126
(1845).
Tmniocampa askoldensis, Staud. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 496 (1892).
Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with grey ; palpi
brown at sides ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous with
some grey below. Fore wing greyish almost entirely suffused with
purplish red-brown ; snbbasal line only represented by black striae
from costa and cell; antcmodial line oblitjue, waved, defined by
greyish on inner side ; claviform only defined by a black fascia from
^^iM U
Fig. 113. — Monima (jiilhica, J. \.
its extremity to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with
whitish annuli, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the cell
before and between them and below the orbicular filled in -with
black ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, minutely
waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line grey defined bv
brown on inner side, forming small dentate marks at middle, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fuscous brown ;
the cilia paler; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dis-
coidal lunule and curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. asholdnisis. More violaceous grey. — Amur ; Japan.
Ab. 2. ijothicina. jfore wing with the black markings absent,
the cell filled in with olive-brown. — Scotland: Scandinavia; Finland;
Tarbagatai Mts.
Hah. Britain, Scotland, Forres {Salvage), England (DouUedaj/),
N. Wales (Salvage) ; France ; Germany, Zeller Coll., Switzerland,
Frey Coll. ; N. Spain ; JNT, and Cenxr. Italy, Leech Coll. ;
Scandinavia; Finland, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Russia, Livonia,
St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals; S'.E. Turkey, Leech Coll.;
\V. Turkestan, Tarbagatai Mts. ; W. Siberia, Altai ; Amurland,
Ussuri; Japan, Gifu (Prger), 2 $ . E.vp. 36-40 millim.
Larva. Meyrick, Brit. Lep. p. 75; Barrett, Lcp. Brit. v. p. 189, pis. 207 &
208. f. 8.
Light green with numerous pale yellow dots ; dorsal and subdorsal
lines pale yellowish or whitish ; spiracular line very broad, whitish,
dark -edged above ; head light green. Food-plants : Oak, Saliiv,
hawthorn, etc. 5-7.
MOMMA, 415
1740. Monima castaneipennis. (Plate XC. fig. 13.)
Semiophora ca&taneipemiis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 206 (1894).
S . Head and thorax bright rufous, the hair slightly tipped with
grey ; sides of palpi and frons rather darker ; tibiae with dark
brown bands ; abdomen red-brown, the anal tuft and ventral
surface bright rufous. Fore wing bright rufous striated with
fuscous ; subbasal line fuscous, slightly waved, from costa to sub-
median fold; antemedial line indistinct, waved, oblique from costa
to median ncrvure, defined by fuscous on inner side ; orbicular and
reniform moderate, irrorated with fuscous and with pale annuli,
the former oblique elliptical, the latter ill-defined on outer side,
the cell before and between them deep chestnut ; an oblique shade
of fuscous striation from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line
indistinct, grey, waved, with fuscous striation between it and sub-
terminal line, to which it is closely approximated, excurved from
costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line defined by dark
red-brown marks on inner side, slightly excurved at vein 6 ; a
terminal series of slight dark points. Hind wing greyish sufli'used
with brown and with a reddish tinge, the cilia pale rufous ; the
underside whitish irrorated with red-brown ; a discoidal point and
sinuous postmedial line.
Hab. Kashmie, Narkundah {McArthur), 1 J type. Exp. 42
millim.
1741. Monima ferrosticta. (Plate XC. fig. 14.)
Semiophora ferrosticta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 205 (1894).
S . Head and thorax grey-white, slightly mixed with pale
brown and dorsally tinged with ochreous ; palpi at sides, a bar
across frons, and guloe dark brown ; fore legs dark brown on inner
side ; abdomen fulvous brown, the base and ventral surface grey,
the genital tufts white. Fore wing pale grey sparsely irrorated
with brown ; subbasal line represented by a dark point in cell ;
antemedial line indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold,
then slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular represented by a
slightly curved, elongate, reddish-brown mark with yellowish
edges ; reniform large, indistinctly defined by yellowish and with
a curved brown mark below it ; a diftused medial fuscous
shade angled at median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct,
dentate, with more ])rominent points at the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal
line represented by a series of small dark brown and fulvous
spots, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle,
the area beyond it tinged with fuscous ; a terminal series of
dark points. Hind wing grey tinged with brown; the cilia
whitish ; the underside whitish sparsely irrorated with brown, a dark
41(J
KOCTUID.E.
discoidal luAule and sinuous postmedial line with dark striae at the
veins.
Hah. Kashmir, JN'arkundah (McArtJmr), 1 J" type. ^.rj9. 42
miUim.
] 742. Monima mnnda.
Mcf.ua mun da, SchiflT. Wien. Verz. p. 76 (1776) ; Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 52.
f. 6; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 166; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust.
ii. p. 141 ; Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 202.
Noctua gemina, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 705 (1792).
Bombyx gcminatus, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 121 (1803).
Bombi/x himacidatus, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 121 (1803).
Noctua lota, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. p. Ill, pi. 80. f. 3 (1826).
Tmniocampa immaculata, Staud. Cat. p. 114 (1871).
Head and thorax pale rufous to brownish grey ; sides of palpi
and Irons black-brown; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing
pale red-brown to olive-grey, more or less striated with dark brown
and irroratcd with black ; traces of a waved subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold and of an oblique, waved autemedial line ;
orbicular and reniform large with pale annuli, the former round,
the latter sometimes with some fuscous in its lower part; sub-
terminal line pale, slightly angled outwai'ds at vein 7 and exeurved
at middle, with small black spots on its inner side above and below
vein 5, a point below costa and two above inner margin ; a
terminal series of minute points. Hind wing ochreous suffused
with fuscous brown ; cilia pale, with a brown line through them ;
the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal
lunule and postmedial series of strife on the veins.
Ab. 1. immacnlatu. Fore wing without black spots on the
subterminal line.
Ilnb. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller
and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ;
llussiA, Leech Coll. ; Amurland, Ussuri ; Japan, Kiushiu, 1 c? ,
Yokohama {Jonas, Pnjer, Ilanley), 1 c? , 5 $ . Exp. 40-50
millim.
Lai'va. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 74 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 217, pi. 212. f. 2.
Pale ochreous, much marked with brown ; tubercular dots white;
dorsal line pale, edged with brown ; spiracular line pale, marked
with white on somites 4-7 or part of them, edged above by a dark
brown or blackish stripe ; hinder edge of somite 12 pale preceded
by dark spots ; head marked with brown or black. Food-plants :
Oak, birch, poplar, etc. 5-6.
1743. Monima lizetta.
Orthosia lizetta. But). A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 167 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. B. M.
ii. p. 30, pi. 30. f. 8.
Grey with an olive tinge to pale reddish ; sides of palpi and
frons black. Fore wing with more or less brown irroration ;
traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line represented by points on the veins, costa, and inner
MomMA. 417
margin ; orbicular and reniform with indistinct pale outlines, the
former round or oblique elliptical, often with a black point on
inner side, the latter with its lower part filled in with black ;
traces of a medial shade sometimes present ; postmedial line re-
presented by a series of black points on the veins, excurved from
costa to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line prominent, ochreous
de6ned by red-brown on inner side, with some fuscous before it at
costa and discal fold, and a large diffused patch on outer side
below apex, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly incurved below
vein 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous
white suffused with fuscous ; the cilia pale ; the underside whitish
slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and puncti-
form sinuous postmedial lino.
Hah. Japan, Yokohama {Jonas, Pryer), 6 cj' , 6 5 , type, Kiushiu,
2 <5 . Exp. 40 millim.
1744. Moninia populeti.
Bombyx 'poptileti, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 476 (1793) ; Dap. Lep. Fr. Suppl.
iii.'p. 311, pi. 29. f. 1 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 202, Noct.
f. 1U9; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.
Bomhi/x suhplumhea, Haw. Lep. Erit. p. 242 (1809).
Orthosia intermedia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 140 (1829).
NoctiM ocularis, Frey. Beitr. i. p. 1G8, pi. 95. f. 2 (1833).
Orthosia gracilis, Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 141 (nee Schiff.).
TcBniocampa tremuleti, Tetens, Verb. Ver. Hanib. ii. p. 161 (1876).
Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; abdomen ochreous
brown. Fore wing leaden grey, often more or less suffused with
fuscous and sometimes with a reddish tinge on medial area ; an
indistinct subbasal line from costa to subraedian fold ; anteraedial
line rather indistinct, waved, excurved in submediau interspace ;
orbicular and reniform large, with fuscous centres and pale annuli,
the former round, the latter with some rufous suffusion round it ;
an indistinct medial shade excurved at middle ; postmedial line
indistinct, dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved
and angled outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line whitish, more or
less broken up into striae, defined on inner side by a series of rufous
or sometimes black sfjots, angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved
below vein 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing grey
suffused with fuscous brown, the underside whitish strongly irro-
rated with brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial
line.
Hah. Britain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England {Douhledaij) ;
France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey
Coll. ; Scandinavia ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals. Ea;^).
36-40 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 74; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 204, pi. 210. f. 1.
Pale green or greenish white ; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular
lines whitish ; head pale greenish ochreous, more or less marked
with black ; pupa between joined leaves. Food-plants : Poplar,
aspen. 5-6.
VOL. V. 2 E
418 TroCTflD.K.
1745. Monima miniosa.
Noctiia miniosa, Scbiff. Wien. Verz. p. 88 (1770); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. f. 174; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 138, pi. 81. f. 6; Steph. 111. Brit.
Eut., Haust. ii. p. 144 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.
Bombyx rubricosa, Esp. Schmett. ii;. pi. 7o. if. 3, 4 (nee Fabr.).
Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen ochreous white, the anal
tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing ])ale yellowish, more or less
strongly suffused with rufous, especially on medial area betAveen
subcostal nervure and vein 1, and slightly irrorated with black ;
traces of a pale subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an
indistinct, oblique, waved antemedial line defined by pale colour
on inner side ; claviform sometimes faintly defined by reddish ;
orbicular and reniform with greyish centres defined by rufous and
pale anuuli defined by rufous, the former round ; postmedial line
minutely dentate and defined by pale yellowish on outer side,
excurved from costa to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal
line represented by a series of yellowish spots defined on inner side
by somewhat dentate rufous marks, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of dark points ;
cilia tinged with pink. Hind wing white ; the veins towards
termen irrorated with pinkish ; a pinkish terminal line ; the under-
side with the costal area irrorated with pink and black, a black
discoidal point and traces of a sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. Britain-, Leech Coll. ; Fkance, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller
and Frey Colls. ; Corsica ; Italy ; Scandinavia ; Russia ; Bulgaria ;
Asia Minor, Pontus, Lydia. Exj). 3(5 millira.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 74; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 194, pi. 208. f. 2.
Blue-grey to pale pinkish brown, reticulated with black ; dorsal
line yellow, irregular, edged by a series of black spots followed
by another of black points ; subdorsal line yellow, sometimes
obsolete ; spiracular line broad, yellow, dotted with black, edged
above by black spots ; head marked with black. Food-plants : Oak,
hawthorn, rose, etc. 5-6.
1746. Monima ferrigera. (Plate XC. fig. 15.)
TcBiiiocampa ferriqera. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xxi. p. 78, pi. v. f. 6
(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 166.
2 . Head and thorax whitish mixed with ferruginous ; antennae
white at base ; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with ferruginous, the veins
irrorated with black scales ; the costa ferruginous, with short white
streaks at the lines ; the subbasal line represented by slight
ferruginous marks below costa and cell ; antemedial line ferru-
ginous, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; claviform and
orbicular absent ; reniform well developed, with ferruginous centre
and defined by some black scales ; medial line arising from a small
triangular ferruginous patch on costa, then slightly curved ; post-
MONIJIA. 419
medial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; subterniinal line only defined by ferru-
ginous suffusion on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7
and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a waved dark terminal line. Hind
wing pinkish white, irrorated with fuscous ; the underside with
black discoidal lunule, slight curved postmedial line, and terminal
series of points.
Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Victoria, 1 $ ; U.S.A., Oregon,
Corvallis, 1 $ . Exji. 40 millim.
1747. Monima staMlis.
Noctua stabilis, ScbifF. Wien. Verz. p. 7t> (ITTO) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sebirett.,
Noct. f. 171 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. ^i. pi. 81. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat.,
Haust. ii. p. 143; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.
Noctua cerasi, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 219 (1781).
Bomhyx obliqua, De Vill. Ent. Linn. ii. p. 189, pi. 5. f. 7 (1789;.
Bomhyx junctue, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 123 (1803).
yovtua pallida, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 242 (1809).
Is'octua ruj'annulata. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 243 (1809).
Grey-brown to red-brown ; head and thorax often irrorated with
grey ; sides of palpi and frons black. Fore wing more or less
strongly irrorated with grey and black ; an indistinct, somewhat
waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, often with a
black point beyond it in cell ; an indistinct, oblique, waved ante-
medial line ; claviform sometimes traceable and defined by whitish
above; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish, the former
round, the latter with some black in lower part ; a medial shade
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; post-
medial line more or less indistinct, minutely dentate and produced
to points on the veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, then in-
curved ; subterminal line whitish, slightly defined by brown on
inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at
vein 3 ; the veins of terminal area streaked with white ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia pale
reddish ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black
discoidal spot and punctiform postmedial line.
Ab. 1. juncta. Fore wing with the orbicular confluent with the
reniform.
Nab. Britain, Leech Coll., N. Wales (Salvage) ; France, Sand
Coll. ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Russia ;
Asia Minor, Pontus ; Syria, Lebanon (Pratt), 1 2 , Mardin. Exp.
34-40 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 73 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 202, pi. 209. f. 2.
Green, with numerous yellowish-white dots ; dorsal, subdorsal,
and spiracular lines yellowish white, sometimes very indistinct ;
Ist somite in front and anal somite behind yellowish white ; head
green, sometimes with black dots. Food-plants: Elm, oak, aSV/Zmt,
etc, 5-7.
2n-J
420 noctuid.t;.
*1748. Monima stenoptera.
Taniocampa stenoptera, Staud. Rom. Mem. -vi. p. 497, pi. ix. f. 6 (1892) ;
id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.
S . Head and thorax pale red-brown, abdomen paler. Fore
■wing pale red-brown, the ])Ostmedial area tinged with fuscous ;
antemedial line yellowish, slightly incurved from eosta to median
uervure, then slightly excurved ; orbicular and reniform defined by
yellowish, rather narrow, the former oblique elliptical ; a dark
medial shade, ditFused from eosta to median nervure, then oblique ;
a yellowish postmedial line outwardly oblique from eosta to vein 7,
then inwardly oblique, some pale points beyond it on eosta ;
subterminal line yellowish, oblique, slightly incurved ; the veins of
terminal area yellowish. Hind wing brownish ochreous.
JJab. Amxjeland, Ussuri. E.i'2j. 38 miUim. This species is
unknown to me.
1749. Monima rubrescens. (Plate XC. fig. 16.)
Apamea rubrescens, W\k. xxxii. 671 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 206.
Taniocampa venata, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 123 (1890).
S . Head and thorax pale rufous with a yellowish tinge ; palpi
blackish at sides ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with reddish brown.
Fore wing reddish ochreous, thickly striated with rufous, the
medial area suffused with rufous ; the subbasal line represented by
a curved series of three black points, below eosta and in and below
cell ; antemedial line obsolete ; orbicular and reniform well de-
veloped and with ochreous annuli, the former round with ochreous
centre striated with rufous, the latter filled in with fuscous ; the
postmedial line represented by a series of short}, very indistinct
whitish and black streaks on the veins ; subterminal line hardly
traceable, ochreous ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind
wing ochreous, evenly sulfused with fuscous brown ; the cilia
ochreous ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a
discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on the veins and some
points on termen.
Hah. Canada (Pettit), 2 S; U.S.A., iS'ew Hampshire (Kemp),
1 $ , New York, Pennsylvania (Kemp), 1 S - Exp. 44 millim.
1750. Monima cruda.
Korfna cnnJa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 77 (1776); Kleem. Beitr. Ins. Ges. i.
pi. 46 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 144.
Noctva pvlverulrnta, Esp. Scbmett. iii. pi. 76. ff. 5, 6 (1786); Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 2(tl.
Bomln/.v nanii.% Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 244 (1809).
Nocliia pv^ilh, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 244 (1809).
Noctva amhiqvn, Hiibn. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. 173 (1827) ; Dup. Lep Fr
vi. p. 61, pi. 76. f. 3.
Head and thorax grey, more or less strongly tinged with
31 ON IMA. 421
purplish red ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen grey-brown, the
anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-brown, more or less
strongly tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with black ; the
subbasal line represented by black points on costa and in and below
cell, the antemedial line by points on costa, veins, and inner
margin ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and pale
annuli, the former small, round, the latter constricted at middle ;
postmedial line represented by a curved series of points on the
veins ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by
very obscure brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
pale, irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish
with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated
with brown, a discoidal spot and postmedial series of points on the
veins.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller Coll.;
Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; N. Spain ; Italy ; Scandinavia ; Russia :
Armenia; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus. Exp. 28-32 millim.
Larva. Mevr. Brit. Lep. p. 74 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit v. p. 197, pi. 209. f. 1.
Green or brown with pale yellowish dots ; dorsal and subdorsal
lines pale yellow or whitish ; spiracular line yellow, often spotted
with reddish ; posterior edge of anal somite yellowish or whitish ;
head sometimes marked with white or black. Food-plants : Oak,
hawthorn, SalLv, etc. 5-6.
1751. Monima faiista.
Orthosia fausta, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 513, pi. 50. f. 2.
Grey-brown to ochreous brown or dull red-brown ; sides of palpi
and frons blackish ; tarsi with dark bands ; abdomen fuscous brown.
Fore wing more or less strongly irrorated with brown; an indistinct
waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, with a black
point beyond it in cell and often another above vein 1 ; antemedial
line represented by black points on costa, submedian and median
nervures, vein 1 and inner margin, sometimes traceable as a waved
line; orbicular and reniform with faint pale annuli, the former
round ; traces of an oblique medial shade sometimes present
from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line represented by a series
of dark points on tlie veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, (hen
oblique ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly defined by somewhat
])unctiform brown marks on inner side, or almost obsolete, slightly
incurved at discal and submedian folds ; a tcrmmal series of dark
points, the termen crenulate. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia
ochreous with a brown line through them ; the underside i)ale,
irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and rather puuctlform
sinuous })ostmedial line.
Hub. Japan, Yezo (Fryer), 1 c? , Yokohama {Pryer), 3 J, 3 ?,
type. Exp. 3G-40 millim.
422 TiocTViifX.
1752. Monima flaviannula. (Plate XC. fig. 17.)
T(sniocampa flaviannula. Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. Tii. p. 225 (1899);
Djar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. Ifi6.
d* . Head and thorax reddish brown, the hairs tipped with grej',
the metathoracic tuft darker, tipped with grej- ; abdomen ochreous
■whitish mixed with dark brown, the anal tuft reddish. Fore wing
rufous, slightly irrorated with fuscous ; antemedial, medial, and
postmedial lines marked by dark points on costa ; traces of a pale
excurved portion of the antemedial line belovA- the cell ; reniform
darker rufous defined by yellowish ; subterminal line indistinct,
pale, slightly defined by fuscous on inner side towards costa, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing pinkish
white, thickly irrorated with dark brown ; the underside paler, with
dark discoidal spot and postmedial series of striae on the veins.
Hah. CoLORAiK), Glenwood Springs {Barnes), 4 S • Exp.
44 millim.
1753. Monima annnlimacula. (Plate XC. fig. 18.)
Tceniocampa antmlimacida, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xyiii. p. 117
(1891) ; id. Cat, Noct. N. Am. p. 204.
S . Head and thorax pale fawn-brown ; sides of palpi and frons
blackish ; legs irrorated with black ; abdomen grey-brown, with
the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing greyish fawn with slight dark
iiToration ; the costal edge reddish ; subbasal line obsolete ; ante-
medial line indistinct, waved, with dark points at the veins, nearly
erect, or almost obsolete ; orbicular moderate, round, witli indistinct
yellowish annulus or obsolete ; reniform with more distinct
yellowish annulus defined on inner side by blackish scales ; a slight
indistinct medial line excurved from costa to below cell ; post-
medial line represented by a series of black points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub-
terminal line indistinct, pale, slightly defined by black scales on
inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
series of black points just before termen. Hind wing whitish,
tinged with pink and irrorated with fuscous ; a discoidal lunula
and fine waved terminal line ; the underside with the discoidal
lunule more prominent and traces of a series of postmedial points
on the veins.
Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1 S • Exp. 48 millim,
*1754, Monima addenda. (Plate XC. fig. 19.)
TtBiiiocampa addenda, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 122 (1820); id. Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 204.
cJ . Head and thorax grey, mixed with dark brown and tinged
with crimson ; palpi blackish at tips ; frons rufous, with two
blackish patches at sides : abdomen brownish grey, the aual tuft
MONIMA. 423
tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey suffused with pale yellow-
brown : subbasal line represented by groups of black scales below
costa and cell ; an oblique, diffused, minutely waved antemedial line
emitting short streaks on inner side on the veins ; medial area
irrorated with black except towards costa ; orbicular and reniform
small, with very indistinct black outlines, the former round, the
latter a narrow lunule ; postmedial line diffused, emitting short
black streaks on the veins, excurvcd from costa to vein 4, then
incurved, and at inner margin approximated to antemedial line.
Hind wing brown suffused with fuscous ; the underside grey
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot.
$ . Head and thorax entirely suffused with crimson-red; abdomen
ochreous brown. Fore wing entirely suffused with crimson-red ;
the line absent, the medial area not irrorated with black ; orbicular
and reniform filled in with fuscous. Hind wing tinged with red,
the cilia red.
Hah. U.S.A., California, in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 36 millim.
*1755. Monima carminata. (Plate XC. fig. 20.)
Tceniocampa carminata, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 121 (1890); id. Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 202.
S . Head and thorax pale ochreous brown to fulvous, strongly
tinged with purple ; abdomen ochreous yellow. Fore wing pale
greyish ochreous to fulvous, the veins suffused with purplish pink ;
no other markings except a pale, very ill-defiued discoidal spot
representing the reniform. Hind wing fuscous with a yellowish
tinge ; the cilia yellow ; the underside pale suffused with brown,
the veins and a terminal line brown.
Rah. U.S.A., Colorado, in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 36-40 millim.
*1756. Monima mys. (Plate XC. fig. 21.)
Stretchia mys, Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 168 (1902) ; id. Proc. Ent. Soc.
Wash. V. p. 294 (1903).
6 • Head and thorax dark ])urple-brown ; antennae paler; abdo-
men pale suffused with purplish red. Fore wing dark purple-brown
with slight greyish irroration ; the markings obsolete. Hind wing
whitish tinged with purjdish red, especially towards margins.
Ilah. U.S.A., California. Exp. 42 millim. This species is
unknown to mo ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S.
Nat. Mus.
Sect. III. Antennae of male strongly serrate and fasciculai.o,
A. Fore wing with the subterminal line angled inwards in
discal fold.
a. Fore wing red-brown without black patch beyond lower
angle of cell odiosa.
h. Fore wing grey with black pat,ch beyond lower angle
of cell rngrorevaJis.
424 NOCTUID^.
B. Fore wing with the subterminal line not angled inwards
in discal fold.
a. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented by a
series of small black spots arthrolita,
b. Fore wing with the subterminal line pale.
a^. Fore wing with series of small black or red-brown
spots beyond subterminal line revicta.
b^. Fore wing with more or less prominent small den-
tate black or brown marks before subterminal line.
a'. Fore wing with small dentate black mark before
subterminal line in subiiiedian interspace garmani.
i^. Fore wing without small dentate black mark before
subterminal line in submedian interspace incerta.
c'. Fore wing witiiout small dentate marks before sub-
terminal line.
a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line defined by
brown on inner side.
a^. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.
a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line hardly
excurved at middle.
«'. Fore wing with slight dark irroration.
a". Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-
grey opima.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour
rufous paromcea.
b^. Fore wing with prominent dark striation. . pacijica.
b*. Fore wing with the subterminal line distinctly
excurved at middle.
«'. Fore wing with the postraedial line cori-
tinuous alurina.
6*. Fore wing with the postmedial line reduced
to a series of points alia.
6^. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused
with fuscous gracilis.
b"^. Fore wing with the subterminal line defined by
brown on outer side cinnamomea.
1757. Monima odiosa.
Agrotis odiosa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 162 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. B. M.
iii. p. 14, pi. 44. f. 8.
Head and thorax bright red-brown, sometimes with a purplish
tinge ; palpi black at sides ; abdomen ochreous, irrorated with
brown and tinged with red. Fore wing bright chestnut to purplish
brown sparsely irrorated with white, traces of a w^aved whitish
subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct oblique
waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, rather
darker than ground-colour and with fine whitish annuli, the former
round ; an indistinct medial shade oblique from costa to median
ncrvure, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct and slightly
defined by grey on outer side, dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4,
then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at discal
and submedian folds, defined by grey on outer side, strongly at the
folds ; termen crenulate. Hind wing yellowish white tinged with
brown to fuscous brown ; the cilia rufous ; the underside pale red
JIONIMA, 425
irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and traces of a sinuous
postmedial line.
Hab. Jatan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pnjer), 5 c? , 3 $ , type, Kiushiu,
1 $ . Exj). 44 millim,
*1758. Monima nigrorenalis. (Plate XC. fig. 22.)
Leucania nigrorenalis, Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 277 (1894).
2 . Head and thorax pale grey mixed with dark grey ; palpi and
frons at sides and antennoe blackish ; tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen red-brown, fore wing whitish, slightly tinged with pale
red-brown and irrorated and striated with blackish ; subbasal line
represented by slight black striae from costa and cell ; traces of a
nearly straight antcmedial line, with a small black spot beyond it
on inner margin ; orbicular represented by a small round black
spot ; reniform a rather narrow black lunule, its lower part con-
nected by diffused black between veins 2 and 4 with the subterminal
line ; a prominent medial black bar from cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then
inwardly oblique and nearly obsolete below vein 4 ; subterminal
line whitish, rather ill-detined, excurved at vein 7 and middle, some
terminal black points; cilia white at base. Hind wing pale suffused
with reddish brown ; cilia whitish at base ; the underside whitish
irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial
line, and some points on termen.
Hah. SiKHiM (A'H7/i'e^0» type t $ in Coll. Elwes. Elrp. 42 millim .
1759. Monima arthrolita. (Plate XC. fig. 23.)
Graphiphora arthrolita, Harv. Bull. Buff. So c. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 27^ (1874)
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 204.
Head and thorax pale fulvous brown ; palpi blackish at sides ;
abdomen pale brown, irrorated and dorsally suffused with fuscous.
Fore wing pale fulvous brown irrorated with fuscous ; a small tuft
of black scales at base ; subbasal line obsolete ; antemedial line
indistinct, oblique from costa to median nervure, then erect and
shghtly waved ; orbicular and reniform with very indistinct
yellowish annuli, chiefly defined by the quadaate fuscous patch
between them, tlie former round ; a medial shade oblique from
costa to lower angle of cell, incurved in subraedian interspace ;
postmedial line remote from cell, crenulatc, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then obliiiue and with traces of another
line on its inner side ; subterminal line represented by a curved
scries of small black spots in the interspaces, somewhat incurved
towards inner margin ; a terminal series of small black spots.
Hind wing fuscous brown, with a yellowish tinge ; cilia pale ; the
underside whitish tinged with pink and slightly irrorated with
brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., California, Sanzalito, 1^,1$, tyjie. E.rp.,
J 4U, 2 44 millim.
426
NOCTUIDJE.
1760. Monima revicta. (Plate XC. fig. 24.)
TcBuiocavipa revicta, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 241 (187'))
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Ain. p. 206.
Tceniocampa sub'.erminata, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mu.s. x. p. 47('> (1887);
id. Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 200.
Pale bluish or yellowish grey to deep red-brown ; head and
thorax irrorated with rufous ; palpi bright rufous ; tibiae and tarsi
rufous ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the anal tuft fulvous.
Fore wing irrorated with brown in the pale specimens, with white
in the rufous ones ; subbasal line rufous, defined by white on outer
side, curved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial hne rather
indistinct, defined by white on inner side, oblique, waved; claviforra
with its extremity slightly defined by rufous ; orbicular and reni-
form large, with whitish annuli defined by rufous, the former erect
elliptical, the latter filled in with fuscous ; a medial shade oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; postmedial
lino indistinct, whitish, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved, produced to a series of black and white points
on the veins from vein 6 to inner naargin ; subterminal line Avhite
or pale yellowish, defined on outer side from vein 7 to inner margin
by a series of rufous or typically black spots, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing whitish irrorated with pale brown, the veins and
terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside white irrorated
with brown, a discoidal luuule and postmedial series of short streaks
on the veins.
Hah. Canada, Calgary ( Tro%-X>ofO, 1 J , 1 2 ; U.S.A., Maine,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Abington (Bates), 2 2 ? New York,
Centre {Bailey), 2 § , Illinois. Exp. 44 millim.
1761. Monima garmani. (Plate XC. fig. 25.)
Graphiphora garmani, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 28 (1879) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 206.
cJ . Head and thorax dull reddish brown, the hairs tipped with
grey ; abdomen yellowish brown mixed with dark brown. Fore
wing pale reddish suffused with fuscous brown ; subbasal line
obsolete ; faint traces of a double, waved antemedial line ; claviform
represented by some black scales at its extremity ; orbicular rather
elongate clli])tical, defined by black except above ; I'eniform defined
by black on inner side ; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved; subterminal
line very indistinct, defined by a series of black spots on inner side
from vein 7 to inner margin, obsolescent above and below vein 5.
Hind wing ochreous white irrorated with brown ; the underside
with black discoidal point.
Hah. U.S.A., Illinois, 1 c^ type, Iowa. Exft. 40 millim.
427
1762. Monima incerta.
Noctua incerta, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 298 (1757) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 201.
JS'ocfua instahili.% Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 76 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv.
pi. 151. f. 3 ; Hubu. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 165 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 130,
pi. 81. f. 3 ; Steph. III. Brit. Eiit., Haust. ii. p. 140.
Noctua trigatta, Esp. Scbuiett. iv. pi. 147. f. 4 (1790).
Noctua contracta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 151. f. 2 (1790).
Noctua collinita, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 152. f. 6 (1790).
Bomhyx nehidosns, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 120 (1803).
Bomhyx subsetaccus, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 120 (1803).
Bomhyx fiiscatiis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 122 (1803).
Bombyx angustus. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 122 (1803).
Tani'ocampa evanida, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 362 (1879).
Tceniocampa pallida, Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. 1885, p. 72.
TcBniocampa ■pallida. Stand. Stett. eut. Zeit. 1888, p. 32.
Taniocarapa pallidior, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201 (1901).
Head and thorax rufous more or less strougly mixed with grey ;
palpi black at sides ; abdomen grey irrorated Avith brown, the anal
tuft and ventral surface tinged with rufous. Fore Aving grey,
thickly irrorated and striated Avith brown and more or less strongly
suffused with rufous ; an indistinct subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold, followed by a dark point in cell ; antemedial line
indistinct, slightly sinuous ; orbicular and reniform large, with
whitish annuli, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower
part filled in with fuscous ; an ill-defined medial shade oblique from
Fig. 114. — Monima incerta, (^ . \.
costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct,
dentate or reduced to a series of minute dark striae on the veins,
excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subtcrminal lino
whitish, defined by brown on inner side, forming somewluit dentate
marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved
at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish,
suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown, especially on terminal
area ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal
spot and postmedial series of points on the veins.
Ab. 1. fuscata. Fore Aving almost uniform fuscous.
Ab. 2. liallvlci. Fore A\'ing paler and greyer.
Ab. 3. palUdior. Much paler : fore wing grey-Avhitc ; hind wing
whitish.
428 NOCTUID^.
Ab. 4, evanida. Like palUdior but larger, tbe subterminal line
strongly defined by rufous,
Hab. Britain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ;
France, Sand Coll. ; German?, Zcller Coll. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ;
Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain ; Italy ; Scandinavia ; Russia,
Livonia, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor,
Pontus ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Ferghana,
Issyk-Kul ; E. Siberia ; Japan, Yesso {Pryer), 1 S , Yokohama
(Jonas, Pryer), 6 c? , 1 $ , type evanida, Kiushiu, 1 c? , 1 $ ;
Punjab, Simla (Nurse), 1 $ . Exjj. 40-50 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 72 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 213, pis. 211, 212.
f. 1.
Green, with numerous yellowish or whitish dots ; dorsal and
spiracular lines pale yellow or whitish ; subdorsal line formed of
pale dots ; head green. Food-plants : Oak, poplar, hawthorn,
etc. 5-7.
1763. Monima opima.
Noctua opima, Hubn. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. 424 (1827) ; Stand. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 201.
Noctua firma, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 676, 677 (1827).
TcBniocampa medioliigcns, Schultz, lUustr. Zeit. Eut. v. p. 349 (1900).
Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; palpi brown
or blackish at sides ; abdomen grey tinged with reddish brown.
Fore wing grey irrorated with red-brown, the medial area suffused
with red-brown ; the subbasal line represented by a slight striga
from costa ; the antemedial line indistinct, erect, waved ; claviform
sometimes slightly defined by wliitish ; orbicular and reniform
large, with grey centres irrorated with brown and whitish annuli,
the former rounded ; xwstmedial line defined by whitish on outer
side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved
at discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish,
defined by red-brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, then
nearly straight or slightly excurved at middle ; a series of dark
points just before termen ; cilia tinged with rufous. Hind wing
whitish irrorated with brown ; the underside tinged with pink, a
discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line,
Ab. 1. Greyer; fore wing without rufous suff"usion on medial
area, but with an indistinct medial shade.
Ab. 2. Wholly suffused with fuscous brown with a reddish
tinge.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll, ; Germany, Zeller
Coll, ; Austria, Carniola, Zeller Coll, ; Switzerland, Frey Coll, ;
Scandinavia; IIussia, Leech Coll., Urals; W. Siberia, Altai, Zeller
Coll. ; W, Turkestan, Ala Tau, Ex'p. 36-40 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 73 , Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 208, pi. 210. f. 2.
Dull olive-green to red-brown with darker freckles ; dorsal and
subdorsal lines paler ; spiracular line yellow or yellowish green,
dark-margined above ; head brownish. Food-plants : Sahx and
PkOse. 5, 6,
JIONIMA. 429
1764. Monima paronicea, n. sp. (Plate XC. fig. 26.)
Semiophora stabilis, Leeeli, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 75 (nee Sehiff.).
Head and thorax pale rufous, sometimes greyish or purplish
brown ; palpi black at sides : abdomen pale grey-brown, the anal
tuft rufous. Fore wing pale rufous to grey-brown or purplish
brown irrorated with fuscous ; an indistinct waved subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold, with a point beyond it in cell some-
times present ; antemedial line indistinct, excurved in interspaces,
reduced to points on the veins or obsolete ; orbicular and reniform
large, with whitish annuli, their centres often defined by fuscous,
the former oblique elliptical, sometimes conjoined to latter in-
feriorly; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, reduced to a series of
points on the veins or almost obsolete, excurved from costa to
vein 4, then incurved ; subterrainal line whitish, defined by rufous
or brown on inner side, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7
and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of dark points.
Hind wing yellowish white, almost uniformly suffused with fuscous
brown, the cilia pale reddish ; the underside pale irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal spot and punctiform sinuous postmedial
line.
Hab. Japan, Yesso, Yokohama (Jonas, Fryer), 6 cj" , 0 5 , type.
Edjj. 36-40 millim.
1765. Monima paciflca. (Plate XC. fig. 27.)
Teeviocampa pacifica, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. li. p. 120 (1874);
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 20.3.
Head and thorax pale grey-brown, often with a reddish or olive
tinge ; sides of palpi and frons black ; abdomen pale grey-brown
irrorated with fuscous. Pore wing pale ochreous brown, striated
with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, or more or less completely
suffused with purplish or red-brown ; a small tuft of black scales
at base ; the subbasal line represented by a slight striga from costa,
a point below cell, and another further irom base in the cell; the
antemedial line represented by a more or less complete series of
black points ; orbicular and reniform large, with indistinct pale
annuli, the former oblique elliptical, very indistinct, the latter with
its lower part filled in with fuscous ; an obscure medial shade,
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; post-
medial lino represented by an indistinct excurved pale part from
costa to vein 6, then by a series of short black streaks on the veins
interrupted by white points and closely approximated to the
subterminal line, which is palo defined by fuscous on inner side,
excurved at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a series
of black points just before tcrmen ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing whitish irrorated and suffused with fuscous ; the under-
side with black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some
black points on termen.
Ab. 1. Underside of hind wing with black streak in the cell.
430 KOCTUID^.
Hah. Canada, Vancouver (Danby), 5 c? > 1 ? ; U.S.A., Colorado,
California, Sanzalito, 3 S , type. Exp. 40-44 millim.
Larva. Green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines white, narrow, faint ;
stigmatal line narrow ; a white band on the hump of joint 12.
— H. G. D.
1766. Monirna alurina. (Plate XC. fig. 28.)
Taniocampa alurina, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Eut. Soe. x. p. 47 (1902);
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 167.
Head and thorax clothed with brown hair tipped with grey ;
abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing purplish grey tinged with
reddish brown and irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented
by dark marks below costa and cell ; antemedial line oblique
towards costa, then slightly sinuous; claviform absent; orbicular
with obscurely defined grey annulus, round ; reniform with dark
centre and obscurely defined grey annulus ; a medial shade, in-
curved below angle of cell ; postmedial line indistinct, somewhat
dentate, obli(]ue from costa to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4 ;
Eubterminal line indistinct, greyish, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle, narrowly defined by brown on inner side and
with a patch before it on costal area; a terminal series of small
black spots. Hind wing grey tinged with pink, the terminal area
suff'used with fuscous ; the underside pinkish white irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hab. U.S.A., New York, Illinois, Chicago, in Coll. J. B. Smith,
Colorado, Berkeley (Oslar), 1 d . Ex^^. 42 millim.
1767. Monirna alia. (Plate XC. fig. 29.)
Tcenioca7npa alia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 352 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am.
p. 205.
TcBniocam'pa hihisci, Guen. Noct. i. p. 355 (1852).
Orthosia inscicns, Wlk. xi. 746 (1857).
Orthodcs instahilis. Fitch, 3rcl Eep. N.Y. State Agr. Soc. xvi. p. 25
(1859), iiec Schiff.
TcBniocampa coiiflaens, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 159 (1874).
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; sides of palpi and
frons blackish ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing purplish
grey, suff'used with ferruginous red except on inner area ; subbasal
line very indistinct, greyish, from costa to submedian fold; ante-
medial line indistinct, waved, greyishj slightly defined on each side
by brown ; orbicular and reniform rather large, with grey anuuli,
the former elliptical, erect, the latter with its lower part filled in
with fuscous ; postmedial line greyish, slightly defined on each side
by brown, waved, bent outwards below costa and incurved below
vein 4, with a slight series of black points on the veins beyond it ;
eubterminal line very indistinct, greyish, slightly defined by brown
on inner side and with distinct dark brown marks before it above
and below vein 5 and in submedian fold ; a terminal series of dark
points. Hind wing pale thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal
MONIMA. 43i
area suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal area
tinged with rufous, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct curved
postmedial line.
Ab. 1. hibisci. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform
conjoined.
Hab. Canada {Norman), 1 $ , Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 c? , 1 2 _;
U.S.A., 1 2 type, Easteru States to Georgia and West to Mississippi
States, 1 $ (Doicbledatf), type insciens, Missouri. Exp. 44 millim.
Larva. Green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines yellowish white, faint,
broken ; stigmatal line narrow, running above the spiracles except
on joints 2 and 12. — H. G. D.
1768. Monima gracilis.
Noctua gracilis, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 7''>(1876); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. f. 168 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 141, pi. 82. f. 1 ; Frey. :N'eu Beitr.iv.
pi. 317 ; Herr.-Sclulff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 383 ; Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 202.
Nociua coUinita, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 152. f. 6 (1796).
Isoctim lepida, Scriba, Bfiitr. Ins. Ges. iii. pi. 18. f. 7 (1793).
Bomlnjx sparms, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 122 (1803) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent.,
Haust. ii. p. 143.
Orthosia pallida, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 143 (1829).
Taniocampa cUa, Bull. A. M. N. H. (.5) i. p. 167 (1878).
Taniocampa paUidior, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18S8, p. 32.
TcBiiiocampa riifcscens, Cockerell, Entom. xxii. p. 4 (1889).
Head and thorax grey slightly irrorated with pale brown ; palpi
blackish at sides ; abdomen tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale
yellowish, suffused with grey-white and sparsely irrorated with
black ; subbasal line represented by a dark point ia cell ; traces of
a pale, waved, antemedial line ; claviform sometimes defined by
whitish ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish, the
former round ; traces of a medial shade sometimes present ; po.st-
medial line represented by a series of black points on the veins,
excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line
whitish, slightly defined by brown on inner side, slightlj^ excurved
below costa and at middle ; a series of dark points just before
termen ; cilia tinged with rufous. Hind wing whitish irrorated
and suffused with brown, especially on costal and terminal areas ;
cilia white ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and postmedial series
of short striae on the veins.
Ab. 1. rufescens. Head, thorax, and fore wing more or less
strongly tinged with rufous.
Ab. 2. Fore wing suffused with fuscous brown.
Ab, 3. jjallidior. Much paler and greyer.
Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,
Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain ; Italy; Scandinavia;
Russia, Leech Coll., Livonia ; Armenia ; Amurland, 1 $ , Ussuri ;
Japan, Hakodate, 1 $ , Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 5 (^ , 4 $ , type
ella. Exp. 40-46 millim.
432 NocTurD.^5.
Larva. Meyr. Erit. Lep. p. 73 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 221, pi. 213.
Dull green or pinkish brown.; dorsal and subdorsal lines paler ;
spiracular line pale greenish, rarely pinkish, edged above by dark
grey or black ; head pale brown or greenish. Food-plants : Salix,
Carduus, LysimacJiia, etc. 5-7.
1769. Monima cinnamomea.
Megascma cinnamomea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 352, pi. 38. f. 6;
ilmpsn. Moths Iiid. ii. p. 277.
2 . Head and thorax pale rufous ; palpi at tips and shaft of
antennas above white ; tegulre with bright rufous line before tips
w^hich are white ; abdomen brown. Fore wing whitish tinged
with rufous and irrorated with brown ; subbasal line rufous, defined
by white on outer side, straight from costa to submediau fold ;
antemedial line defined by white on inner side, straight, oblique ;
orbicular large, with slight white annulus defined by rufous,
oblique elliptical : reniform quadrate, defined at sides by white
and rufous ; an indistinct dark medial line ; postmedial line rufous,
defined by white on outer side, straight, oblicjue ; subterminal line
defined by white on inner side, straight, oblique, the area beyond
it somewhat darker ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing
pale fuscous tinged with pinkish and irrorated with brown, the
termen and cilia pale rufous ; the underside with discoidal lunule
and curved postmedial line.
Hah. SiEHiM, 7600 feet {Dudgeon) , 1 $ . Exp. 46 millim.
Genus PALPONIMA, nov.
Type, P. ortJiosioidcs.
Probo-scis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint extending
about the length of head and fringed with long hair below, the 3rd joint long
and dilated at extremity ; frons with roughened truncate conical prominence ;
eyes large, rounded ; antennas of male bipectinate, with long branches to apex,
of female ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair only, tlie latter witii
triangular ridge-like dorsal crest ; tibire moderately hairy ; abdomen with
dorsal crest on 1st segment only. Fore wing narrow, the apex rectangular,
the ternien nearly straight to vein 3, then oblique ; veins 3 and 5 (roni
near angle of cell ; fi from upper angle ; 9 from 10, anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;
5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near base only.
1770. Palponima orthosioides.
Scmiophora orthosioides, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 56, pi. 128. f. 1 (1889) ;
Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 205.
Head and thorax dark browm mixed with grey ; palpi whitish at
tips ; tegulse with black line just before the tips, which are whitish ;
abdomen ochreous grey with some dark irroration. Fore wing
pale grey-brown to dark grey-brown with fuscous irroration ;
subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line
PALPONIMA. — CLAVrPALPULA. 433
double, nearly even, slightly curved and oblique ; orbicular and
reniform moderate, with blackish centres and pale brown annuli
defined by black ; medial line excurved from costa to median
uervure; postmedial line more or less distinct, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with a series of
short black streaks on the veins beyond it interrupted by white
points ; some pale points on costa before the subterminal line,
Fig. 115. — Palponi/iia orlhosioides, (^ . \. (From Moths Inch vol. ii.)
which is whitish tinged with rufous and very slightly and evenly
curved ; a terminal series of slight dark points. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; the underside greyer irrorated with fuscous, a
black discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. Much paler and greyer ; fore wing with a series of black
spots before the subterminal line and somewhat dentate at middle.
— Simla.
Hah. Punjab, Mandi (HocJcing), 3 c5" , 5 $ , type, Simla (Nurse),
1 $ . Ex2). 32 millim.
Genus CLAVIPALPULA.
Type.
Clavipalpula, Staud. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 499 (1892) auraria.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely upturned and
fringed with hair in front, the 3rd long, porrect, and somewhat dilated at
extremity ; frons smooth ; antennae of male strongly ciliated ; head and thorax
clothed with hair only and without distinct crests ; tibiaj moderately hairy ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base. Fore wing with the termen crenulate and
obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
witii veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
1771. Clavipalpula aurarisB.
Tcsniocampa aurarice, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 76, pi. iii. f. 6 (1880) ; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.
2 . Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous, especially on
tegulse ; sides of palpi and frons dark brown ; abdomen brownish
grey. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with red-brown, the medial
area red-brown except inner margin ; a small black spot below
base of cell, with the subbasal line just beyond it represented by
obli(iuc black striae from costa and cell ; anteraedial line indistinctly
double, very oblique, sinuous and incurved to inner margin ;
median uervure and veins 3, 4 streaked with whitish ; orbicular
VOL. v. 2 i"
434 xocTuiDi.
and reniform large, whitish, the former concave towards base,
open above and below and tinged with brown above, the latter
with its centre tinged with rufous, constricted at middle ; post-
medial line indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, slightly
incurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved and sinuous; sub-
terminal line almost obsolete, waved, pale, with a series of brown
Fig. 116. — Clavipaljnda aitraricB, $. \.
points on it and defined by brown on inner side at costa ; a
terminal series of slight dark points and a fine pale line at base of
cilia. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown towards
termen ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly
irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot.
Hah. Amurland ; Japan, Yezo, Hakodate (Pryer), 2 cJ . JSa^.
40 millim.
Genus PERIGONICA.
Type.
Perignnica, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 123 (1890) angulata.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi .short, porrect, fringed with hair ; fron.s
smooth, with small corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; head and
thorax clothed with long fine hair, a ridge-like dorsal crest ; tibite fringed
with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment and lateral tufts of
hair. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen
excised below it; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastoming with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with veins 3,4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Sect. 1. Antennas of male bipectinate, with moderate branches.
A. Fore wing slightly irrorated with fuscous fulmvians.
B. Fore wing thickly irrorated with fuscous ierfia.
1772. Perigonica fulminans.
Perigonicafulminayis, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 124 (1890); id. Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 209.
Head and thorax clothed with pale rufous hair; palpi irrorated
with black ; frons black at sides ; pectus black and white in front ;
legs whitish irrorated with black ; abdomen white irrorated with
black, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing pale rufous,
the markings hardly visible or quite obsolete ; subbasal line fuscous,
double ; antemedial line single, curved ; orbicular moderate, with
very faint pale annulus ; reniform nan-ow, constricted at middle,
PERISONICA. 435
with pale annulus, the lower part darkened by the medial shade,
which is oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line
double, the outer line reduced to points on the veins, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal
Fig. 117. — Perigonica fulminans, (^ . \.
line distinct, whitish, incurved below vein 4. Hind wing white,
slightly tinged with rufous on marginal areas ; the underside with
the marginal areas irrorated with dark brown, a black discoidal
point.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 S , Arizona, Prescott (Oslar), 1 J , 1 $ .
Exjy. 42 millim.
1773. Perigonica tertia. (Plate XC. fig. 30.)
Perigonica tertia, Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 168 (1902) ; id. Proc. Ent.
Soc. Wash. V. p. 294 (1903).
Head and thorax pale rufous, some of the hairs tipped with
black ; abdomen pale rufous irrorated with black. Fore wing pale
rufous, prominently irrorated with black ; subbasal line indistinct,
double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
double, rather irregularly waved and somewhat oblique ; orbicular
and reniform with ill-defined pale annuli, the former small, round,
the latter rather constricted at middle and with some fuscous in its
lower part ; a more or less distinct medial shade oblique from costa
to median nervure, where it is angled ; postmedial line slightly
waved, bent outwards below costa, somewhat incurved at discal
fold and strongly below vein 4, a double series of points on the
veins beyond it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner
side by a series of lunulato fuscous marks, becoming somewhat
dentate at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a prominent terminal series of black points. Hind wing
white, with a pinkish tinge and irrorated with brown, especially
on terminal area ; traces of a diffused subterminal band ; the
underside with black discoidal lunule, traces of postmedial series of
points, and some points on termen.
Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, Portland, California ( Walsingham), 1 $ ,
Arizona, Prescott (Oslar), 1 c? , 1 2 • Exp. 44 millim.
2j2
436 . ISrOCTUlDy^.
Skct. II. Antcnnte of male serrate and fasciculate.
*1774. Perigonica angulata.
Ferigonica angulata. Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p, 124 (1890) ; id. Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 2U9.
(S . Head and thorax pale rufous slightly irrorated with black ;
antennfe blackish ; frons black ; pectus and legs whitish irrorated
with black ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with black, the ventral
surface whiter. Fore wing ochreous with a rufous tinge and
sparsely irrorated with black ; antemedial line represented by a
black point on costa ; medial line fairly distinct on costal area,
then almost obsolete, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ;
reniform indistinct, with slight fuscous centre and pale annulus ;
postmedial line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa,
Fig. 118. — Perigonica angulata, (^. \,
oblique to vein 6, then somewhat dentate, with points at the veins
and series of points beyond it, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal
line very faint, pale, minutely wared, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle, a slight fuscous shade before it on costa ;
terminal series of slight points. Hind wing ochreous white with a
slight pink tinge ; the marginal areas irrorated with brown ; a
terminal series of black points on apical half; the underside
irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot and slight postmedial
series on the veins.
Hah. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, in Coll. Schaus. Exp.
38 millim.
Genus SIDERIDIS.
Type.
Sideridis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 232 (1827) evidens.
Alefia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 289 (1827) vitellina.
Hyphilare, Hiibn. Verz. p. 239 (1827) alhipuncta.
CrocigrajpJia, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 67 (1875) normani.
Proboscis fully developed; palpi short, obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint
fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd minute ; frons smootli ; eye.^ large,
rounded ; antennre of male typically minutely ciliated ; head and thorax
clothed witli hair only, except a few scales on upper edge of patagia ; the pro-
thorax with spreading crest ; tibijc fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal
cre.st on 1st segment only. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen
oblique towards tornus ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of eell ; B from u))per
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosiug with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below
middle of discocellulai's; G, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell
near base only.
SIDEEIDI?,
437
Sect. I. Anteunte of male bipectinate, with short branches to near apex. <
1775. Sideridis limbata.
Apamea limbata, Butl. A.M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 360 (1879).
Head and thorax grey tinged witli brown, the crests on thorax
tipped with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen brownish
grey irrorated with black. Fore wi"ng ochreous white striated with
brown and irrorated with black, the areas between subbasal and
antemedial lines down to submedian fold and between postmedial and
subterminal lines except towards inner margin suffused with black;
subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line double, waved, angled outwards below cell ; claviform
Fig. 119. — Sideridis limbata, d. \-
small, incompletely defined by black; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former small, irregularly rounded, the latter
rather constricted at middle ; an oblique fuscous striga from costa
to reniform; postmedial line minutely dentate, excurved from
costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by
the contrast between the dark and pale areas, angled outwards at
discal fold and incurved above and below those points ; a terminal
series of black points ; cilia rufous with black tips. Hind wing
ochreous white tinged with brown, the inner and terminal areas
suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line with
short black strealis on the veins sliowing through to upperside.
Hab. Japan, Kiushiu, i d , Yokohama {rri/cr), 1 J , 4 ? , type.
Ex2). 44 millim.
Sect. II. Antennae of male ciliated.
A. {Hi/philare). Abdo7nen of male with paired ventral tufts of long liair
from base ; the wing suffused with silvery scales on underside.
a. Frontal tuft of male enlarged and hollowed out over the palpi ; tults
of jellow scales below and between teguliu.
177G. Sideridis litliargyria.
Kodua li/harr/7/ria, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 124. f. 6 (17J
Hiibn. Enr.
jchmett, iSoct. f. 225 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 100, pi. 107. f. 1 ; Steph.
:il. 13rit. Eut.; llaust. ii. p. 161 ; Stand. Cat. I-ep. pal. p. 19?-.
Scl
111
438
TSOCTXJIDM.
Mythimna griaea, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 150 (1829).
Leucania anargyria, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 132 (1840).
Leucania argyritis, Eamb. Cat. Lep. S. And. pi. 8. f. 2 (1858).
Head and thorax purplish pink ; abdomen pinkish, paler at base,
the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing purplish red, the costal
and inner areas rather paler and irrorated with red ; antemedial
line indistinct, oblique, waved ; a slight pale discoidal lunule con-
joined to a prominent small white spot at lower angle of cell ;
postmedial line indistinct, somewhat dentate and produced to a
Fig. 120. — Sideridis lithargyria, (j". }.
series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,
escurved to vein 4, then incurved. Hind wing pale reddish sutFused
with fuscous ; the cilia pale reddish, with a deep red line through
them. Underside suffused with silvery scales in male except costal
area of fore wing ; of female pale pinkish irrorated with brown,
the cell of fore wing suffused with fuscous.
Ab. 1. grisea. Thorax and fore wing greyish and only slightly
tinged with red ; hind wing paler.
Hah. Bp>itain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ;
France, Cevennes {A. E. Jones) ; Geemany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech
Colls.; Switzerland, Frey Coll.; Spain, Canales (Chajwuin) ;
Italy ; Sicily ; Dalmatia ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Lydia, Pontus,
Taurus ; Syria, 2 J , 1 $ ; Persia ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-Kul ;
Tibet, Kuku-noor. Kvjc). 40-44 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 68; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 176, pi. 205. f. 3.
Pinkish ochreous ; dorsal line white edged with black ; subdorsal
line whitish, edged above with deep fuscous; supraspiracular line
sometimes paler. Food-plants, Grasses. 9-5.
b. Frontal tuft of male not enlarged and overhanging the palpi ; no tufts
of yellow hair below and between tegulse.
1777. Sideridis albipuncta*
Noctua albipttncta, Sdiiff. Wien. Verz. p. 84 (1776) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.
p. 178 (1787) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sebmett., Noct. f. 223 ; Stand. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 193.
Leucania italo-gaUica, Mill. Cat. Alp. Marit. ii. Suppl. p. 21 (1872).
Jjcucaniajicc/ci, Carad. Iris, ix. p. 31 (1896).
Head and thorax bright rufous ; tegulae with Slight dark medial
•IDEBIDia. 439
line ; abdomen ochreous more or less tinged with brown, the
ventral tufts of hair of male black. Fore wing purplish rufous
with slightly darker irroration ; the costal edge whitish ; an indis-
tinct oblique waved antemedial line ; a small white spot at lower
angle of cell ; postmedial line indistinct, somewhat dentate and
produced to black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa
and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, arising from
termen below apex, angled iuwards in discal and submcdian folds
Fig. 121.— Sideridis albijmncta, (^ . \.
and excurved between those points, the area beyond it somewhat
darker. Hind wing ochreous, more or less strongly suffused with
fuscous brown. Underside of male whitish, suffused with silvery
scales except costal area of fore wing ; of female pale, tinged with
purplish red especially towards costa and termen and irrorated
with brown.
Ab. 1. italo-gaUka. Darker dull brown.
Ab. 2. flecci. Fore wing dull grey-brown ; hind wing fuscous.
Hab. Britain, S. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller, Frey,
and Leech Colls, ; Spain ; Italy ; Rumelia ; Armenia ; Asia
Minor, Bithynia, Pontus ; Persia. Exp. 36 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 68 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 173, pi. 205. f. 2.
Pale greyish ochreous freckled with brownish ; dorsal line pale,
brown-edged ; subdorsal line pale, edged above with blackish, below
with brown ; lateral line pale ; spiracular lino whitish ; head
ochreous reticulated with brown. Food-plants, Grasses. 11-8.
B. (Sideridis). Abdomen of male witbout paired ventral tufts of long hair
from base.
a. Fore wing yellow snfTused slightly with rufous vifellinc.
b. Fore wing greyish suifuscd with rufous.
a}. Fore wing not striated with rufous.
a^. Thorax deep rui'ous rosea.
b^. Thorax pale rufous evidens.
6'. Fore wing striated with rui'ous norrtia^ii.
c.^Fore wing deep rufous congermana.
d: Fore wing deep purple-red ruhejacta.
e. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated with fuscous ccesia.
/. Fore wing white with a violaceous tinge cximia.
440 NOCTUID^.
1778. Sideridis vitellina.
Nocfua vifdlina, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 379, 589 (1827) ; Dup.
Lep, Fr. vii. p. 475, pi. 130. f. 4 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.
Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow tinged with rufous. Fore
wing yellow irrorated with rufous ; indistinct oblique rufous streaks
above and below vein 1 before the antemedial line, which is dentate,
oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on
vein 1 ; orbicular a small rutbus spot ; reniform a rufous lunula ;
postmedial line somewhat dentate and with minute dark streaks on
the veins, slightly incurved to costa and in discal fold, oblique below
vein 4 ; subterminal line minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7
and slightly excurved at middle. Hind wing semihyaline white,
the veins and terminal area tinged with ochreous ; the underside
with the costal area slightly irrorated with rufous.
Hah. Britain ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Frey
Colls.; Hungary, Frey Coll.; Italy, Capri {C. Browne) ; Sicily,
Zeller Coll.; Dalmatia, Leech Coll.; Algiers; Canaries, Leech Coll.,
{W. White) 1 S ', Syria, Leech Coll.; W. Turkestan, Ferghana,
Issyk-Kul ; Kashmir, Scind Valley {Leech), 1 § , Nubra {IIcArthur),
1 §, liala (il/c^r^Zmr), 1 ?, Narkundah (McArthur), 1^,1$;
Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 d" • ^^i*- 40-44 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 168, pi. 204. f. 3.
Pale reddish brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral whitish lines
edged with brown ; spiracular line pale ; head reddish brown
reticulated with black. Food-plants, Grasses. 10-5.
1779. Sideridis rosea. (Plate XC. fig. 31.)
Mamesfra rosea, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 119 (1874) ; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 120.
Head and thorax deep rufous; abdomen pale rufous with the
dorsal crest deep rufous. Fore wing whitish, tinged with pale red
and irrorated with deep red; a curved subbasal line from costa to
vein 1 ; an oblique waved antemedial line ; claviform large, defined
by red ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by red, the former
round, the latter greyish, its centre defined by fuscous and with
fuscous patch in its lower part ; a sinuous medial shade, oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line dentate, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey defined by deep
rufous suffusion on inner side, sinuous, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle. Hind wing whitish, the costal and terminal
areas tinged with yellow and more or less irrorated with red ; the
veins reddish ; a diffused fuscous subterminal band sometimes
present; the underside with indistinct curved postmedial line.
Hab. Canada; U.S.A., Maine, Id type, Massachusetts (Newton),
1 $ , Now York (Bailei/), 1 d" , 2 $, Oregon, Colorado (Bruce),
1 S . 1'>P' 42-52 millim.
SIDERIDIS. 441
1780. Sideridis evideus.
Noctua evidens, Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 369 (1827) ; Diip. Lep. Fr.
vii. p. 457, pi. 128. f. 6, & Suppl. iii. pi. 39. f. 2 ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 193.
Head and thorax bright rufous ; abdomeu yellowish tinged with
rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with whitish, the veiuti rufous ;
subbasal line rufous, angled outwards below costa and on median
nervure, from costa to submedian fold ; autemcdial line oblique,
waved ; claviform moderate, defined by rufous ; orbicular and reni-
form defined by rufous, the former round ; a slightly waved medial
shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line
minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique ; subtermiual line formed by somewhat dentate rufous
marks, diffused on inner side towards costa, slightly angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine waved terminal line.
Hind wing ochreous suflPused with rufous, a diffused fuscous sub-
terminal band ; the underside paler, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with purplish red, a small discoidal spot and curved post-
medial line.
Hah. Germany, Bohemia, Leech Coll. ; Atjsteia, Leech Coll. ;
Hungary, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; IItjssia, Crimea, Urals ;
W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 36 millim.
1781. Sideridis normani.
Perigrapha normani, Grote, Can. Ent. vi. p. 115 (1874) ; id. Can. Ent.
vii. p. 227, pi. i. f. 13 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 201.
Head and thorax red-brown, the hairs tipped with grey ; sides
of palpi and frons blackish; patagia with a few large black scales
on upper edge ; abdomen ochreous whitish slightly irrorated with
Fig. 122. — Sideridis normani, cJ . \.
black. Fore wing rufous sparsely irrorated with black, the inner
and postmedial areas more or less greyish with rufous striation ;
subbasal line indistinct, dark defined by grey on outer side, from
costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by grey on inner
side, obli(iuc and slightly curved ; orbicular and reniform largo, with
grey annuli, the former rounded, the latter with some fuscous in its
lower part ; postmedial line slightly defined by grey on outer side,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lino very indistinct,
■442 NOCTUID-E.
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a grey patch
beyond it at apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
semihyaline white with slight brown irroration ; the veins tinged
with brown ; the terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside
with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal
spot and postmedial series of points on the veins.
Hah. Canada, 1 S type, (Norman) 1 S ; U.S.A., N. and E. States,
New York, Evan's Centre (^Bailey), 3 $ , Exp. 40 millim.
] 782. Sideridis congermana. (Plate XC. fig. 32.)
Hadena congcrmana, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 106 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct,
N. Am. p. 120.
$ . Head and thorax deep purplish rufous, the latter with yellower
dorsal stripe ; abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous, deep rufous
below. Fore wing deep purplish rufous, the veins fuscous ; a waved
yellowish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial
line oblique, waved, yellowish ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular a
small whitish annulus with brown centre ; reniform large, with
fuscous centre with some white on it and white annulus somewhat
broken up into spots ; postmedial line represented by a series of
white points on the veins and yellowish strigce on costa and inner
margin, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,
some yellowish points on costa beyond it ; subterrainal line yellowish,
angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4, 3, the area beyond
it paler and yellower ; cilia intersected with fuscous. Hind wing
whitish, suffused with fuscous brown especially on terminal area,
the termen red ; the cilia yellow with a red line through them ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas suffused and irrorated
with red, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.
Hah. U.S.A., iS'.E. and Middle States {Morrison), 1 $ type, New
York, Albany {Bailey), 2 § , Colorado. Exp. 40 millim.
1783. Sideridis rubefacta. (Plate XCI. fig. 1.)
Ceramica rubefacta, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 249 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Xoct.
N. Am. p. 120.
Mamestra viiidemialis, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 185 (1880), nee Guen.
Head and thorax deep purplish red-brown, the latter with j-ellowish
dorsal stripe ; abdomen purplish red, greyish at base, the anal tuft
ochreous. Fore wing deep purplish red, sometimes suffused with
fuscous, the costal area slightly irrorated with white ; traces of a
waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct
oblique waved antemedial line ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and
reniform with a few grey scales at centre and very indistinct dark
outlines, the former small ; an indistinct dentate postmedial line,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some
whitish points bej'ond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by
some whitish scales with a brownish tinge before them, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing yellowish
BIDERIDI8.
443
white, more or less scrongly tinged with brown, especially on
terminal area, the termen slightly tinged with rufous ; the underside
with the costal and terminal areas irrorated and suffused with red,
traces of a curved postmedial line.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( TF"oZ%-Z)ocZ), 1 ?; U.S.A., N.E.
and Middle States, New York, Albany {Bailey), 2 (5,3 $ , type
vindemiaUs, Grote. Ea^p. 42 millim. This may be a variety of
congermana.
Larva. Head brown, reticulate and banded with darker brown.
Body sordid pale brown, finely and densely dusted with brown-
black, leaving a distinct dorsal and broad paler substigmatal band
of the ground-colour. Cervical shield shiuing brown, a central pale
yellow line, the lateral corners luteous. Feet coloured like the
body.— H. G. D.
1784. Sideridis caBsia.
Kodua ccBsia, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (177()) ; Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv.
p. 279 (1792) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 60 ; Dup. Lup. Fr. vi.
p. 415, pi. 98. f. 6 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. If52.
l:\octua dichroma, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. 519, pi. 155. f. 2 (1790).
Dianthcecia mmianii, Gregson, Entom. iii. p. 103 (1866).
Biantlmcia doubledayi. Mill. Nat. Sic. vi. p. 2 (18S(i).
Dianthcecia, nigresccns, Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162 (1902).
Dianthcecia clara, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162 (1902).
Head and thorax bluish grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi black
with whitish rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing blue-grey
thickly irrorated with fuscous, the ante- and postmedial areas suffused
with fuscous ; the discal and submedian folds suffused with fulvous
yellow ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line oblique, waved, defined by whitish on inner side ; clavi-
form absent ; orbicular and reniform with indistinct yellow annuli,
the former rounded ; an indistinct curved medial line, waved on
inner area ; postmedial line dentate and produced to grey points on
the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,
some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, with
more or less distinct dentate yellowish marks on inner side, angled
outwards at vein 7 and obscurely dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; cilia
chequered ochreous whitish and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous brown,
rather paler on basal and inner areas ; the cilia whitish, with a dark
line near base ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a curved
postmedial line, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous.
Ab. 1. manani. Much darker, and the fore wing more uniform
in colour. — Isle of Man.
Ab. 2. nifjrescens. Much darker; fore wing suffused with black.
— Higher Pyrenees, Alps, and Scandinavian mountains.
Ab. 3. clara. Fore wing greyer, slightly irrorated with pinkish ;
the medial area whitish. — Armenia, Asia Minor.
Hah. Britain, Isle of Man {Douhleclay), Leech Coll., Ireland ;
France, Pyrenees, Gavarnie (Mrs. Nicholl) ; Austria, Zeller Coll. ;
HtTNGARY ; SwiTZEELANP, ZcUcr and Froy Colls. ; Spain, Granada ;
444 NOCTUID^.
Italy ; Scandiitavia, Dovrefjeld ; Armenia ; Asia Minob, Pontus,
Taurus. Exp. 40-44 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 78 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 256, pi. 165. f. 1.
Pale brownish ochreous irrorated with brown ; a dorsal series of
darker V-shaped marks, indistinct on thoracic somites ; subdorsal
line darker ; head brown with dark markings. Food-plants : seed-
capsules of Silene inflata and S. marithna. 7-8,
1785. Sideridis eximia.
Diantkoecia eximia, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 319, pi. 6. f. 7 (1895) ; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 161.
c? . Head and thorax white with some brown hair ; palpi pale
red-brown ; frons with brown bar above ; tegulse with diffused
brown medial line ; abdomen pale yellow-brown mixed with grey.
Fore wing white, with a slight violaceous tinge and irrorated with
brown ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and
a curved black mark below the cell, retracted to base and followed
by a prominent triangular spot ; antemedial line double, the outer
strong, curved and slightly waved, with slight brown shading on
inner side and more prominent shading on outer; claviform brown,
with its extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,
white with brown centres and defined by brown, the former oblique
elliptical ; medial line oblique from costa to below cell, then dentate
and inwardly oblique, the area between it and postmedial line
suffused with brown ; postmedial line double, very slightly waved,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then very oblique,
the area beyond it tinged with brown to the subterminal line, which
has minute dentate black marks before it below costa and at middle,
is excurved between veins 7 and 2, and defined by white on outer
side ; cilia pale brown. Hind wing pale, suffused with fuscous
especially towards termen and with an ochreous tinge at base ; cilia
pale brown, white at tips ; the underside pale thickly irrorated with
brown, a slight discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and traces
of subterminal band.
Hab. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 c? , Amdo ; Punjab, Kulu (Diidf/eon),
1 cS . Exp. 34 millim.
Genus PHYSETICA.
Type.
Physetica, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 5 (1887) ccerulea.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, fringed with hair in front, the 3rd
joint greatly dilated in male, with a small orifice on outer side near extremity ;
frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antennae of male ciliated; head and
thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ; fore tarsi with long curved
claw on outer side of 1st joint ; pectus clothed with long hair ; abdomen with
dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced
and the termeu obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
PHTSETTCA.
445
A. Fore wing blue-grey cmrulea,^
B. Fore wing purplish red, tlie hind wing purplish pink vindetnialis.
C. Fore wing rufous, the hind wing reddish ochreous micrasta.
1786. Physetica caerulea.
Agrofis cmrnlca, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 38 (1868); Hudson, New
Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 8, pi. iv. f. 7.
S . Head and thorax blue-grey irrorated with whitish ; palpi
below, pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous yellow, the dorsal crest
grey. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated with whitish ; subbasal line
indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
indistinct, double, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled
inwards on vein 1 ; faint traces of orbicular and reniform stigmata
defined by white ; an indistinct medial shade ; postmedial line
Fig. 123. — Fhysctica ccerulea, S. \.
indistinct, double, dentate and produced to white points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
traces of a whitish subterminal line slightly defined by fuscous
on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle.
Hind wing fuscous, the basal and inner areas yellowish ; under-
side yellowish white.
2 . With less of the yellow tinge.
Hab. New Zealand, (./. J. Wall-er) 1 S , 1 $ , Marlborough
(Shellon, Mnrsden, Maiheiv), 2 cJ , 1 $ , jST. Island, Wellington,
S. Island, Blenheim, Rakaia. Exp. 44 millim.
1787. Physetica vindemialis. (Plate XCI. fig. 2.)
Ceramica vindeinialis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 344 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 205.
2 . Head and thorax purple-red, the hairs slightly tipped with
grey (abdomen wanting). Fore wing purple-red, very slightly
irrorated with grey ; subbasal line obsolete ; faint traces of a
curved greyish antemedial line ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform repre-
sented by traces of a discoidal lunule and fuscous spot at lower
angle of cell ; traces of a dentate postmedial lino, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, tlien incurved ; faint traces of a
subterminal line. Hind wing purplish pink, the cilia pale ; the
underside white thickly irrorated with purplish pink.
446 NociuiD^.
Fore tarsi with long curved claws on outer side of 1st three
joints, the claws at extremity of joints stout.
Hab. ? U.S.A., E. Florida (Doiibleday), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim.
The type has the abdomen of a male of some other species stuck
onto it, and will probably prove to bo from New Zealand.
*1788. Physetica micrasta. (Plate XCI. fig. 3.)
Leucania micrasta, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 383 ; Hudson, New
Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 12, pi. iv. f. 10.
2 . Head and thorax bright rufous, the hairs tipped with white;
abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing bright rufous ; the costal area
slightly irrorated with whitish ; the veins slightly streaked with
fuscous and irrorated with white ; an antemedial fuscous point on
vein 1, defined by white points on each side of it ; a fuscous point
at lower angle of cell with white point on each side of it ; a curved
postmedial series of slight fuscous points defined by white points.
Hind wing reddish ochreous suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous
with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish tinged
and irrorated with rufous.
Hab. New Zealand, "Wellington, type t in Coll. Meyrick, Karori.
Exp. 46 millim.
Genus CERAMICA.
Type.
Ceramica, Guen. Noct. i. p. 343 (1852) picta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint
fringed with hair, the 3rd short ; eyes large, rounded ; antennte of male
ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with rough hair only and without distinct
crests ; tibiae fringed with hair on outer side ; abdomen with dorsal crest on
basal segment and slight lateral tufts of hair towards extremity. Fore wing
with the apex produced and acute ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell,
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11
from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from
below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
1789. Ceramica picta.
Mamrsfra picfa, Harr. Eep. Ins. Mass. p. 329 (1841); Riley, 2nd Rep.
Ins. Mo. p. 112, f. 82 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 120.
Ceramica exusta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 344 (1852).
Mythimna contraria, Wlk. ix. 78 (1S56).
Head and thorax dark chocolate-brown, some of the hairs tipped
with white, especially on dorsal ridge ; pectus brown and grey ;
abdomen grey-brown, the extremity and ventral surface tinged with
purplish. Fore wing purplish red, suffused with deep purple-
brown, especially on costal half and terminal area, the costal half
irrorated with white to just below cell ; claviform a small dark
mark, sometimes with white scales at centre and with a diflfused
yellowish streak beyond it; orbicular a small indistinct whitish
annulus ; reniform rather indistinct, fuscous with whitish centre
CF.EAMICA. BRITHY3. 447
and annulus, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure, and
with a diffused yellowish streak beyond it ; traces of a whitish
subterrainal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle.
Hind wing almost pure white, the veins tinged with brown ; the
Fig. 124. — Ccramica pida, J. \.
cilia reddish brown on apical half; the underside with small
brown discoidal spot, the costal area irrorated "with rufous extending
on termen to vein 3.
Hah. Canada {Norman), 1 $ ; U.S.A., E. States, 6 d" , 1 $ type
and type contraria, Massachusetts, Cambridge {Boll), 1 c? , Kew
York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Virginia, Nebraska, Colorado. Exp.^
fS 36, $ 40 millim.
Larva. Head dark red. Body black, with broad yellow subdorsal
and stigmatal bands, the dorsal space dotted with yellow, lateral
space crossed by fine vertical yellow lines, slightly reticulated ;
subventral area with irregular yellow lines in a broken reticulation.
Feet and venter dark red. — H. G. D.
• Genus BRITHYS.
Tjpe.
Brithys, Hubn. Verz. p. 226 (1827) encausia.
Cocyiia,, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 29 (1834), nee Boisd. Lep.
(1829) pancraiii.
Glottula, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. yi. p. 359 (1837) pancraiii.
Proboscis weak ; palpi obliquely porrect, tbickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes
large, rounded; antennae of male ciliated; head and thorax clothed chiefly
with scales and without distinct crests; abdomen with dorfal ci'cst at base
only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the arcole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from
angle of cell or shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
A. Fore wing with the ground-colour reddish brown.
a. Fore wing with the basal area brown suffused with fuscous, pancrati.
I). Fore wing with the biisal area silky leaden grey crini.
B. Fore wing white tinged with ilesh-colour cncansta.
1790, Brithys pancratii.
Noctua pancraHi, Cyr. Ent. Nap. pi. 12. f. 4 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. f. 391; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. p. 262, pi. 70. ff. 1, 2; Mill. Icones,
pi. 54. fr. 6, 9 ; Staud. Gat. Lep. pal. p. 154.
Head and thorax dark brown or blackish ; tarsi ringed with
448 NOCTUID^.
white ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with brown or black at base
and extremity, the ventral surface brown. Fore wing reddish
brown, the basal and costal areas suffused with fuscous brown or
blackish ; subbasal line represented by some black scales below
costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct, waved, interrupted,
oblique towards costa ; claviform small, indistinctly defined by
black ; orbicular absent ; reniform narrow, with rufous centre and
whitish annulus ; postmedial line rather ill-defined, minutely
dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 6, then oblique, some pale points
beyond it on costa, the area beyond it more or less distinctly paler,
except towards costa before the subterminal line, which is formed
of a series of indistinct pale spots defined on inner side by somewhat
dentate rufous marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
pure white, the costal area tinged with fuscous and in female the
terminal area to vein 2.
Hah. S. Fkance, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Portugal ; Italy, Frey
Coll. ; Algeria, Leech Coll. ; Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 5 ;
Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 § ; Natal, Durban (Leigh),
1 2 ; Cape Colony, Grahamstown, 1 $ ; Mauritius, Curepipe
(Tulloch), 1 d , 1 $ . Exj). 38-46 millim.
Larva. Head, front of 1st somite, and legs yellow ; the rest brown,
with dorsal and subdorsal series of yellowish-white spots, small at
anterior edges of somites and large at posterior edges ; a subdorsal
series of white points on middle of abdominal somites ; broad lateral
and ventral yellowish-white bands, each on part of two somites ;
warts brown, each with one hair, wart vi. on somites 5 to 9 placed
on white spots. Foot-plants : Liliaceoi.
1791. Brithys crini.
NocUia crini, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 587 (1775).
h'ociua dominica, Oram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 238, pi. 399. f. H (1782);
Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 14, pi. 145. ff. 2, 2 a ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 167.
Head and thorax blackish ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen
whitish, more or less strongly tinged with fuscous, the ventral
surface fuscous. Fore wing dark leaden grey ; the subbasal line
represented by a black striga below costa ; the antemedial line
irregularly waved, oblique towards costa, then closely approximated
to the reniform ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform small,
greyish with rufous annulus ; postmedial line somewhat dentate
and produced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below
costa, and below vein 3 bent inwards to lower edge of reniform,
then approximated to antemedial line, some pale points beyond it
on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of pale spots
defined on inner side by a scries of somewhat dentate rufous marks,
UBITHYS.
449
the area before it pale rufous except towards costa, angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black
(From Moths lud. vol. ii.)
lunules. Hind wing pure white, the costal area tinged with fuscous
and in female the terminal area also.
Hah. Punjab, Allahabad; Ceylon {Templeton) , 2 c? , 1 5 »
Trincomalee {Yerhiiry), 1 S ; Burma, Moulmein {Cleric), 1 $ ;
SiNGAPOiiE {liidleij), 1 5 ; Java (Norsjield), 5 cj" , 3 § . Eu,-p.
32-46 millim.
Larva. Head, first and last, somite, and legs j'ellow ; the rest
brown, with dorsal and subdorsal series of yellowish-white spots,
those on posterior edge of somites rather smaller ; somite 4 without
anterior spots and 5 with the dorsal spot only ; subdorsal Avhito points
on somites 4 to 8 ; lateral and ventral bands each on part of two
somites ; wart vi. on somites 4-8 on white spots. Food-plants,
Liliacea'.
1792. Brithys encausta.
Nochia encausta, Hi'ibu. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 392 (1827); Dup.
L6p. Fr. vi. p. 78, pi. 86. f. 3 ; Herr.-Scliaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 291 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 154.
Head and thorax fle.sh-white ; tcgulae with black medial line ;
prothorax with black patch ; abdomen white, flesh-coloured below.
Fore wing white tinged with tlesh-colour, leaving the costal area
from before middle whiter; antemedial line indistinct, waved, often
nearl}' ob.soleti% oblique from costa to below cell ; claviform some-
times slightly defined by black ; orbicular lepresented by a black
streak, or obsolete ; reniform narrow, defined by blacli ; postmedial
line dentate and produced to black points on the veins, bent out-
wards below costa and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line
fuscous, obsolete towards costa, the area before it yellowish except
towards costa, angled outwards at veiu 7 and excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pure white ;
female with the costal area tinged with fuscous, a dark terminal
line except towards torniis; the underside sometimes with sinuous
postmedial line on costal half of wing.
IJah. Italy, La Spezia ; Sicii.r, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;
Ionian Is. ; Greece, 1 $ . Exp. 38-44 millim.
Vol. v. 2 q
450 Nocrrin.i;.
Genus ASPIDIFRONTIA.
Tvpp.
Aspidifi-ontia, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Miis. ii. p. 26'J (1902) semipaUida.
Proboscis wealc ; palpi short, oblique, fringed with hair in front ; frons with
large disk-shaped corneous prduiinence nith raised rim and truncate conical
centre ; eyes large, round ; autennaj of male ciliated ; head and tliorax clotiied
with hair and hair-like scales with some scales mixed, without distinct crests;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base. Fore wing with -reins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; '.) from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole : 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins ?>, 4 from angle of
cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
A. Fore wing with the subterminal line interrupted by dentate
white marks on veins 6, 4, 3, 1 radiata.
B. Foi-e wing with the subterminal line not interrupted by
dentate white marks.
a. Fore wing with the area below cell blackish semipaUida.
b. Fore wing with the area below c(^ll not blackish.
a}. Fore wing with the antemedial line dentate.
a^. Fore wing with the antemedial line very strongly
angled outwards in submedian fold ; clavifor)n
absent glaucescens.
h'^. F'ore wing with the antemedial line moderately
angled outwards in' submedian fold ; claviform
p resent axylid.es.
//. Fore wing with the antemedial line not dentate rufesccns.
1793. Aspidifrontia radiata, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig. 4.)
Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with blaok ; palpi and frons
blackish ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, the veins
streaked with black ; the area below submedian fold sulfuscd with
grey, extending to below vein 1 at middle, the lower part of cell
and area between veins 4 and 5 suffused with grey; the submedian
fold with black streak, another above inner margin ; the ante-
medial line represented by an oblique black striga from submedian
fold to vein 1 ; claviform very elongate and narrow, its upper edge
formed by the streaks in submedian fold ; orbicular long and
lancecdate, ochreous defined by black, placed on a black streak
extending to the reiiiform which is narrow, its upper edge produced
and indented, with brown centre with ochreous line in it and
ochreous anriulus defined by black ; faint traces of a dentate post-
medial line between veins 5 and 3 ; subterminal line represented
by a series of ochreous points on dentate black marks, longest
below costa and at middle ; veins 6, 4, 3, 1 defined by dentate
whitish marks ; cilia chequered fuscous and ochreous. Hind wing
ochreous white, the terminal area tinged Avith fuscous ; the underside
with the costal area suffused with fuscous.
Hah, Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu {Craioshay\ 1 $ type, Kibauni
(Craioshay), 4 J • ^>-^7>- 30 millim.
ASPIDIFRONTI.V.
451
1794, Aspidifrontia semipallida.
Aspidifroiitia semipcdlida^ Hinpsn. Aun. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 269 (1902).
Head and thorax black ; antenna) ochreous white ; tarsi ringed
with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral surfaco black.
Fore wing black suffused with leaden grey, especially towards inner
margin ; the costal area ochreous white, suffused with purplish pink
towards eosta and with black patch with three pale points on it on
costa before apex, on basal area the palo colour extends to just
y
Fig. 12l5. — Aspidifrontia s.cmipaUida, cS . \.
below the cell, on medial area to median nervure, and on post-
medial area to vein 5 and includes a black point at lower angle of
cell ; an oblique dentate postmedial line, obsoleto on costal area,
with the area beyond it tinged with rufous to tlie indistinct
whitish subterminal line, which is bent outwards to apex and
excurved at middle; a terminal series of black and white
points. Hind wing yellowish white, the apex slightly tinged with
fuscous.
Hah. Mashonaland, Umtali (Marshall, Dobbie), 2 J' , 2 5, type.
Kr/). 34 millim.
1795, Aspidifrontia glaucescens, n. sp, (Plate XCI. fig. 5.)
c^" . Head and thorax black mixed with grey ; tarsi with white
rings ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing violaceous grey-white ; some
red-brown suffusion on basal inner area ; the antemedial line black,
extremely highly dentate, its teeth running out to middle of wing
below costa, in cell, in submedian interspace and above inner margin,
and to base below costa and cell, double from median nervure to
inner margin ; reniform obscurely defined by rufous and with
rufous centre; postmedial line double, black, minutely dentate and
produced to points on the veins, oblique from costa to discal fold
where it is angled, then inwardly oblique ; the costa tinged with
fuscous towards apex; the subterminal lino whitish, defined by
rufous on inner side, the area beyond it blackish, rufous at apex;
a series of minute white points just before termen ; cilia black,
with fine white line through them. Hind wing pure white.
IJab. Masuonaland, Salisbury (Marshall, Dobbie), 4 cJ , type.
Exp. 34 miUim.
2o2
452
K0CTFII).T5.
1796. Aspidifrontia axylides. (Plate XCI. fig. 6.)
Hadcna axylides, Huipsn. Journ. Buiiib. Soc. Xat. Hist. xiv. p. 198
(1902).
9 . Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey ; tarsi
"with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing lilacine grej'-
wliite, the costal area beyond antemedial line and the area beyond
postmedial line ochreous, the costal and terminal areas suffused
^vith brown except at apex ; the basal area below the cell suffused
■with purple-brown ; the subbasal line represented by a black
striga from costa ; the antemedial line angled outwards below
costa and cell and above inner mrrgin, emitting long teeth in coll
and on median nervure to near end of cell ; claviform small,
defined or filled in with brown ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform
narrow, with whitish centre defined by brown and ochreous annulus
defined by black on onter side, some dark brown between its lower
part and postmedial line, which is double, minutely dentate, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line minutely waved,
defined by brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of pale points ; cilia
ochreous and brown. Hind wing white.
Hah. SiKHiM, 1800 feet {Dadgeon), 1 5 ; Madras, Belgaum
{Watson), 1 5 type. Exp. 30 millim.
1797. Aspidifrontia rufescens. (Plate XCI. fig. 7.)
Asjndifrontia mjhce/is, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 270 (1902).
Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish pink and brown ;
palpi and frons blackish; abdomen oclireuus white. Fore wing
ochreous white thickly irrorated with purplish red ; the veins
irrorated with black ;,traces of an antemedial line ; a dark point in
end of cell ; postmedial line represented by an obscure double series
of white points on the veins, excurved below costa, then oblique ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing yellowish white, the
terminal area suft'used with brown ; the underside with the costal
area tinged with purplish and irrorated wdth brown.
Frontal process long.
Hab. Mashojstaland (Jlarshall, Dohhie), 2 c? , 3 5? Umtali
{Marshall), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Genus METOPIORA.
Type.
Metopiora, Mej'r. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 25 sanguinata.
Proboscis minute; palpi oblique, short, slender; frons with large disc-
shaped corneous prouiineuce with raised edges and central truncate conical
process also with raised edges, a corneous plate below the frons ; eyes large,
rounded; anteunte of male minutely serrate; head and thorax clothed wilh
hair only and without cre»ts; lore tarsi with the joints very short, the claws
large ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the a.\)es. somewhat produced.
MElOnOKA. BIAPHONE. 45S
the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 arul 5 from near angle of eell ; 6 from
u]iper angle ; 9 from 10 anasloino.sing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or stalked ; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the eel
near base t>nly.
ITUS. Metopiora sangxiinata.
Chariclea sanguluata, Lucas, Proc. Liim. Soe. N. S. W. 1892, p. 254.
2 . Head pink ; thorax orange-yellow, tcguloe at extremities and
patagia pink ; legs mostly pink ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing
orange-yellow ; a pink fascia from base at vein 1, running below
the cell, then rather obliquely to termeii at vein 5, narrowing
Fig. 127. — Metopiora samjiiinaf a, (J. \.
beyond the cell, then expanding at termen ; the costal edge pink,
expanding into a fascia from beyond middle to apex ; cilia pink,
expanding into a spot on termen above tornus. Hind wing white
Ilah. QxTEEiNSLAND, Cape York (AIcFarlane), 1 $ , Townsville
(Dodd), 1 2 . Exp. 34 millim.
Genus DIAPHONE.
Type.
Diriphone, Hiibn. Verz. p. 188 (1827) eumda.
TcEniopijga, Wilgru. OCfv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. xv. p. 212 (1858)... eumela
Proboscis weak ; palpi short, porrect, clothed with hair; frons with large
rounded prominence with lateral walls and roughened or convoluted centre ;
eyes large, rounded ; antennas of male serrate and ciliated ; head and thorax
clothed with hair only and without distinct cresis; fore tarsi with the joints
short, the ungues large; abdon)en with some long hair at b.ise, but without
dorsal crest. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the ternieu, obliquely curved ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10,
auastuniosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
C, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
1799. Diaphone eumela.
yoctua eumda, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 347. f. G (1781) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep.
Het. )j. 909.
Bumhtjx cleganx, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 116 (1787).
Noclua sylviana, Stoll, Pap. Exot. v. Suppl. pi. 40. f. 4 (1790).
Chdonia evidens, Guer. Icon. R. Anim., Ins. p. 613, pi. 88. f. J (1829).
Diaphone /nossambicensis, Hopfl". Peters'sReise Moss., Zool. v. p. -131, pi. 28.
ff. fi, 7 (1862)
Diaphone angolensis, Weym. Ent. Zeit. Guben, no. 18, p. 67 (1901).
cJ . Head blackish ; palpi below and at tips, spots on sides of frons,
454
NOCTUIDJE.
round base of antennse, and on back of head orange ; thorax grey,
the base of tegiila; and patagia white ; pro-, meso-, and mttathorax
with paired yellow spots ; pectus and legs black, the latter banded
with orange; abdomen fuscous with orange bands, the hair at base
grey or whitish. Pore wing grey ; the costal area and cell whitish
to near apex, before the antemedial line extending to vein 1 ; the
lines slTong, black ; subbasal and antemedial lines sinuous, the
former from costa to vein 1 , the latter slightly angled inwards in
¥ig. VIS. — Diaphone eumela, (J. \.
cell ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform a crimson lunule,
defined by black at sides ; postmedial line angled outwards between
veins 6 and 5, then incurved, defined by white on outer side ; no
sublerminal line ; cilia chequered orange and fuscous. Hind wing
pure white, sometimes with curved postmedial line ; the underside
always with postmedial mark on costa.
2 . Hind wing suffused with fuscous, the base often whitish ;
cilia chequered fuscous and white ; a sinuous postmedial line
showing through from underside.
Ab. 1. mossamhicensis. Antennse of male strongly serrate; fore
wing with the crimson centre of reniform largo and rounded.
JIab. C. Africa, Staz Gadda (Emin Pasha), 1 $ ; Poktuguese
E. Africa, Chiperoni {Kirhy), 1 S ; Angola ; Transvaal, Piet
lletief ( CraivsJiu)/), 1 $ ; Natal, Newcastle, 1 <S , Karkloof
(Marshall), 1 $ , Durban (Gtieinzius, Leifjh), 1 c5' i 2 5 ; Basutoland,
Masite {Weiqall), 1 S; Cape Colony, 3 5, Grahamstown, 1 J,
Brak Kloof (White), 1 § . Exp. 40-52 millim.
Larva. Fawcett, Trans. Zoo). Soo. xv. p. 318, pi. 49. ff. 10, 11.
Buff; each somite with a broad dark crimson band except the
1st and 11 th, where the band is pale ferruginous with some small
black spots. At the final moult the bands become velvety black
except on ]st and 11th somites, and the ground-colour is pale
greenish. Head, legs, and claspers pale ferruginous. Food-plant,
Or 'lithor/alum ecldoni.
Genus POLYTELODES, nov.
Type, P.fiorifera.
Proboscis slender, aborted ; palpi oblique, short, clothed with hair ; frons
with roughened rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ; ejes large,
rounded; antenna; of male ciliated; head and ihorax clothed chiefly with
scales and without distinct crests ; abdomen with some rough hair at base and
without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen obliquely
POLYTELODES. 455
curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; fi from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areola; 11 from cell. Hind vs^ing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disoo-
cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
1800. Polytelodes florifera.
Polytelaflonfera, Wlk. xv. 1666 (1858).
Head and thorax blue-black ; palpi orange, with black bands on
Ist and 2nd joints ; lower part of frons, patches round base of
Fig. l-19. — l'u/i/fe/odcsforife)-a, c?. 1-
antennie and on back of head, edges of tegulie and patagia, and
paired spots on pro-, meso-, and metathorax orange ; tibiie and
tarsi ringed with orange ; abdomen black, with orange dorsal
segmental bands except on first segment. Fore wing black suffused
with leaden grey; an orange point at base; subbasal line rejire-
sented by black spots with orange on their outer edges below costa
and cell, with an orange spot beyond it below submedian fold and
some scales above inner margin ; antemedial line black defined by
orange on inner side, waved, interrupted ; claviform defined by
black and orange ; orbicular and reniform with orange anuuli
defined by black, the former round, the latter with pale pink
centre open below and with the pink postmedial patch extending
into it ; postmedial line black, defined by orange on outer side,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then strongly
incurved to near origin of vein 2, and interrupted by tlie pink
patch which extends to termen from below vein 4 to inner margin,
and connected with spots above and below vein 5 with the apical
pink patch ; some white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal
line represented by a series of rather ill-defined black spots, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 : a terminal
series of small black lunules with some black marks on their inner
sides between veins G and 2 ; cilia chequered black and orange.
Hind wing fuscous, with white patch in, below, and beyond lower
part of cell ; a small discoidal spot ; cilia orange.
Jfab. Sierra Leone (Fo.rcroft), 2 d, fypc ; Ou) Calabau
(Crornjjtoa), 1 $ ; Gold Coast, Accra {Sir G. Carter), 1 J, 1 $ ;
KiGEiu.), Onitsha {Marshall^ liichanlson) , 2 $ . Ea;2>. 34 millim.
456 . NocruiD-ic.
Genus POLYTELA.
Type.
Polyiela, Guen. Noct. i. p. 113 (1852) gloriosm.
Proboscis rather slight, non-functional ; palpi short, porrect, thickly clothed
with hair ; frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ;
eyes large, rounded ; antennaj of male ciliated ; bead and thorax clothed with
hair only and without distinct crests ; abdomen with some rough hair at base,
but without crests. Fore wing witli the apex rounded, tlie ternien obliquely
curved ; veins 3 and 5 fi'om near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 i'rom angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
K. Fore wing pale pink orlentalis.
B. Fore wing blue-black.
a. Fore wing with apical yellow patch.
a^. Hind wing with the cilia yellow gloriosm.
b^. Hind wing with the cilia black florigera.
b. Fore wing without apical yellow patch chrgsospila.
1801. Polytela orientalis. (Plate XCI. fig. 8.)
Glottula orientalis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 168 (1894).
S . Head and thorax black ; palpi below at base, basal joint of
antenuoe, patagia in front, and paired spots on pro-, meso-, and
metathorax orange ; tibioB and tarsi banded with orange ; abdomen
fuscous black. Pore wing pale pink ; a black patch with orange
point on it at base ; subbasal line represented by black strijie from
costa and cell ; antemedial line oblique, waved, interrupted at
veins, some black before it on costa ; claviform absent ; orbicular
a black point ; reniform black, with ciimson centre and black patch
just before it on costa ; postmcdial line repre^euted by a point on
costa and an incurved waved portion from vein 3 to inner margin ;
subterminal line black, waved, more or less interrupted, expanding
into a patch at costa with a yellow point on it, exourved from
costa to vein 4, then incurved, more or less connected with some
black spots on termen ; a black terminal line ; cilia chequered
black and orange. Hind wing pinkish white ; the underside with
discoidal point.
$ . Fore wing with some black on base of inner margin and a
larger antemedial patch on costa ; orbicular absent ; traces of tbe
medial part of postmedial line, the black on terminal area more
extensive ; cilia with less orange ; hind wing fuscous, with a
whitish patch in, below, and beyond lower part of cell ; cilia
chequered fuscous and yellowish.
Hub. Aden (Terbury), 2 J; ? Nilgiris (Swlnhoe), 1 $ type.
Exp. 38 millim.
Larva. On Pancratium tortuosum.
roLVTELA. 457
1 802. Polytela gloriosae.
Bo)nhi/x gluriogce, F;ihr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 205 (1781); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii.
p. 13, pi. 145. ff. 1, la ; Hiiipsn. Moths Iiid. ii. p. 168.
Head and thorax blue -black ; palpi at base, basal joint of
antennae and a ])atch behind them, and paired spots on meso- and
mctatliorax orange ; tibiae and tarsi banded with orange ; abdomen
black, with the terminal segment orange. Fore wing black suffused
with leaden grej^ ; an orange point at base ; subbasal line double,
black filled in with orar.ge, waved, from costa to vein 1, an orange
point bej'ond it in cell ; black spots surrounded with crimson above
and below vein 1 before the anteuiedial line, which is double, filled in
with orange, waved ; claviform more or less developed, black ; orbi-
cular small, round, yellowish defined by black, sometimes with dark
centre ; a waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell, where
it is angled; renit'orm with crimson centre and yellowish annulus
defined by black, open below and with the ground-colour extending
Fig. \2>(i.~Polijtela gloriu^e, ^ . \. (From Motlis Incl. vol. ii.)
into it ; postmedial line double, black more or less filled in with
yellowish and with orange at costa, waved, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some orange points bej'ond
it on costa ; an orange and yellowish apical patch, the sub-
terminal line arising from it, consisting of yellowish lunulate marks
on black patches defined on inner side by ci'imson semicircular
marks, somewhat dentate at veins 4 and 3 and ex] anding into
a yellowish patch at tornus ; a terminal series of small black spots
often with yellowish marks on their inner side ; cilia chequered
black and orange. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia orange ; the
underside rather paler, with traces of discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. PuNJ.UJ (I/orsJlehl, Home), 4 c?, o 5, Manpuri, 2 $,
Jubbulpur (ButJer), 1 5 ; (janjam, 1 $ ; Eojibay (Leith), 1 c? ;
Caxara (Ward), 2 $; Madras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 c? , Calicut
(Frlloirs- Wilson), 1 $ ; Ceylon (TeynpUton, Orecn), 2 d" , 3 $ ,
Trincomali (Yerbvrii), 1 $ . Exp. 28-42 millim.
Larva. Purplish ])rown irrorated with silvery blue ; head orango-
red ; a dorsal orange patch on 1st somite and subdorsal patches on
2nd and ;3rd, 10th, 11th, 12th, with black spots on them ; a dorsal
series of yellow spots on posterior part of somites except 1, somites
8 to 10 with smaller anterior spots ; a subdorsal series of orange
458 xocTuiD.i:.
spots ; a lateral seiies of yellow spots anterior and posterior except
on thoracic somites, where they are posterior only. Food-plants:
Gloriosa superha and Aiuai'f/llls.
1803. Polytela florigera. (Plate XCI. fig. U.)
Tolytela florigera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 114 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 169.
Polytela inclyta, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 27 (1869).
Head and thorax blue-black ; metathorax with pair of orange
spots ; abdomen black, the terminal segment orange. Fore wing
black suffused with leaden purple ; subbasal line double, black
filled in with ochreous, waved, from costa to vein 1, black patches
defined by reddish beyond it above and below vein 1 ; antemedial
line double, black filled in with ochreous, oblique, waved ; claviform
a small black patch ; orbicular and reniforra with reddish centres
and ochreous annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter
tigure-of-8 shaped ; a waved black medial line oblique from costa to
median nervure ; postmedial line double, black filled in with
ochreous, waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some yellow points beyond it on costa ; a yellow
apical patch, the subterminal line arising from it consisting of
ochreous lunules on dentate black marks defined on inner side
by reddish sutt'tision ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia
black, with a series of orange points at base. Hind wing fuscous
black.
[fah. BoMUAY, Canara ( Ward), 5 $ , type indi/ta ; Madras
(Elliot), 1 J, Belgaum (Watson), 1 $ , Bangalore (Watson), 3 $ .
E.rj). 28-32 millim.
1804. Polytela chrysospila.
Polytela chryso^pila, Wlk. xxxii. 635 (1865) ; Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 101.
f. 15; Hiiipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 169.
Head and thorax blue-black ; mesothorax with orange patch ;
abdomen black, the terminal segment orange. Fore wing black
suffused with leaden blue, leaving the lines black and ill-defined ;
the subbasal and antemedial lines connected by streaks on costa,
below cell, and on inner margin ; reniform a lunulate or somewhat
quadrate yellow spot ; postmedial lino excurved from costa to
vein 4, then incurved. Hind wing fuscous black.
Hah. Burma, Karen Hills, Thayetmyo ( Watson), 1 $ ; Java
(Horsjielcl), 2 <S , type. Bay. 30 millim.
Genus XANTHOPASTIS.
Type.
Xanthopasti^. Hiibn . Verz. p. 2 11 (1 827 "i timais.
Philochrysa, Grote, Proc. Eut. Soc. Pliil. ii. p. 3o8 (1863) timais.
Proboscis aborted, miinite; palpi slioi-t, poi-rect, clothed with long hair;
frons smooth; eye.s hirge, roiindeci ; antenna' of male pubescent du under
surface; head and ihornx (.clothed Willi \cr_v long ruuj;h liair and scales; tibn»
X.VXTUOl'.VSTI.S. 450
moderately hairy ; abdoiuen without crests, with lateral fringes of hair. Fore
wing bi-oad, the apex rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; G from
upper angle : 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 fr(im cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; fi, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with Ihe cell near base.
In an abnormal specimen veins 7, 8 and 8, 0 of the fore wing are stalked.
1SU5. Xanthopastis timais.
I'kalcBiia timais, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 148, pi. 275. B (1782) ; Hiibn.
Ziitr. iii. p. 31), ff. 589, 590; Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 180.
Fhalcsna ainaryllidis, Sepp, Ins. Surinam, i. p. 63, pi. 28 (1848).
Philuchrysa rcgnairix, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 339, pi. 8. f. 4
(1863).
Head, thorax, and abdomen black or dull brown, some of the
hairs of head and thorax tipped Avith white. Fore wing pink,
Fig. 131. — Xuidhopastis timais, q. \.
the costal edge black ; more or letib developed black patches at base
of costa and inner margin, with some yellow be3-ond them below
costa and a streak below cell ; an interrupted waved anteraedial
black line, angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1, often with
a yellow spot before it boluw costa ; medial area with the cell
filled in with black, sometimes extending to costa and submedian
fold and to base on costal area and in cell ; orbicular and renifonu
Avith black centres and orange ainiuli, the former rather elongate
elliptical, the latter large and rather irregular ; a double postmedial
series of small black spots, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal series of alternating black and
yellow patches, with a sei-ics of black spots on their innor side
diminishing towards costa ; a terminal scries of deep black stria) ;
cilia black. Hind wing fuscous black, sometimes with a series
of pale points at base of cilia ; the underside with tho cell and
area below it slightly paler, traces of a curved postmedial line.
Bab. U.S.A., Florida {Tliaxter), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Mexico, Durango
(Becker), 2 (5, Jalapa (Tnijillo), 1 c^" , 1 § , Guerrero (//. S)inlh),
1 (S : Guatemala {Rodriguez), 2 cJ' ; Costa Kica (Zurcher), 1 (^ ,
Sail Francisco, {Rogers) 1 $ , (Van Patten) 1 (S ; Panama, Bugaba
(Champion), 1 d' , 1 $ , Godman-Snlvin Coll., La Chorrera {Dolhij-
Tglor), 2 S ; Jamaica (Gosse, Krn/e), 2 c? , 4 $ ; Haiii (Tweedic),
1 c?, 2 $ ; St. Lucia (Maj. Cowl'e), 1 J , 3 $ ; St. Vincent ( //. //.
Smith), 1 $; Bauuxbos (Frampton), 1 J, 1 $ ; Trinidad (i?n)ffr/-
u'rt?/), 1 $ ; Bk. GriANA, Demerara (Genman), 1 $ ; Brazil (DoAr»),
400
>•()(■ lUIDJC.
1 5 ,Iiio Ni'gro, Manuos (Trumhill), 1 J, Sao Paulo (Jones), 1 J.
E.rp. 42-56 millim.
Larva. Ked-brown ; the head, 1st and terminal somites, and
prolegs orange ; mandibles and two spots on each hemisphere
brown; M'arts dark brown, vi. surrounded by a yellow ring;
somites 2-10 with numerous small yellow spots, the series afc
back of each somite lare;er, 11 with some slight yellow marks;
anal shield edged with black ; legs and prolegs black at tips ; each
Avart with one hair.
Genus ADAPH^NURA, nov.
Type, A. mimiscula.
Pi-oboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 3rd joint rather
long aud dilated at extremity; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna; of
female (Mliated ; head and thorax clothed witii rough liair and without crests ;
tibia; fringed with rough hair ; abdomen clothed with rougli hair, with bisal
and (?) a dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded and the
ternien obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; B from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; II from cell.
Hnid wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from ndddle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
1806. Adapliaenura minuscula.
Baphanura mhiiiscula, Butl. Cist. Eut. iii. p. 3 (1882) ; Kirby, Cat. Het.
p. 204.
2 . Head black ; thorax crimson, the pectus and legs black ;
abdomen black, the last three segments crimson above and at
sides. Fore wing fuscous suffused with deep sap-green and with
narrow orange-yellow bands ; a subbisal band from costa to sub-
median fold ; a somewhat sinuous antemedial band ; two medial
Fig. 132. — Adaphcenura luhtiiscula, J. \.
bands, the outer with spot bej-ond it beyond discocellulars ; a post-
medial band excurved from costa to vein 4, then obli(iue ; a curved
subterminal band. Hind wing orange-yellow : the costal area
black and some black scales on inner area ; a discoidal sjjot and a
terminal baud expanding somewhat towards apex.
Hah. Madagascar, Eetsileo {Cowan), 1 $ type in very bad con-
dition. Exp. 32 millim.
I'Axor.is. 461
Genus PANOLIS. ^
Type.
TanoUs, Hiibn. Verz> p. 214 (1827) flammea.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi sborf, ]ion-eet, clothed with long bair ;
frons smooth ; eyes small, reniform, not ciHated ; antennse of male serrate and
fasciculate ; head and thorax clothed with iiair ouly and without distinct crests;
tibiie fringed with long hair; abdomen clothed with rough hair, with dorsal
crest at b:ise and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the teruien obliquely curved ; veins '6 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle; 'J from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins o, 4 from angle ot cell ; o obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked or froiu angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
1807. Paiiolis flammea.
Noctua flammea, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 87 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.
f. 476.
Kociiia griscovariegata, Goeze, Beitr. iv. p. 2.50 (1781); Staud. Cat. Lap.
pal. p. 202.
Noctua piniperda, Loschge, Naturf. xxi. p. 27, pi. ii. (1785) ; Panz. Kob.
pi. 1. ff. 11, 12 (1786); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 125. ff. 1-6; Dup. Lep.
Fr. vi. p. 486, pi. 100. ff. 2, 3; Steph. HI. Brit. Ent., Hanst. iii. p. 19.
Noctua telifera, Payk. Vet.-Akad. Stock, xlviii. p. 60, pl. 2. ff. 2, 3 (1786).
Bombijx fprda, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 124 (1787); Curt. Brit. Ent. v.
pl.'ll7.
Noctua pini, Vill. Ent. ii. p. 278 (1789).
Noctua ochrolcuca, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 91 (1827).
Head and thorax rufous more or less mixed with white ; the
tegulte and patagia edged with white ; tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen brown, more or less grey towards base. Fore wing bright
V\g. \o^ —Panoli>!flaih7nca, S. \.
or deep rufous, more or less strongly suffused with grey or white ;
the veins white and brown ; subbasal lino represented by slight
white marks below costa and in cell ; antemedial line indistinct ;
oblicjue, waved, rufous dchncd by white on inner side ; claviforra
with its extremity indicated by a white and brown point ; orbicular
and reniform white, often with pale rufous centres, the former
small, more or less elongate elliptical, and often with its lower
edge produced to a streak on median nervure, sometimes connected
with the reniform, which is large and has its upper angle produced ;
postmedial line defined by white on outer side, dentate, bent out-
wards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal
line represented by a series of more or less indistinct dentate rufous
marks, angled outwards below veins 7 and 4 to tornus, the area
beyond it sometimes whitish with dark streaks on the extremity of
veins ; cilia rufous intersected with wliite. Hind M'ing fuscous
462 NOCTUTD.Ti:.
brown, the cilia white at tips ; the underside whitish suffused with
rufous, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line with slight dark
streaks at the veins.
Ilah. Britain, Forres (Sahar/e), England, Leech Col). ; France,
Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Switzerland ;
Spain, Catalonia ; N. Italy ; S.W. IIussia ; Japan (Pryer), 1 $ .
Kvp. 32-42 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. TG ; Earrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 183, pi. 200. f. 2.
Varying from deep green to pale brown with scattered black
dots ; dorsal lino Avhite ; subdorsal line white, sometimes double,
black-edged ; spiracular line white, edged below with orange or
yellow ; head brownish. Food-plant, Finns sylvestris. 6-7.
Genus CERAPTERYX.
Type.
Cerapteryx, Curt. Brit. Ent. v. p. 451 (1833) gmminis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with
hair in front ; irons smooth ; antennse of male bipectinate, with moderate
branches to apex ; head and thorax clothed with hair only and without distinct
crests • abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral tufts of hair.
Fore wino' short, the apex truncate, the termen obliquely curved; veins 3 and
6 from near angle of cell ; fi from upper anglo ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle
of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
A. Head and tegula; reddish or olive-brown graminis.
B. Head and tegula3 white albiceps.
1808. Cerapteryx graminis.
Bombyx gi-aviinis, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 506 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. pi. 68.
f. 1 : Hiibn.Eur. Schmett. ff. 480, 481 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 195, pi. 85.
f. 4; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1^4.
Bomhyx tricvs^pis, Esp. Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 348. pi. 68. ff. 2, 3 (1788).
Cerapteryx hiherninii^, Curt. Brit. Ent. v. pi. 451 (18.'33).
Heliophohus albineura, Boisd. Icones, pi. 74. f. 4 (1841).
Charesas megala, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 64, pi. 3. f. 55 (1882)
Head and thorax reddish or olive-brown ; abdomen brown. Fore
Fig. IM.-- Cerapteryx graminis, J. J-.
wing reddish or olive-brown, the median nervure, and the subcostal
and submedian uervures slightly, streaked with white, difi'used
blackish streaks below base of costa, cell, and vein 1 ; the ante-
and postmedial lines only defined by the medial area being suffused
with brown or black from subcostal nervure to vein 1, the former
cr.RAl'TKKVX. 403
obli(iue, the latter excurvcd from costa to veiu 4, then incurved ;
claviform elongate, brownish white; orbicular and reniforra brownish
white, small, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter con-
fluent with the white streak on median nervure, which is tricuspid
on base of veins 3, 4, 5 ; subterminal lino represented by a curved
series of small dentate black marks ; a terminal black line ; cilia
ochreous. Hind wing fuscous, the cell and area just below it pale ;
cilia ochreous ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the
terminal area suffused with fuscous, a discoidal point.
Ab. 1. fricnsjyis. Fore wing more uniform bright rufous, the
markings obsolescent except the prominent tricuspid white mark
at lower angle of cell.
Ab. 2. alhineara. Fore wing with all the veins streaked with
white.
Ab. 3. meijala. Larger; the antennae of male more strongly pecti-
nated ; markings as in tricuspis. — Armenia ; W. & E. Turkestan.
Hub. BritaiiV, Leech Coll. ; France ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and
Leech Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Iceland, Zeller Coll. ; Nor-
way, Dovrefjeld, Odalen, Frey Coll.; liussiA, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ;
Armenia; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul ; E. Tukkkstan, Hi,
Korla ; E. Siberia. Exp. 28-3(3 millim.
Larva. Mejr. Brit. Lep. p. 75 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 129, pi. 1.51. f. 2.
Much wrinkled, greenish ochreous to dark bronze-brown ; dorsal,
subdorsal, lateral, and subspiracular lines pale, black-edged ; head
brownish with dark markings. Food-plants, Grasses. 4-6.
1809. Cerapteryx albiceps. (Plate XCI. fig. 10.)
Hadena albiceps, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 203 (1894).
$ . Head and tegulae white ; palpi black except at extremity ;
frous with black bar ; antennse except at base black ; thorax choco-
late-brown, with white patch on metathorax ; pectus white ; legs
banded black and white ; abdomen black irrorated with brown, the
anal tuft white, the ventral surface white irrorated with black and
■with a broad black band before extremity. Fore wing white
irrorated with a few black scales, thicker on terminal area ; sub-
basal line represented by a black striga from costa and another
from cell connected with a patch above base of inner margin ; ante-
medial line represented by an obli(|ue striga from costa to median
nervure, its extremity hooked on outer side, and by a curved band
from submedian fold to inner margin, connected by a curved fascia
above vein 1 with the postmcdial line which is represented by a
small black spot on costa, a lunule beyond the cell and a line from
above vein 2 to inner margin, excurved at vein 1 ; orbicular and
reniform only indicated by a few black scales and a discoidal striga ;
a triangular patch on costa before apex with some white points on
it, and a small wedge-shaped patch on inner margin before tornus ;
a terminal series of minute black lunules ; cilia chequered white
and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous, the cilia white ; the underside
464 N0CTUI1).15.
white, irrorated and the terminal area suffused with black, a small
discoidal spot, waved i)ostmedial line, and line terminal line.
IJah. SiKHiM (/v>(ywf«), type t § in Coll. Elwes. jE'a7j.;j4 millim.
Genus SCRIPTANIA, nov.
Tvpp, 'S'. mich(Blseni.
Proboscis fully deyeloped ; palpi oblique, fringed with long hair in front ;
frons smooth ; eyes overhung by long cilia; antenna of male ciliated; head
and (liorax clothed with rough hair and scales; tlie pro- and metathorax with
spreading cre>ts ; abdomen with dorsal crests on first segment. Fore wing
with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from lO
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 11 from cell. HiTid wing with veins
'6, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from
upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the ceil near base only.
A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform conjoined syzi/gia.
B. Fore wing with tlie orbicular and reniform separate.
a. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median
nervure vorcleoiscjuldi.
b. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median
nervure luk-hcehcni.
1810. Scriptania syzygia, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig. 11.)
$ . Head and thorax clothed with white, reddish brown, and
black scales and hair; tegula? with two black lines, patagia edged
with blackish ; pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen rufous, the dorsal crest rufous. Fore wing white with a
purplish tinge, mostly irrorated and sufl'used with dark brown ; a
black streak below base of cell interrupted by the subbasal line,
which is double, filled in with white, interrupted and bent outwards
at cell and ending at submedian fold, dentate black marks beyond
it below cell and above inner margin ; anetmedial line double filled
in with white, oblique, slightly angled outwards below costa and
above inner margin and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, white
defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, tinged with
brown at centre and defined by black, the former oblique, irregularly
elliptical, open above, the latter angled inwards on median nervure
and fondling the former ; postmedial line defined by white on outer
side, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then minutely
dentate, inwardly oblique to inner margin near antemedial line;
postmedial area purplish white except at costa, on which are some
white points ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a
series of small dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and
dentate to tornus at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it dark brown
exce])t at apex ; cilia pale brown intersected by white, a dark
brown line at base and brown tips. Hind wing reddish brown, the
cilia whitish with a brown line at base ; the underside greyish
thickly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunulo and curved
postmedial line.
Hah. Patagonia, Magellan, Punta Arenas {J. J. Walker), 1 5
type. Exp. 32 millim.
KCETrTAXIA.
40')
ISn. Scriptania nordenscjoldi.
Mamrsfra nordenscjoldi, Stiiucl. Hamburg. Magalhaeiis. iv. p. 68, f. 7
(1S99).
Hend and thorax white mixed with black ; tegulae and patagia
with black line near edges ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdo-
men fuscous gre}'. Fore wing grey-white irrorated and suffused
with fuscous, the end of cell and area beyond and below it and
the terminal area except towards apex more strongly suffused ;
subbasal line represented by oblique double black striae from costa
and cell filled in with white ; antemedial line defined by whitish on
inner side, waved, angled strongly outwards above inner margin ;
claviform large, fuscous defined by black ; orbicular and reniform
grey with whitish annuli defined by black, the former irregularly
rounded, the latter angled inwards on median nervure ; traces of a
medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmcdial line defined by
whitish on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points on costa
beyond it; veins 7, 6, 4, 3 defined by whitish, indenting the sub-
terminal line, which is represented by a series of small white spots
on dentate black marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; the
apex and a terminal line grey ; cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing
fuscous, the cilia white at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated
with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hah. Patagonian Andes, Val da Lago Blanco, 4 c? i 1 $ , Punta
Arenas. Exp. 36 millim,
*1812. Scriptania michaelseni.
Affrofis michcBheni, Staud. Ilamburg. Magalbaens. iv. p. 60, f. 13 (1809).
S . Head and tegulae dark brown mixed with grey ; patagia and
thorax grej^ with seven brown stripes ; abdomen with the basal
Fig. Vib. — Scriptania michoiheni, ^. \.
half grey, the terminal half red-brown. Pore wing purplish grey-
brown, the veins streaked with whitish ; black patches in interspaces
of basal area, traversed by the white subbasal lino, which is repre-
sented by an obli(jue striga from costa and an inwardly oblique
Btriga from median nervure, the patch above inner margin extend-
ing to near antemedial line, which is whitish, strongly angled
outwards below costa and above inner margin and with small
wedge-shaped black patch before it above vein 1, and one beyond it
VOL. v. 2 u
466 SOCTUID^.
above inner marp:in ; claviform black, with white streaks above and
beyond it ; cell filled in with black ; orbicular and reniform narrow,
•with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former
oblique elliptical, the latter inwardly oblique ; postmedial line
white, very oblique from costa to vein 6, tlien obliquely curved and
strongly angled inwards on vein 1, a series of dentate black marks
on its inner edge ; subterminal line white, running into an oblique
white stripe from apex extending to postmedial line, and indented
by prominent white streaks on veins 4 and 3, a series of black spots
on its iuner and outer sides, those towards costa on inner side
dentate ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia white.
Hind wing fuscous brown, with the cilia white ; the underside grey
thickly irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line on costal half.
Hah. S. TiERRA DEL FuEGO, Uschuaia, type t J in Mus. Ham-
burg. Ea-j), 32 millim.
Genus STRIGANIA, nov.
Type, -S. Whophilns.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed in front with
long liair. the 3rd short, porrect ; irons smooth; eyes large, rounded, over-
hung by long cilia; iiead and thorax clothed vrith rough hair and scales; tibire
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of
dorsum, but without crests. Fore wing with the terinen obliquely curved ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto-
mosing with 8 to form the areola ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4
from angle of cell ; 6 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.
Sect. I. Antennje of male strongly serrate and fasciculate.
1813. Strigania lithophilus.
HeliopJwhus lifhophihis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 119.
S . Head ochreous, with some black hair at side ; thorax ochreous
tinged with fuscous, a black and white line near tips of tegulae
and black and white fascia on patagia ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally
Fig. 13G. — Strigania lithophilus, cJ. \.
tinged with fuscous, leaving pale segmental lines, ventrally irro-
rated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the costal area irrorated
with fuscous, the cell and the area below and beyond its extremity
STRIGAXIA. '167
running obliquely to apex and the terminal nrca fuscous ; the
mediau nervure and base of vein 1 streaked with ochrcous ;
veins 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 on terminal area blackish defined by ochreous
streaks ; a black streak below base of cell and an oblique streak
above inner mai'gin near base; claviform with ochreous annulus
defined by black and with a black patch below its inner side ;
orbicular and reniforra with ochreous or blackish centres and
whitish annuli define 1 by black, the former oblique elliptical, and
produced along median nervure to become more or less strnngly
confluent with the narrow reniform ; an irregular oblique ochreous
band from apex to inner margin beyond middle intersected by the
streaks on the veins ; the subterminal line represented by a series
of ochreous points on small dentate black marks in the interspaces ;
a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia ochreous, with two
brown lines through them. Hind wing whitish, the veins, inner
area, and terminal half suffused with fuscous ; cilia ochreous white,
with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated
with fuscous except on disk, a small discoidal lunule.
2 . Head and fore wing more uniformly suffused with fuscous.
Hah. CuiLi (Edmonds), 2 cT , 1 5 type. EA^p. 32-34 millim.
Sect. II. Anteniif? of inale cilialecl.
A. Fore wing with terminal whitish bnnd scripfa.
B. Fore wing without terminal wiiite band calligrapta.
*1814. Strigania scripta.
Mamestra scripfa, Mssn. Stlibel's Eeise, p. 141, pi. vi. f. 14 (1890).
(5 . Head and thorax pale ochreous with some fuscous and brown
hair mixed ; patagia with white streak and some black scales near
edges ; abdomen pale ochreous, tinged with brown towards ex-
tremity. Fore wing pale ochreous, the interspaces mostly suffused
with brown ; subbasal line represented by patches of black scales
below costa and cell, the latter crossed by an oblique whitish striga ;
antemedial line represented b}' two patches of blackish scales below
costa and by a whitish line from cell to inner margin, strongly
angled on vein 1 and defined by black on outer side in submedian
interspace and on inner side below vein 1 ; claviform incompletely
defined by black and with oblique whitish fascia above and beyond
it; orbicular and reniform whitish with brown centres open above
and below, defined by a V-shaped black mark between them and an
inverted V before orbicular, connected by a whitisli streak on
median nervure, continued on veins 3, 4 to subterminal line ; post-
medial line minutely waved, black defined by a whitish band on
outer side connected with apex by an oblique whitish fascia, oblique
from costa to vein 6 and from vein 4 to inner margin ; subterminal
line represented by a series of black wedge-shaped marks with
whitish lunules on them ; a terminal whitish band ; cilia whitish,
ochreous at base. Hin 1 wi ng ochreous white, thp veins and terminal
2n 2
408 NOCTUID.-E.
area brownish ; the underside Avith the veins and marginal areas
irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal luniile.
H(th. Bolivia, Tacora, 12,000 feet, type t in Mus. Berlin. Exp.
30 milliin.
1815. Strigania calligrapta.
l^eitria calligrapta. Bull. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 118.
c? . Head and thorax ochreous with some black scales ; abdomen
ochreous irrorated with dark brown. Fore winf? ochreous, irrorated
and ]ai'j;ely suffused with dark brown ; subbasal line represented by
ochreous strite from costa aud cell, the former defined on inner
side, the latter on both sides by black ; antemedial line double,
dark brown filled in with ochreous, angled outwards below costa,
oblique below cell, and strongly bent inwards to inner margin ;
elaviform well-developed, reddish brown defined by dark brown and
Fig. 137. — Slrigania calligrapta, J. \.
with an ochreous patch between it and postmedial line; orbicular
and reniform with reddish centres and ochreous annuli defined by
dark brown, the former very oblique elliptical, the latter slightly
angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line double, filled in
with ochreous, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, ex-
curved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa;
the veins with slight dark streaks defined by ochreous, the median
nervure and veins 6, 4, 3, 1 on postmedial area more strongly
defined, those on each side of veins 4, 3 indenting the ochreous
subterminal line, which is angled outwards at vein 7, defined on
inner side by some dentate dark marks extending to its outer side
at middle ; a terminarseries of small dark lunules ; cilia ochreous,
with a red-brown line through them. Hind Aving whitish suffused
with fuscous brown, especially on terminal half; cilia ochreous,
with a red-brown line through them ; the underside ochreous
irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal bar.
Hob. Chili {Edmonch), 1 d" type. Exp. 36 millim.
Genus GRAPHANIA, nov.
Type, G. dinjungens.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed wilb hair
in front, the 3rd porrect ; frons with truncate conical prominence with
cx3rneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax clothed with
hair and hair-lil;e scales, the pro- and metathorax with slight spreading crests ;
GRAPHANIV.
469
tibiffi fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsil crest on basal segment, dorsally
clothed with rough hair at base and with Literal fringes. Fore wing rather
produced, the termen obliquely curved; veins .3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
(i from upper angle ; 9 I'rom 10 anasfomosing with 8 to forui the areole ; 11
from cell. Hind wing with veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from
just below angle of discocellulars ; ti, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Sect. I. Antennte of male bipectiuate with long branches, the apical part
serrate.
1816. Graphania disjungens.
Heliopkohus dlsjungens, Wlk. xv. 1681 (1858) ; Hudson, Now Zjaland
Moths & Butterflies, p. 15, pi. v. f. 43.
Hadena nervata, Guen. Eut. Mo. Mag. v. p. 40 (1868).
Head and thorax white mixed with some hrown ; frons with
black bar ; tegulae with black medial line and brown tips ; patag-ia
edged with black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with
brown. Fore wing white tinged in parts with yellow, irrorated
Fig. 138. — Graphania dlfjiLngcns, ^,
with black and suffused with brown on medial and terminal areas ;
the veins white; subbasal line represented by oblique black striae
from costa and cell, the latter followed by a slight black streak in
Bubmedian fold, then by obliquely placed black and white streaks
above and below vein 1 ; antemcdial line black, interrupted at the
veins, oblique from costa to above vein 1 ; claviform defined by
black above ; orbicular and reniform small, with brown centres and
white aunuli defined by black, the former round ; a medial lino
oblique from costa to below cell, then waved ; postmedial line lunu-
late, bent outwards below costa, cxcurved to vein 4, then oblique and
angled inwards to antemedial line in submcdian fold ; subterminal
line white, defined by more or less prominent somewhat dentate
black marks before and beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and
dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules.
Hind Aving fuscous brown, the cilia white at tips ; the underside
white irrorated with brown ; a discoidal lunulc and curved post-
medial line.
llah, Nkw Zkal.vnd {EmjR, Matheic, J. J. Walker), 4 d" , 1 ? <ypo.
E.vp. 40 millim.
470
NoriiMD.a:,-
Sect. II. Auteunic of luule ciliated.
1817. Graphania atavistis.
Aspidifrontia atavistis, Hiiipsu. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 441 (1DU2).
(S . Head and thorax clothed with pale and darlv hrown, black
and white hair ; tegulaj with black medial line ; abdomen brownish
ochreous, whitish at base. Fore wing pale and dark brown ; the
costal area ochreous irrorated with some dark scales to beyond
middle, the subcostal veins streaked with white ; the inner urea to
submedian fold ochreous, leaving vein 1 dark and defined by pinkish
and white scales and an oblique dark streak above inner margin
except at base ; claviform a narrow elongate, black-defined streak
from base ; orbicular small, diamond-shaped, ochreous defined by
Fig. 13U. — Liraphuiiia utuvi.'iti.s, ^j' . i.
black ; reniform with its upper part ochreous, its lower whitish and
angled inwards on median nervure to origin of vein 2 ; the inter-
spaces beyond the cell slightly streaked with black ; an ochreous
subtcrminal mark above and below vein G and a V-shaped mark
between veins 3 and 4; the extremity of the veins streaked with
white ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous
white, the veins tinged with brown, diffused towards termen ; a
terminal series of small black lunules ; the underside with the
costal and apical half of terminal area irrorated with fuscous ; a
discoidal lunule.
Hah. Cape CoLOxr, Trauskei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 tS type.
E:cj). 'S-i millim.
Genus TMETOLOPHOTA, nov.
Type, T. propria.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, tlie 2nd joint fringed
•with long liair iu front ; Irons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna; of niale
serrate and fasciculate; head and thorax clothed with hair only, the prothoras
with divided anterior crest; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore
wino- rather short and broad, the termen rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from lUanasti>mosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell, llind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 6 obso-
lescent from middle of discocelluiar.s ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
■with the cell near ba.se only.
A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not forming a
V-shaped mark propria.
33. Fore wmg with the orbicular and reniform forming a V-shaped
mark poh/gona.
TMETOLOPflOTA. 471
1818. Tmetolophota propria.
Leucania propria, Wlk. ix. Ill (1856); Bntl. Voy. ' Erebus' & 'Terror,'
^\. ix. f. 4 ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 1 1, pi. iv. f. 13.
Head and thorax ochreous brown with a reddish or olive tinge;
tegulae with black and white medial line ; fore and mid tibiae striped
whitish and black ; abdomen ochreous brown, tinged with rufous
towards extremity or more ochreous. Fore wing pale grey-brown,
usually more or less tinged with rufous or sometimes with ochreous ;
a prominent black fascia below base of cell to below origin of vein 2;
the extremity of median nervure with ditfused fuscous on it, with
more or less prominent black streak above it and base of vein 4 ;
Fig. Ii0.— Tmc(olo2}ho(a. propria, (^ . \.
orbicular and reniform small, greyish, obscurely defined by black,
the former round, reduced to a slight black streak representing its
lower edge or obsolete ; a postmedial series of black points, bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, met at vein 4 by a
more or less prominent triangular dark shade from termen below
apex; a prominent terminal series of black points. Hind wing
fuscous brown, or ochreous tinged with fuscous brown, the cilia
ochreous ; the underside ochreous, the costal area slightly tinged
with brown and irrorated with fuscous ; a terminal series of small
black lunulcs.
Hah. New Zealand (Earl), 1 J type, (Enifs) 1 (^ , (Mathew)
1 J, 1 5 , (</. '/• Walker) 2 J, Marlborough (Skellon), 2 J , 1 $ ,
Blenheim, Mt. Arthur, Alt. Hutt. F.V2). 32-38 millim.
*1819. Tmetolophota polygona. (Plate XCIV. fig. 10.)
Tmetolophota polijgona, Druce, ined.
$ . Head and thorax purplish grey ; palpi and sides of frons, a
bar above it, and two patches on vertex of head black ; tegulae
yellow-brown, with black medial line and purple-grey tips ; pro-
thorax and patagia with black patches, thora.^t with dorsal black
etripe ; pectus brown in front ; abdomen purple-grey, dorsally
tinged with brown. Fore wing purple-grey slightly tinged with
brown, the markings deep black defined by olivo-ochreous, the
lines obsolete; a streak below base of costa and another below
base of cell ; an obli(|uc streak above nudillc of inner margin only
472
KOCTCID^.
defined by j'ellow below ; claviform represented by a small black
triangle ; orbicular and reniform purple-grey, forming a V-shaped
mark and defined by black triangles before, between, and beyond
them ; an oblique series of wedge-shaped marks from apex to below
vein 2, where the mark is^bisected by a yellow streak ; a series of
triangular marks just before termen from vein 6 to above vein 1,
where the mark is more elongate ; a fine terminal line and three
lines through the cilia. Hind wing purplish white, the veins and
marginal areas suff"used with brown ; the underside with the veins
and marginal areas irrorated with brown ; a small discoidal spot.
Hah. N. Peru, Huaneabamha, 8000 feet, type t in Coll. Druce.
jE'.rjj. 46 raillim.
Genus CONISANIA, uov.
Type, C. leineri.
Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed with hair below;
ffons wilh suiall i-ounded prominence ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna? of male
ciliated ; head and thoi-ax clothed with liair and hair-like scilcs, the pro- and
metathorax with sjjreading crests; fore tibia} with spine on outer ^ide near
extremity, the tarsus with curved claws on each joint, longer towards extremity
of joint ; abdou)en with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing witii veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; G from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
witli 8 to (brm the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from
angle of cell ; b obsolescent from just below angle of discoeellulars ; 6, 7 from
upper angle or stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
1820. Conisania leineri.
Js'ociva leiveri, Frr. Neu. Beitr. Schmett. ii. p. 145, pi. 184. f. 3 (1831) ;
Herr.-Schiiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 102; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158,
Leucania /areata, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, iv. p. 40.
Mamestra cervina, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 546; Herr.-Schiiff. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. ff. 1G3-4.
Mamestra pomerana, Scluilz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 18(59, p. 51.
Mamestra bovina, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 14.
Mamestra albina, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 254 (1896).
Head and thorax bright rufous ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen
rufous mixed with oehreous. Fore wing bright rufous, the veins
Fig. 141. — Conisania leineri, (^ . \.
irrorated with white ; the subbasal line rejjresented by white points
on costa and median nervure ; the antemedial line indistinct, waved,
with white points on costa, median nervure, vein 1, ajid inner
margin ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform with indistinct
trLite ocelli, the former small, round, the latter narrow with some
C0NI8ANIA. — DASTGASTBR. 473
white on lower part ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, with scries
of white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excnrved
to vein 4, then incurred, some white points on costa bej-ond it ;
subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at
veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of slight fuscous lunules ; cilia inter-
sected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous sntt'used with rufous,
rather paler towards base; cilia ochreous wliite, with a rufous line
through tliem ; the underside whitish irrorated with rufous, a
discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal
band.
Ab. 1. cervina. Fore wing ])ale rufous, with white streak on
median nervure. — S. Russia, E. Siberia.
Ab. 2. hoviwi. Fore wing brownish rufous, with the median
nervure defined by whitish streaks towards extremity, the series of
points almost obsolete. — W. Tarkeslan.
Ab. 'd. furcata. Fore wing reddish, with wliite streaks on the
veins. — Urals.
Ab. 4. pomerdna. Fore wing with prominent white streaks on
the veins. — S. Germany, W. Turkestan.
Ab. 5. alhina. Fore wing greyish ochreous, Avith white streaks
on the veins. — Mongolia.
Hah. S. Germany, Pomerania, Zcllcr, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;
Austria, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ;
S. Russia, Urals ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 S , Ferghana,
Issyk-Kul ; Mongolia, Uliassutai ; E. Siberia. Exp. 38-40 millim.
Genus DASYGASTER. ^r
Type.
Dasygasfcr, Giien. Noct. i. p. 201 (1852) hollandim.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, fringed with bair in front, the
3rd joint porreet ; frons with small rounded pruminence, with sligiit corneous
plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; antennie of male typically with brislles
and cilia ; bead and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and
metathorax with spreading crests; pectus and abdomen clothed with long hair,
the latter with dorsal crests at base and lateral fringes of hair, lung in male.
Fore wing rather sboi-t and broad, the a|)ex I'ectangular ; veins o and 5 fi-om
near angle of cell ; 6 from uppei- angle ; U from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areoie ; 11 frcjm cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 iroiu angle of cell; .5
obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anas-
tomosing with tlie cell near base only.
Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate, with moderate branches.
A. Fore wing with the claviform present, defined by white eugrapha.
]3. Fore wing with the claviform absent Ikjniplena.
*1821. Dasygaster eugrapha. (Plate XCI. fig. 12.)
Dasygaster eugrapha. Turner, ined.
c? . Head and thorax clothed with dark brown, rufous, and grey
474 NocTuii)^.
scales ; froiis with black bar ; tegula) with two black lines ; patagia
with black line near margins ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen
brown, laterallj' and ventrally tinged with j)nrple. Fore wing
leaden grej', slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous;
the medial area with the costal edge wliite and with black fasciae
in discal and snbmedian folds ; the lines double tilled in with white;
subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
oblique, waved, angled outwards above inner margin, not connected
with the claviform, which is narrow and defined by white ; orbicular
and reniform with white annuli, the former small, round, the latter
narrow, with pale centre defined by brown ; postmedial line strongly
bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and with series
of dentate black marks on its inner side, oblique below vein 4 ;
subterminal line white, with prominent series of dentate black
marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected
with grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale rufous ; the
underside ochreous irrorated with brown ; a diffused curved post-
medial line, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous from apex to
vein 2.
Hah. VrcTOEiA, Melbourne, type f J in Coll. Turner. E,vp.
40 millim.
1822. Dasygaster ligniplena.
Xylina ligniplena, Wlk. xi. 762 (1857).
(S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grev ; frons
with black bar ; teguloe with black medial line ; patagia with some
Fig. 142. — Dasyga&tcr Ucjniplcna, (^ . \.
black scales above ; spurs and tarsi with pale rings ; abdomeo
rufous, pale at base. Fore wing rufous and pale ochreous irrorated
with black ; the veins irrorated with black ; a black streak below base
of cell ; subbasal line defined by pale colour on outer side, waved, from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by pale colour on
inner side, oblique towards costa, then dentate ; claviform absent ;
orbicular a small pale mark; reniform small, with p;ile annulus and
white point on its lower edge ; some dark suffusion above and
below end of median nervure and between veins 5 and 2 ; post-
DASYGASTKR. 475
mediiil line strongly dentate and produced to white points on the
veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein -4, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white,
reduced to points on short black streaks at middle, angled outwards
at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing brown suffused with
fuscous, the cilia more ochreous ; the underside white, slightly
tinged with jmrplish red and irrorated with fuscous ; a black streak
on median nervure, discoidal lunule, and curved postmedial line,
with the area beyond it suffused with fuscous.
Hah. Tasmania (Smith), 1 <S type. Ex2). 42 millim.
Sect. II. Antennae of male muiutely serrate, with fascicles of cilia and bristles.
A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
«. Fore wing witli the black streak strong, extending to near
an teiuedial line acontoseina.
h. Fore wing with the black streak slight, short 'ncphclistis.
E. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a. Fore wing reddish brown to grey-brown hullandice.
b. Fore wing fuscous black epundoides.
*1823. Dasygastei' acontosema. (Place XCI. fig. 13.)
Leucania acontosema, Turner, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1903, p. 4.
S . Pale brownish ochreous ; palpi blackish at sides ; frons with
brown band above; vertex of head brownish; tegulae with black
medial line ; tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing with black
streak below cell to near antoraedial lino ; the subbasal line repre-
sented by a black striga from costa ; antemedial lino interrupted,
represented by black strigae on costa and in cell and angled out-
wards in submcdian interspace and above inner margin ; orbicular
and reniform Avhitish, the former small, elliptical, the cell before
and between them and the disk beyond the I'eniform suffused with
fuscous ; postmedial line minutelj' waved, black, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; a slight oblique
streak from apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind
wing ochreous Avhitish tinged with brown, especially towards
termen ; cilia white, the underside whiter ; both wings with curved
crenulate postmedial line.
Hub. QuEKNSLAND, liockhamptoH, type t (5 in Coll. Turner.
Exp. 46 millim.
1824. Dasygaster nephelistis, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig 14.)
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous ; palpi black at side ;
frons with black bar ; tcgulae with black medial line ; tarsi with pale
rings ; abdomen pale ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown and
476
NOCTDID.E.
fuscous. P'ore wing paleochreous, tiuged with reddish and irrorated
with dark brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell ; sub-
basal line represented by a black point on costa ; an indistinct
waved aiitemedial line with double jjoints at costa ; claviform
absent ; orbicular and reniform small, indistinct, pale with brown
centres, the former elongate elliptical, the latter sometimes with
slight white streak on lower edge; some black suffusion in, below,
and beyond lower angle of cell ; postmedial line dentate and
produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and
oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line dark, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle
and bent outwards to tornus, the area beyond it darker except at
apex. Hind wing fuscous, paler towards base ; cilia pale brownish ;
the underside whiti.-h slightly tinged with purplish red, irrorated
with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and curved postmedial line with
fuscous suffusion beyond it.
llab. S. Australia, Parkside {Lower), 1 J , 1 5 > ^JP^- Exp.
32 millim.
1825. Dasygaster hoUandiae.
Lasj/gader hollandice, Guen. Noct. i. p. 201 (1852).
Dasi/gaMcr leucanioidoi, Guen. Noct. i. p. 202 (1852).
Graphi'pliora facili&, Wlk. xi. 745 (1857J.
Head and thorax grey and fuscous tinged with rufous ; frons with
dark bar; tcgulne with dark medial line; spurs and tarsi ringed
with white; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing brown tinged with
Fig. \A^.- Dasygaster hoUavdlcp, J.
rufous, the veins fuscous irrorated with white ; subbasal line repre-
sented by slight dark striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line
indistinct, double filled in with greyish, highly waved ; claviform
represented by a slight pale mark with some dark scales on its
edges ; orbicular and reniform small,' with brown centres and
whitish aunuli defined by brown, the former elongate elliptical, the
latter with a more or less prominent white streak on its lower edge ;
postmedial line dentate and produced to black and white points on
the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal
fold, oblique below vein 4, some while points on costa beyond it;
subtcrminal line represented by whitish points on a series of short
black streaks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of black points : cilia with a fine pale line at base.
DA9TGASTKR. 4/7
Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale tinged with brown or
rufous ; the underside white, slightly tinged with purplish red and
irrorated with fuscous ; a black discoidal spot and curved post-
medial line, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous.
Ab. 1. leucanioides. Fore wing with the markings less distinct,
the reniform without the white streak below it and with a fuscous
patch beyond it.
Ab. 2. facilis. Much more grey-brown and with hardly any
rufous tinge.
Ab. 3. Suffused with deep fuscous.
Hub. N. S. Wales, Moreton Bay (Digr/Jes), 1 5 ; Vfctoria,
Gisborne {Lyell), 1 c? ; S. Australia, Parkside (Low^r), 1 (^ , 1 $ ;
Tasmania, Hobart {Allport, Lyell), 7 6, 1 $ , type fac'dis. Exp.
38-40 millim.
1826. Dasygaster epundoides. (Plate XCI. fig. 15.)
Dasygaster epundoides, Gnen. Noct. i. p. 202 (1852).
Dasi/gaster pimctivena, Wlk. ix. 242 (1856).
5 . Head and thorax black slightly mixed with grey ; antennae
at base and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous irrorated
with grey. Fore wing fuscous black, with some whitish irroration,
especially on basal, costal, and inner areas ; subbasal line repre-
sented by a black striga from costa ; anteraedial line indistinct,
oblique, waved, defined by greyish on inner side ; claviform a small
black mark ; orbicular a black point ; reniform very ill-defined and
small, formed of black and white scales ; postmedial lino indistinct,
bent outwards and defined by wliitc on outer side below costa, then
oblique, dentate, a series of white points on costa beyond it ; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of white points on short black
streaks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown,
greyish towards base and costa, the cilia whitish at tips; the under-
side white irrorated with black ; a black discoidal lunnle, the
terminal area black.
Hah. Tasmania, 1 $ iy\)G punctivena. Exp. AQ miWxva.
Sect. III. Antennae of male with cilia and bristles; claspers very elongate ;
liincl wing witii the terraen strongly excised from apex to vein 4.
] 827. Dasygaster reversa.
Aledn. reversa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. G, pi. 144. f. 5 (1884); TTinpsn.
Moths Inrl. ii. p. 278.
Head iind thorax pale ochreous mixed Avith fuscous ; tegulyc with
fu.scous lines at middle and near tips; patagia with some black
scales on upper edge ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing pale
ochreous, tinged with purplish red and irrorated with fuscous ;
478
xncTuiD.r..
subhasal line indistinct, "u-avcd, from costa to rein 1 ; auteraedinl
line indistinct, slightly defined by p;rey on inner side, oblique,
"Waved ; claviform sometimes reprcssnted by a slight pale mark ;
orbicular and reniform small, pale, with fuscous centres and outline,
the former round ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,
minutely dentate and produced to black and white points on the
veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ;
Fig. 144. — Dafi/gaster reversa, J. \.
subterminal line very indistinct, pale, arising obliquely from apex
and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing ochreous white, tinged with fuscous, especially on the veins
and terminal area ; the cilia pale; the underside with waved post-
medial line and some black points on apical half of termen.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the extremity of median nervure and veins
3, 4 streaked with Avhitish. — New Guinea.
Hah. Madkas, Cuddapah, Horsleykondah (Camphell), 1 J,
Nilgiris {Hampson), 1 $ ; Cetlox, Pundaloya {Green?), 2 S ,2 $,
type; New Guinea; Queensland, Brisbane {Turner),! J, 1 $ .
Exp. 36-42 millim.
Genus CIRPHIS.
Cirphis, Wlk. xxxii. 622 (1865)
Typo.
costalh.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2acl joint fringed
witii hair \x\ front, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded ;
head and thorax clothed with hair and seales mixed, the pro- and metathorax
•with spreading crests ; tibiiE fringed with rather long liair ; abdomen with
dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute, the
termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 6 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Sect. I. (Cirphis). Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate; tibiae fringed with
rather long hair; abdomen clothed with woolly hair.
A. Fore wing with the costal edge white.
a. Fore wing deep purple eloriosa,.
h. Fore wing pale purplish red '. costalia.
B. Fore wing with the costal edge not white ohiista.
79
1828. Cirphis eboriosa. (Plate XCI. fig. 10.)
Lcucania eboriosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1S.">2) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 190.
S . Head and thorax deep purple-pink ; abdomen rufous, dark
brown on dorsum. Fore wing deep purple-pink ; the costal edge
white; the veins near end of cell and termen with slight dark
streaks ; antemedial dark points on v-eins and inner margin ; a
white point at lower angle of cell ; a postraedial series of black
points on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series
of white points in the interspaces. Hind wing dark reddish
brown, the cilia purplish pink, the underside pale thickly irrorated
with purplish pink ; the terminal area suffused with pink, a dark
discoidal spot and diffused postmedial band.
Hab. Tasmania (not U.S.A.), i S type, Hobart {Norman), 1 cT •
Exp. 40 millim.
1829. Cirphis costalis.
Cirphis cosinlis, Wlk. xxxii. ()2'j (186;")).
(S . Head and thorax pale purplish rufous ; abdomen ochreoiis
tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish
Fig. 145. — Cirphis coMalis, J. {.
pink ; the costal edge white ; slight fuscous antemedial points
on median nervure and vein 1 ; a white point with some fuscous
round it at lower angle of cell ; traces of a curved postmedial
series of dark points on the veins. Hind wing pale purplish
rufous suffused with fuscous, leaving the inner area and termen
redder ; cilia pale rufous, white at tips ; the underside whitish
thickly irrorated with red, a black discoidal spot and diffused
fuscous postmedial band.
IlaJi. Tasmania, 2 J type. Exp. 38 millim.
1830. Cirphis obusta. (Plate XCI. fig. 17.)
Leucania obttsia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. .Vm.
p. 190.
S . Head and thorax deep rufous ; abdomen ochreous, the
ventral surface rufous. Fore wing deep rufous suffused with
480
NOCTUID.E.
purplish pink ; faint traces of a postraedial series of black points
on the veins ; cilia rufous, with a fine pale line at base. Hind
•wing ochreous, suffused with reddish fuscous especiall)' towards
termen ; the cilia rufous ; the underside pale suffused with purple-
pink, a dark discoidal spot and postmedial line diffused outwardly
to termen except at apex.
Hah. Tasmania (not U.S.A.), 1 S type. Exp. 4G millim.
Sect. II. Antenna of male ciliated.
A. Palpi of male with spreading tuft of hair from npperside of 2nd joint.
*1831. Cirphis pilipalpis.
HcUoj)liila. pilipalpis, Grote, Proc. Bost. See. N. H. xviii. p. 415 (1875);
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 189.
2 . Head and thorax pale flesh-coloiir irrorated with black
scales, the tegulae yellowish ; abdonaen whitish, the ventral surface
Fi^. HG. — CirjjJiii j.ilipalpis, (^ . \.
irrorated with a few black scales. Fore wing pale flesh-colour,
rather deeper in discal fold towards postmedial line and rather
strongly irrorated with black ; the costal edge white ; antemedial
line represented by two dark points on inner area ; a pale discoidal
bar slightly angled inwards on vein 1 and with black point in lower
angle of cell and diffused fuscous patch beyond it ; postmedial line
fuscous, highly crenulate, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely
curved ; a terminal series of points. Hind wing yellowish white,
the terminal half suffused with fuscous ; the cilia white ; underside
white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, some
black points on termen.
Hah. U.S.A., Florida, in Coll. Schaus, Appalachicola. E.rp.
46 millim.
B. Palpi of male normal.
a. Mid tibire of male with thick fringes of hair on both sides ; abdomen
thickly clothed with woolly hair, the anal tuft very large.
(d. Fore tibiae of male and first two joints of tarsi with very thick
fringes of long hair ; the hind tibitc with thick fringes of hair on
both sides.
ciRrais.
481
1832. CirpMs pseudargyria.
Lencania fscuclargijria, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 189.
Heliophila callida, Grote, New Check-List, p. 30 (1882).
S . Head aud thorax ochreous tinged with purplish red and with
slight dark irroration ; palpi blackish at sides ; fore legs dark ;
Fig. 147. — Cirphis iKCudargyria, ^.
abdomen rufous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing greyish
ochreous, irrorated with purplish red and suffused with the same
colour in and beyond cell and on terminal area below apex ; the
antemedial line dark, indistinct, interrupted, waved ; orbicular and
reniform ochreous white with some red scales at centre, the former
irregularly rounded, the latter narrow and slightly angled inwards
on median nervure ; postmedial line dentate and produced to dark
points on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then somewhat incurved ; a curved purplish-red shade below
apex; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing fuscous brown ;
Ihe cilia ochreous, whitish at tips ; the underside ochreous, the
costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown.
Ab. 1. Much greyer and witliout the red tinge.
JIah. Canada, 1 S ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Eurnly, 1 j , 1 J,
New York, Evans Centre, 1 ^ type, 3 $ , New Jersey, Kansas
(Snow), 2 $ , Texas, Colorado. Ktp. 34-46 millim.
The single grey male from Canada is without the tufts on fore
and mid tibiae; whether this is natural or due to condition of
specimen, I leave to be decided by further material.
Larva. Like ph-ar/mitidicola but rather paler, the substigmatal
line broad, whitish, reddish filled. Dorsal line narrow, pale,
brown-edged ; subdorsal line distinct, broadly brown-cdgod above.
Brown lateral baud obscurely divided by a central lino. Leg-plates
brown. — H. G. D.
VOL. V. 2 I
482 KOCTUID^.
p. Fore tibijE of male thickly tufted with hair ; hind tibiae moderately
tufted.
1833. Cirphis multilinea. (Plate XCI. fig. 18.)
Zeucania multilinea, Wlk. ix. 97 (1856) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 187.
Leucania soli/a, Wlk. ix. 99 (1856); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.
p. 262.
Heliophila lapidaria, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 419.
Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; tegulae with three dark
lines ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins
white, clearly defined by red-brown streaks ; the interspaces with
fine red-brown streaks ; the median nervure with a red-brown
fascia below it ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with
black : a black point below origin of vein 2 and another in lower
angle of cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 ; an oblique
pale shade from apex; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing white, the veins and termen tinged with fuscous brown ;
a terminal series of black points ; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with dark brown.
Ab. 1. lapidaria. Hind wing with the veins and termen not
tinged with brown.
Hah. Canada, Orilla {Bush), 1 $ type ; U.S.A., Massachusetts,
Euffalo, 1 c? , 1 2 , type lapidaria, New York ; Costa Eica ( Under-
wood), 1 c? , Guatemala {Cliaiinpion), 1 S ; Panama, Bugaba
{Champion), 1 S , Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorrera {Dolhy-Tyler),
1 5 ; Grenada {H. H. Smith), 1 (5" ; Baebados {Frampton), 1 ^ ,
2 5 ; Hab. igkn., 1 (5 type solita ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster),
1 2 . Kvp. 38 millim.
c^. Fore and hind tibiaj of male moderately tufted
with hair.
a^. Mid tibia of male wi(h the outer spur curved
and llattened, pointed at extremity.
a'. Hind wing wliolly suffused with fuscous commoides.
b^. Hind wing white, tljc termen tinged with
fuscous phragmitidicola.
1834. CirpMs commoides. (Plate XCI. fig. 19.)
Leucania commoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 86 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 188.
Head and thorax dull reddi.sh brown mixed with fuscous ; teguloe
with two dark lines ; patagia with a few black scales near upper
edge ; abdomen rufous in male, ochreous in female. Fore wing
ochreous suffused \Aith pale rufous, the costal and inner areas
slightly irrorated with Idack ; the veins whitish slightly defined by
brown streaks ; the interspaces with brown streaks ; the median
nervure more prominently Avhite, defined by black on each side ; a
black streak from inner margin near base to beyond middle ; the
riRPiirs.
483
interspaces of terminal urea with slight black streaks ; traces of a
postraedial series of black points on the veins sometimes present ;
an oblique pale shade from apex : a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing brown with a reddish tinge ; cilia yellowish white, with
a brown line near base ; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with dark brown.
Hah. Canada, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Calgarj^ {WoUey-Dod), 1 r? ,
1 $ ; U.S.A., New York, 4 c? , 2 $, type, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Florida, Minnesota, Washington, 1 $ , Colorado, New Mexico.
Exp. 40 millim.
1835. Cirphis pliragmitidicola.
Lencania phraqmitidicola, Grueu. Xoct. i. p. 89 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 187.
Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; palpi and sides of head dark
brown ; tegalae wich three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous white.
■i^
Fig. 148. — Cirphis phragmltidicola, c?. \.
Fore wing brownish ochreous sparsely irrorated with black ; the
veins pale defined by brown streaks ; the area beyond the cell with
fine brown streaks in the interspaces ; the median nervure with
white streak more or less strongly defined below by black, some-
times extending beyond the cell as a short streak above vein 4 ; an
antemedial black point sometimes present just below median
nervure ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a curved postmedial
series of black points on the veins ; an oblique pale shade from
apex ; a terminal series of black points usually present. Hind
wing white, the veins and tcrmen tinged with ochreous brown ;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal
series of black points on apical half.
Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Beverly, 2 $ , New York,
5 d , 2 2 , Kansas (Snow), 1 c? , 1 $ , Texas, Colorado, California,
San Francisco, 1 $ , New Mexico. Exp. 32-42 millim.
Larva. Head luteous, sutures paler with a brown stripe each
side and mark in clypeus. Body straw-brown, finely darker
streaked. Dorsal line narrow, pale, dark-edged ; subdorsal
broader, pale, a broad straight band above it and narrow edging
below : lateral line narrow, pale ; markings slightly darker between
this and the narrow pale stigmatal line. Leg-shields brownish. —
H. G. D.
484 NOCTUID^.
4 b'^. Mid tibia of male with the outer spur normal.
((^. Fore wing tinged with pink roseola.
b^. Fore wing not tinged with pink farcta.
1836. Cirphis roseola. (Plate XCI. fig. 20.)
Leucania roseola, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xsi. p. 75, pi. v. f. 9 (1894);
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.
Head and thorax pale ochreous with a slight pink tinge ;
tegulce with two slight lines, patagia with some black scales near
upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, white at base ; pectus, legs, and
ventral surface of abdomen tinged with brownish pink. Fore wing
pale ochreous tinged with pink ; the veins white defined by fine
pink streaks, the interspaces also streaked with pink ; a small
white spot at lower angle of cell with a black point above it
in angle ; postmedial line rejiresented by black points on veins 5
and 2. Hind wing white, the termen slightly tinged with ochreous
towards apex ; the underside w ith the costal area tinged with
ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.
Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (J. W. Coclde), 2 $ , Van-
couver ; U.S.A., "Washington, Pullman, 1 § , Oregon, Corvallis, 1 c? .
Exp. 42 millim.
Larva. (Original.) Head shining brown, the reticulations in-
distinct, the vertical baud next the suture distinct and black.
Body uniform, creamy brown ; dorsal line narrow, white, brown-
edged ; a distinct, nearly solid, subdorsal black band with a white
one below it ; a narrow white line in the middle of the brownish
lateral sjiace ; a white band below this ; lateral space below filled
by a broad dotted greyish space cut by a narrow line of the ground-
colour ; substigmatal band broad, defined by its white edges, filled
with the ground-colour. Spiracles black. Abdominal feet of
joints 7 to 10 black outwardly. Food-plants, Grasses. — H. G. D,
1837. Cirphis farcta. (Plate XCI. fig. 21.)
HeliopMla farcia, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 15 (1881); Smith, Cat. N'oct.
N. Am. p. 188.
Head and thorax ochreous ; tegulae with traces of three dark
lines ; patagia with a few black scales near their upper edge ; pro-
and metathoracic and abdominal crests brownish at tips ; abdomen
ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous, irrorated with a few black
scales on inner area ; the veins whitish, defined by rufous streaks^
the interspaces with rufous streaks : a black point below origin of
vein 2; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2; traces of an
oblique pale shade from apex ; a terminal series of minute points
sometimes present. Hind wing white, tinged with ochreous towards
termen ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with
brown.
ciRrms. 485
ITah. U.S.A., California, 1 d" type {Walsinijham), 2 $. Ex2y.
42-46 millim.
Larva. Like phragmlthlicola, but paler, straw-yellow, the dark
shade between lateral and stigmatal lines pronounced. — -H. G. 1).
h. Mid tibiae of male with thick fj-inges ofhing liair and scales
on underside ; abdomen not clothed with woolly hair,
a'. Fore coxa, femora, and tibise of male with thick fringes
of hair and scales.
or. Fore wing with black spot above median nervuro
towards end of cell fasciata.
h'. Fore wing without black spot above median nervure
towards end of cell naiiiica.
1838. CirpMs fasciata.
Axylia Jasciata, Moore, P. Z S. 18SI, p. 311 ;
pi. 144. f. 6; Ilmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 280.
Leucania nigrUinea, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 482,
id. Lep. Cejl. iii. p. 7,
pi. 50. f. 8.
Head and thorax oehreous with a slij^ht rufous tiuge ; tegulaB
grey with three black lines ; prothoracic crest grey aud black ;
patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen brownish
grey tinged with fuscous, pore wing oehreous, tinged with rufous
■■^-^^
Fig. 149. — Cirphis fasciata, c?. \,
and irroratcd with a few black scales, the veins pale deflned by fine
brown streaks ; vein 4 white ; some black streaks in interspaces of
terminal area ; a black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2 ;
a fuscous fascia on median nervure expanding beyond lower angle of
cell into a wedge-shaped patch extending on termen to just below
apex ; smijll wliitisli spots with small black spots between them
above median nervuro and in and beyond lower angle of cell ; a
grey patch below vein 3 ; traces of a dentate postmedial line bent
outwards below costa and obli([ue below vein 4 ; cilia fuscous, with
a fine pale lino at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown,
especially on the veins and terminal area ; the underside with some
dark irroration on costal area.
Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Pri/er^, 2 (^ , 4 $ , type nigrilinea ;
Punjab, li.\x\\x{Ilochin(j), 1 (S , Simla (Heed), typo; Ckylojt, Tundaloya
(Green), 1 c?> ^^ $ • ^a-^J. 34 millim.
486 xociriD^.
1839. Cirphis nainica.
Leucania nainica, Moore, P. Z. S. ]881, p. 337, pi. 37. f. 15 ; Hinpsn.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 274.
Leucania griseofusciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339.
Leucania irrorata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 4U9.
Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous mixed with some fuscous
tegulae with three dark lines ; abdomen brownish ochreons, the
ventral surface with some fuscous irroration. Fore wing pale
brownish ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous ; some rufous
suffusion in and bej'ond cell ; the median nervure defined by a
fuscous fascia below, expanding below lower angle of cell into a
triangular patch extending to termen below apex ; median nervure
streaked with white from before middle, hooked at lower angle of
cell, in which there is a black point ; an indistiact curved postmedial
series of points on the veins, sometimes with traces of a crenulate
line between them ; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with
white, the interspaces with brown streaks ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, rather paler at base ; the
underside pale, the costal and terminal areas tinged with brown and
irrorated with fuscous, some black points on termen.
Hab. Punjab, Simla {Harford), 1 c? , Dalhousie, 1 $ ijT^Q griseo-
fasciata, Dharmsala (Boclinc/), 2 S,2 $ , type irrorata, NainiTal.
Exj). 36-40 millim.
6\ Mid femora of male with fringe cf long hair and scales.
a^. Fore wing with black point in cell above origin of
vein 2 insularis.
P. Fore wing without black point in cell above origin of
vein 2 promincns.
1840. Cirphis insularis. (Plate XCI. fig. 22.)
Leticnnia insularis, Butl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 674.
Axylia irrorata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 341 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 280.
Axylia albiveiia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 342.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; sides of palpi and frons
black ; tegula) with black medial line and black and grey tips ;
patagia with some black scales on upper edge ; metathoracic crest
black; legs striated with blackish. Fore wing ochreous slightly
irrorated with black ; a slight black streak in base of submedian
fold ; median nervure and base of vein 4 more or less prominently
white, with a slight diffused black fascia above and below median
nervure, then from lower angle of cell oblique to termen at vein 6 ;
antemcdial line sometimes represented by black marks above and
below median nervure ; orbicular and reniform represented by black
points or small spots in cell above origin of vein 2 and at lower
angle ; traces of a highly dentate postmedial line with two series of
black points on it, the inner in the interspaces, the outer on the
veins, oblique below vein 4 and sometimes quite obsolete ; a
ClRPHJS.
487
terminal scries of black points, usually prominent ; cilia intersected
with fuscous. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, the terminal
area with brown ; a terminal series of black points ; the underside
with the costal area slightly irroratcd with fuscous.
Hah. Formosa (Hohson), 1 S type ; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur
{G. Young, Hoeling), 6 c? type irrorata, Kangra Valley {Dudgeon),
1 $ , Simla (Siuinhoe), 2 ^ type alhivena ; Madras, 1 $ ; S.E.
Borneo, 1 $ . Exp. 28-36 millim.
1841. CirpMs prominens.
Leucania prominens. Wlk. ix. 102 (1856).
Lcucania hiRpauica, Bell. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 421, pi. 9. f. 5 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.
Head, tegulae, and prothoracic crest flesh-colour, the teguloe with
fuscous and white medial line and tips ; thorax yellow, with some
black scales near upper edge of patagia ; abdomen ochreous, whitish
Fig. 150. — Cirphis prominens, cJ. }
jr-^:-~\
at base, the lateral fringes of male yellow. Fore wing ochreous
sparsely irrorated with black, the veins defined by slight brown-
pink streaks, the interspaces of terminal area also streaked with
brown ; the median nervure and veins 4 and 3 white, the former
defined below by a brown shade and with a slight blackish streak
below it at base ; a black point in lower angle of cell. Hind wing
white, the veins and termen tinged with ochreous ; the underside
with the costal area sparsely irrorated with fuscous, some black
points on apical part of termen.
Hah. Spain, Catalonia, Zeller and Leech Colls., Andalusia ; Algeria ;
Nigeria, Accra {Carter), 1 $; Congo {Curror), 1 $ type; Br. E.
Africa, Kikuyu {CrawaTiay), 1 c? ; Mashonaland {Dohhie), 1 cf .
Exp. 28-36 millim.
Larva. Mill. Ic. ii. p. 414, pi. 93. ff. b-l.
Pale yellowish or rufous ; dorsal line fine defined by brown ;
subdorsal, lateral, and sublateral lines strong, white in the rufous
specimens and defined by brown. Food-plants, Grasses. 5 & 8.
c. Mid tihin^ f)f male normal.
tf'. Fore libiii', femora, and cox.-r of male with immense
tiitts of lung scales and liair.
a". Fore wing with biackisli fascia on median nervure
pxfending to near ternirn
diairrcfa.
488
NOCTTJIDJ!.
h-. Fore wing without blackish fascia on median
uervure.
a^. Fore wing with the veins dermed bj fine brown
streaks uda.
P. Fore wing with the veins not defined by brown
streaks.
«*. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous
tinged with rufous or grey ahdomuudis.
b^. Fore wing with tlie ground-colour pale grey-
brown adjunct a.
c*. Fore wing with the ground-colour deep
purple red leucosfa.
18tt2. Cirphis diatrecta,
Leucania diatrecta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 390.
Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; patagia with blackish streak
near upper edge ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown* Fore wing
brownish ochreous sparsely irrorated with black ; the costal edge
whitish ; a somewhat diffused blackish fascia along median nervure
and below vein 5 to near termen, with a white point on it at lower
Fig. 151. — Cirjjhis diatrecta, (^ . \.
angle of cell and a black jtoint in lower angle ; a black fascia on
inner margin from before middle to tornus ; the terminal area
darkened by obscure streaks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged
with brown ; the cilia brown or reddish from apex to vein 2 ; the
underside with the costal area and the apical half of terminal area
tinged with vinous red and irrorated with brown.
Hah. QtrEENSLAND, Peak Downs, 1 5 fype, Brisbane {Tamer),
2 c? J 2 $ . Exp. 36 millim.
1843. Cirphis uda. (Plate XCI. fig. 23.)
Leucr/via uda, Guen. Noct. i. p. 80 (1852).
Leucania curta, Wlk. xxxii. 627 (1865).
Leucania stenogra'plm. Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxv. p. 30 (1900).
$ . Pale brownish ochreous ; fore legs fuscous in front ; abflomen
■with sublateral series of black points, the ventral surface irrorated
with black. Fore wing finely irrorated with black, the costal
edge whitish ; traces of an antemedial line oblique fi'ora eosta to
above inner margin, where it is angled ; median nervure slightly
ciRPHis. 489
streaked with white, a white point at lower angle of cell with
more or less fuscous round it ; an indistinct highly crenulate
l)ostmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique or reduced to two series of points ; the veins of
terminal area pale and with slight dark streaks in the interspaces
between them ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
whitish tinged with brown, deepening to fuscous towards termen ;
the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, the
terminal area suffused with fuscous to vein 2.
Hah. Australia, (Darnel), 1 $ type curta ; S. Australia, Gis-
borne, Parkside, Exj^. 36 millim.
1844. Cirphis abdoniinalis. (Plate XCI. fig. 24.)
Nonagria ahdominalis, Wlk. ix. 181 (1856).
Mythinma rohus/u, Wlk. xi. 710 (1857).
Leucania labecuiw, Lucas, Proc. Koy. Soc. Queensland, viii. p. 84 (1892).
Head and thorax ochreous rufous ; abdomen pale, tinged with
rufous. Fore wing ochreous rufous, sometimes rather greyer,
slightly irrorated with darker scales ; the costal edge whitish ; a
small whitish spot at lower angle of cell with a black point before
it in angle ; an indistinct obliquely curved postmedial series of dark
points on the veins ; a more or less prominent terminal series of
dark points. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with
yellow-brown, the cilia with a vinous tinge; the underside with the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a series of black
points on termen.
Hub. Queensland, Brisbane (Turner), 1 c? , 1 5, Ptockhampton,
1 5; New South Wales, Moreton Bay (Di(jtjles), 1 cS type robuata;
Australia, 1 cJ type. Ex^:). 38-40 millim.
1845. Cirphis adjuncta. (Plate XCI. fig. 25.)
Leucania adjuncta, Wlk. Cliar. Lcp. Het. p. OS (1869).
c? . Head and thorax pale brownish grey irrorated with black
scales ; fore legs with the tufts on coxa? tinged with rufous and on
tibiae with purplish fuscous ; abdomeu wl)itish tinged with brown.
Fore wing pale grey-brown irrorated with black, the disk tinged
with pur2:)lish ; the costal edge whitish ; the antemedial line repre-
sented by obscure black spots in and below cell ; a small whitish
spot at lower angle of cell with a black point before it in angle ; a
curved postmedial series of black points on the veins ; a more or
less prominent series of terminal points. Hind wing white, the
veins and terminal area down to vein 2 tinged with fuscous brown ;
cilia brown with pale line at base and purplish tips, Avhitc from
vein 2 to tornus ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points.
$ browner ; fore wing without the purplish tinge.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with fuscous patch beyond lower angle of cell ;
hind wing much more suffused with brown.
490
K0C1DIDJ5.
Ab. 2. Hind wing whiter, the veins and terminal edge only tinged
with brown, the black points appearing on upperside. — W. Australia.
Hah. Queensland, Brisbane {Turner), 1 cJ , 2 5 ; W. Australia,
Eoebourne {Lyell), 1 $ . Exp. 34-38 millim.
1846. CirpMs leucosta. (Plate XCI. fig. 26.)
Leucania leucosta, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W, xxvi. p. 64i (1901).
J . Head and thorax deep purplish red ; abdomen pale reddish
brown, purplish red on ventral surface. Fore wing deep purple-
red irrorated with black and grey ; the costal edge Avhite ; traces of
an oblique antemedial line ; a white point on a small fuscous patch
at lower angle of cell ; traces of a curved postmedial series of dark
points on the veins and of a terminal series ; cilia with a fine pale
line at base. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area to
vein 2 suffused with purplish red ; cilia purplish red with a fine
pale line at base ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with purplish red, some black points on termen.
Hah. Queensland, 1 cJ ; S. AusipaLiA. Exp. 34 millim.
. Fore tibire of male moderately fringed with hair on
both sides ; the femora and coxce fringed with long
bair.
a^. Anal tufts of male very large ; fore wing without
black point in lower angle of eell Icueospkeiii
b'^. Anal tufts of male moderate; fore wing with
black point in lower angle of cell lasiornera.
*1847. Cirphis leucosplienia.
Leucania leticosphetiia, Beth. Baker, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 198 (1905).
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous and dark brown ;
tegulaj with strong dark medial line ; abdomen ochreous, slightly
tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with dark brown. Fore
Fig. 152. — Cirphis kucosphcnia, cJ. [.
wing ochreous thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins defined
by fine fuscous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with fuscous ;
an oblique black streak above inner margin before middle ; a short
CIRPHIS. 491
white streak on extremity of median nervure slightly hooked at
lower angle of cell ; vein 4 more strongly streaked with white ;
traces of a postmedial scries of dark points bent outwards below
costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apex
with a triangular dark shade below it ; a terminal series of black
points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia which are intersected with
white. Hind wing pale purplish pink tinged with brown, especially
on the veins and terminal area ; some dark points on apical half of
termen ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal area tinged with
pink and the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, some
short black postmedial streaks on the veins and a terminal series of
black points.
Ilah. New Guinea, Dinawa, type t c? § in Coll. Bethune Baker.
Eoep. 44 millim.
*1848. Cirphis lasiomera, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 3.)
c? . Head and tegulie whitish ochreous, the former irrorated with
black, the latter with two dark lines and purplish tips ; palpi
blackish at sides ; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, some black
scales near upper edge of patagia ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged
with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white, the interspaces suffused
with pui'plish rufous ; the veins defined by fine black streaks and
the interspaces of terminal half streaked with black ; subbasal line
represented by a black ])oint on costa, the antcmedial line by a series
of black points obli(]ue from costa to subraedian fold, where itis angled ;
a sliort whitish streak on extremity of median nervure, hooked on
discocellulars and with a black point in lower angle of cell and
small spot beyond the angle ; postmedial line somewhat interrupted
and maculate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;
an oblique whitish fascia from apex with some diffused fuscous
below it ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous
white, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; a terminal
scries of dark points ; the underside with diseoidal spot and post-
medial series of short streaks on the veins.
Hab. Java, Preanger, 1 c? type. Exp. 36 millim.
c'. Abdomen of male with paired sublateral fans of
larpe scales, the coxa:; with fringes of scales and
hair, the an .1 tuft large.
n^. Hind wing suffused with brown ptyono'phora.
'•^ Hind wing semihjaline white loreyi.
b^
1849. Cirphis ptyonophora, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig. 27.)
Leucania punctosa, Wlk. Melliss' St. Helena, p. 182 (nee Treit.).
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish brown more or less
sufl'uscd M-ith dark brown ; anal tuft rufous. Fore wing greyish
tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ; a black streak below
492
NOCTTJID^.
base of cell ; a diffused blackish fascia below median iiervure ; the
veins whitish, defined by fine brown streaks on terminal half; the
cell and interspaces of terminal half streaked with black ; a white
point at lower angle of cell ; the postmedial line bent outwards
below costa, then represented by a series of points on the veins,
oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apes to vein 5, a
terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with white.
Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially on veins
and terminal area ; the underside whitish, the costal and tcj'minal
areas sparsely irrorated with black, a slight discoidal lunule and
terminal series of small triangular black spots.
Hah. Si. Helexa ( Wollaston), 3 d , 2 $ , type. Exji. 40-42
millim.
1850. CirpMs loreyi.
Nodua loreyi, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 81, p]. 105. f. 7 (1827) ; ITerr.-Schaff.
Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 309, 314; Hiiipsn. Mofclis Ind. ii. p. 274 ; Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.
Noctiia caricis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 91 (1835).
Leucania exsanguis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 82 (1852).
Lcucania curvula, Wlk. ix. 102 (ISaB).
Leucania collecfa, Wlk. ix. 105 (1856).
Leucania exterior, Wlk. ix. 106 (1856).
Lcucania thoracica, Wlk. ix. 106 (1856).
Leucania desie/nccfa, Wlk. ix. 107 (1856).
Leucania denotata, Wlk. ix. 107 (1856).
Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; tegulse with two dark lines,
the tips greyish ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the sublateral
tufts of male fuscous, the genital tufts ochreous. Fore wing brownish
ochreous, with the costal and inner areas irrorated with fuscous ;
the veins whitish, irrorated with fuscous and defined by fine brown
streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a black streak
below base of cell ; median nervure defined by brown above and
below, extending beyond the cell to join the triangular brown shade
from termen below apex ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; a
postmedial series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below
costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing white, the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown ;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a terminal
series of black points from apex to vein 2.
CIEPHIS. 403
Huh. Britain, Sussex ; France, Leech Coll. ; Austria, Leech Coll. ;
Switzerland ; Italy, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Egypt ;
Morocco (il/mc?e- TFaWo), 1 2 ; Canaries; Madeira (l/wnf/o ParA:),
1 cS ; Congo (Sir J. Richardson), 2 cj* , 2 2 , type curvula ; Ascension I.
(Conry), 1 $ ; Br. E. Africa, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 $ , Athi-ya-
Mawe (Betton), 1 cT , JS'dimu (Betton), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourt
(Hutchinson), 1 c? , 2 $ , Durban (Leigh), 1 S ; Basutoland, Maseru
(Crau'shay), 1 S , Mafetang (Cmu'sTuiy), 1 $ ; Asia Minor, Pontus,
Taurus ; Syria, Beirut, Zeller and Leech Colls., 1 c? , 1 2 ; Persian
Gulf, Fao (Cuming), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 J,
3 2; Formosa (i/oA50»), 1 2; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur(6r. Fowwr/),
2 2 , Simla, 1 2 , Bawal Pindi, 1 2 , Cambellpur (Yerhury), 4 2 ,
Dharmsala (HocJcing), 2 c? , 3 2 , Jubbulpore (Bittlur) 2 d , (Hearsey)
2 c? , 1 2 ' types denotata, collecta, and exterior ; Deccan, 1 2 type
ihoraciea; CANARA(TFrt?Y?), 1 2 tjTpe designata x 'Nilgiths (Uanipson),
1 2 ; Burma, Irrawaddy II. (Carpenter),! S ; Philippines, Cebu,
1 S ; Java (Horxjield, VollenJwven), 2 c? , 4 2 ; ^- Australia,
Roebuck Bay (J", t/. Walker), 3 S ; Queensland, Brisbane (Titrwer),
1 c? ; Fiji, 1 S • Exp. 34-44 millim.
d^. Legs of male normal.
«-. Abdomen of male with paired ventral tufts of long
hair from base.
a^. Abdomen of male clothed witli woolly hair and with
protrLisible tufts of long hair from the stigmara.
a*. Wings of male on xmder.side with the base of
fore wing and basal lialf of hind wing clothed
with rough rufous hair.
]S51. Cirpliis dasuta, n. sp.
(5 . Head and thorax fulvous brown ; sides of pal])i and frons
greyish ; patagia with some black scales above; legs irrorated with
Fig. 154. — Cirphis dasuta, (^ . \.
fuscous ; abdomen ochreous fulvous. Fore Aviug palo ochreous
brown irrorated and striated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented
by black points on costa and median nervure, the antcmedial line by
points on costa and veins, the claviform by a black point at its
extremity ; orbicular represented by a rounded ochreous spot, the
reniform by an ocbreous line on an ill-defined ])lackish lunule with
with white point at lower angle of cell : a doulde postmedial series
of black points, the inner in the interspaces, the outer on the veins,
494 NOCTUID.55.
excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing oehreous brown, the cilia pale. Under-
side of fore wing with some rufous hair at base, cell fuscous, costal
and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, an oblique postmedial
line ; hind wing with the basal half clothed with rufous hair, the
terminal half greyish irrorated with fuscous, a curved postmedial
line and some points on termen.
IJab. Hawaii, Kona, 4000' (P^rl-ins), 1 c? type. Exp. 44 millim.
i*. Wings of male on underside not clothed with
rough hair.
a^. ¥orei wing suffused with purple-red.
a^. Fore wing with slight pale streaks on the
vei n s pyrrh ias.
a^. Fore wing without pale streaks on the veins.
a'. Fore wing witii white point at lower angle
of cell viacrosaris.
a'. Fore wing with small fuscous patch at
lower angle of cell t>/pModes.
a'. Fore wing not suffused with piirple-red amhlycasis.
1852. Cirpliis pyrrhias. (Plato XCI. fig. 28.)
Leucania pyrrhias, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 141 (1899).
Head and thorax purplish red, the hairs tipped with grey ;
abdomen oehreous slightly tinged with red. Fore wing oehreous,
suffused and thickly striated and irrorated with purplish red ; the
veins whitish irrorated with black ; costal edge whitish ; subbasal
line represented by a point on costa, the auteraedial line by an
indistinct oblique series of points on costa and veins ; a white point
at lower angle of cell with small fuscous patch beyond it ; a curved
postmedial series of points and a terminal series. Hind wing
brownish oehreous tinged with purplish pink ; the cilia pinker and
whitish at tips ; the underside whitish tinged with pink, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with black, some black points on apical
half of termen.
Hah. Hawaii, Xauai, Mt. Waimea, 4000' (PerHns), 2 d type,
Kauai Hoholuamauo {Perkins), 1 $ . Exp. 44 millim,
1853. CirpMs macrosaris.
Leucania macroi^aris, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 140 (1899).
Fig. 155. — Cirpkis macrosarif, ij . ].
cJ . Head and thora.x. oehreous tinged with rufous ; abdomen
ciRPiris. 495
oclireous. Fore winj^ ochi-eous, suffused with rufous and irrorated
and striated witli brown ; subbasal line represented by a fuscous
point on costa, the antemedial line bj- an oblique series of points on
eosta and veins ; a white point at lower angle of cell with a little
fuscous beyond it ; a curved postmedial series of points and a terminal
series. Hind wing ochreous slightly tinged with pink ; the under-
side rather paler, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown,
some black points on apical half of termen.
Hah. Hawaii, Kona, 15000' (PerJcms), 1 (J type. Exp. 40
millim.
1854. Cirphis typhlodes. (Plate XCI. fig. 29.)
Le^icania typhlodes, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 141 (1899).
(^ . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; pectus, legs,
and abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous
and irrorated and sti'iated with brown ; the subbasal line represented
by a fuscous point on costa, the antemedial by an oblique series on
costa and veins ; a small fuscous patch at and beyond lower angle
of cell ; a cui-ved postmedial series of points and a terminal series.
Hind wing ochreous slightly tinged with pink ; cilia white at tips ;
the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, some black points on
apical half of termen.
Hah. Hawaii, Olua (Perl-ins), 1 S type. Exp. 38 millim.
1855. Cirphis amhlycasis. (Plate XCI. fig. 30.)
Leucania ambli/casis, Mcyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 141 (1899).
Head and thorax pale grey-brown, often with an ochreous or rufous
tinge ; palpi at sides and legs irrorated with fuscous ; patagia with
some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen pale ochreous or
greyish brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous, tinged with rufous and
thickly irrorated and striated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented
by black points on costa and median nervure, the antemedial line
by points on costa and veins ; claviform represented by a faint flesh-
coloured streak with a black point on it ; orbicular and reniform
faint round flesh-coloured murks ; a white point edged with black
at lower angle of cell with slight fuscous mark beyond ib ; a more
or less prominent double postmedial series of black points, the it)ncr
in interspaces, the outer on the veins; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing greyisli ochreous uniformly suffused with fuscous
except costal area ; cilia pinkish at base, whitish at ti])s ; tiic under-
side ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
fuscous, faint traces of a curved postmedial line, some black points
on termen often present.
Hah. Hawaii, Honolulu (Blackhume), Id', 1 $ , Lauai (Perkins),
2 c? type, Halcakala, 1 5 . Exp. 42-44 millim.
496 N0CTUIDJ5.
//■'. Abflomen of male not clothed with woolly hair and
without protrusible tufts from the stigmata.
a^. Underside of wings of aiale clothed with silvery
scales.
a''. Hind wing of male on underside witli tlie
exf,remity of veins 8 to 3 clothed with luug
downturned hair.
1856. CirpMs laniata.
Leucania laniata, Ilmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 444, pi. A. f. 22
(1897).
S . Head and thorax pinkish white mixed with some browu ;
tegulse with three brown lines ; patagia with some black scales near
upper edge ; abdomen pinkish white, dorsally tinged with fuscous,
the ventral tufts black. Fore wing white, slightly tinged with pink
Fig. 156. — C ir phis laniata, ^ . \.
and irrorated with black ; a slight black streak below base of coll ;
the veins defined by fine brown streaks ; the interspaces of terminal
half streaked with brown ; the extremity of median nervure with a
white streak ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; an indistinct
postmedial series of black points, bent outwards below eosta,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; an oblique brown shade from
termen just below apex, followed by a series of black points on
veins 5-1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white,
tinged with brown except towards base, costa, and inner margin ;
cilia white, brownish at base from apex to vein 2. Underside of
both wings brilliant silver except costal area, which is pinkish
irrorated with black ; fore wing with postmedial black spot on costa
and terminal series of points ; hind wing with discoidal point, the
hair on apical area fuscous at base.
Ilah. SiKHiM, 1800' {Dudgeon), 1 J type. Esp. 36 millim.
li'. Hind wing of male on underside without
downcurved liair on \eins 8 to 2.
a®. Fore wing with dark streaks in inter-
spaces of terminal area.
a'. Fore wing with pale streak on ex-
tremity of median nervure, hooked
at lower angle of cell.
a^. Fore wing with tiie costal area
paler than ground-colour.
w*. Fore wing witli black streak
below base of coll.
a'°. Hind wiug of male on under-
side with the silver extending
to termen inframicans.
ciKriirs. 497
i'". Hind wing; of male on under-
side witli tlie silver not ex-
tending to ternien prycrl.
l^. Fore wing with rufous streak
below base of cell hcimifcra.
c'. Fore wing without streak below
base of cell eryptargyria.
Ji'*. Fore wing with the costal area
coueolorous.
a^. Hind wing almost entirely suf-
fused with fuscous deciaii^sima,
fi\ Hind wing wliite slightly tinged
with fuscous nel/uloKU.
h'. Fore wing with the pale streak on
median nervure not booked at lower
angle of cell covgrua.
If. Fore wing without dark streaks in
interspaces of terminal area.
u? . Fore wing with sliort white streak
on extremity of median nervure.
a**. Hind wing white, tlie veins tinged
witli fuscous UKia.
6*. Hind wing almost entirely suffused
with fuscous iiifnirgyrea.
IP . Fore wing with yellow spot with black
point on it at lower angle of cell ... siihsiynafa.
c'. Fore wing with minute white point at
lower angle of cell sunplex.
1857. Cirphis inframicans.
Leucania inframicans, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 00, pi. IGl. f. 2
(1893) ; id. Moths Tnd. ii. p. 270.
Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with some brown ;
tegulsB with three dark lines ; mid tibiae with black streak on outer
side ; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown, the ventral
tufts black. Fore wing violaceous grey ; the costal and inner areas
irroratcd with black, the cell and area below it suffused with pale ■
golden brown ; a blackish streak in base of submedian fold and an
oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; the terminal half
of median nervure streaked with white, slightly defined by black
above, and with a small hook on discocellulars ; veins 3, 4 also
streaked with white, the interspaces above them with fine black
streaks and vein 2 irroratcd with black ; faint traces of a post-
medial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then very obliquely
curved ; a pale oblique streak from apex and an ill-defined rufous
patch between veins 4 and 2 ; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white, tlie terminal area
tinged with fuscous from apex to vein 2. Underside with the disk
of fore wing in male and the hind wing except basal and inner
areas suffused with silver scales, a postmedial black point on fore
wing and a terminal series ; female with the fore wing and costal
and terminal areas of hind wing tinged with pinkish and irroratcd
with brown.
Uah. Punjab, Almorah (Buys), 1 cJ , Manpuri, 1 J ; Cevlon,
VOL. V. 2 K
498 noctuib.t:.
Pundaloya (6?>*em), 1 (^ type; Lr. Bdrma, Thayetmyo (Watson),
1 d , 1 5 . Exp. 40 millim.
]858. Cirphis pryeri. (Plate XCI. fig. 31.)
Leucania prycri, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 128.
(S . Head and thorax pale violaceous grey mixed with some
brown ; tegulse with two brown lines ; patagia with some fuscous
on outer side and a few black scales near upper edge ; mid tibiae
with black streak on outer side ; abdomen ochreous white, the
ventral tufts black. Fore wing pale violaceous grey ; the costal
and inner areas irrorated with a few black scales ; an olive-brown
shade from base through the cell and thence obliquely to apex ;
a black streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner
margin before middle ; the terminal half of median nervure streaked
with white, slightly defined by black above and below and slightly
hooked on median nervure ; the veins of terminal area streaked
with white, veins 4 and 3 more prominently ; the veins defined by,
and the interspaces with, fine dark streaks, those above veins 4, 3, 2
more prominent and black ; an obli(jue whitish fascia from apex to
vein 2, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of black
points ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing whitish tinged
with fuscous, the terminal half darker from costa to vein 2. The
underside pinkish white ; fore wing with the disk suffused with
scattered silvery scales, hind wing with the disk suffused with
silver scales, leaving the costal and terminal areas pinkish,
Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 c? , type. Exp. 38 millim.
1859. Cirphis hamifera.
Leucania hamifcra, Wlk. Journ. Liiin. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 179 (1862) ; Hnipsn.
Moths Ind.' ii. p. 270.
Leucania mibnitens, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 218, pi. vii. f. 1.
Head and thorax pale ochreous brown ; tegulge with three dark
lines ; mid tibiae with black streak on outer side ; abdomen white,
with a slight ochreous tinge. Pore wing violaceous white, tinged
with ochreous except on costal area ; a prominent red-brown shade
from base through the cell to apex, at base extending to below the
cell ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with fuscous ;
a white streak on terminal half of median nervure, very slightly
hooked on discoeellulars, veins 4 and 3 also streaked with white ;
the veins of terminal half defined by sliglit red-brown streaks, the
interspaces also streaked with red-brown ; an oblique ochreous
shade from apex ; a terminal series of black points ; the postmedial
line sometimes represented by some black points or traces of a
dentate line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique and angled inwards in submedian fold ; cilia intersected
with Avhite. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with
brown from apex to vein 2, extending below the cell to origin of
ciKniis. 499
vein 2. Underside of male with the disk of fore wing and the
hind wing except base and inner area suffused with silver ; female
with the fore wing and costal area of hind wing pale rufous irrorated
with brown.
Hah. BuKMA, Bhamo, 1 S type suhnitens ; Borneo, Sarawak
( Wallace), 3^,2$. Exj;>. 42 millim.
*1860. Cirphis cryptargyrea. (Plate XCI. fig. 32.)
Leucania cryptargyrea, Betb.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 197 (1905).
cS . Head ochreous mixed with fuscous ; tegulae grey, with three
fuscous lines ; prothoracic crest grey and fuscous ; thorax ochreous
tinged with rufous ; tegulte fuscous and purplish on outer edge and
with some black scales near upper edge ; legs with some fuscous
streaks ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown, the dorsal
crest black at tips, the ventral tufts deep black. Fore wing ochreous
tinged with rufous, espeiially in cell, and irrorated with black
chiefly on costal and inner areas : the costal area whitish ; antQ-
raedial line represented by traces of black points oblique from costa
to submcdian fold, then with a more prominent point nearer base
on vein 1 ; reniform represented by an indistinct pale lunule ;
postmedial line represented by a double series of black points
connected by traces of a dentate line, bent outwards below costa
and oblique below vein 4 ; a diffused, oblique, pale fascia from
apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous, the
inner area whitish ; cilia white, ochreous at base. Underside of
fore wing brilliant silver from before middle to near termen except
on costal area, where there is a postmedial fuscous spot ; hind wing
brilliatit silver from before middle to termen except on inner area,
some black points on termen.
Hah. Br. New Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type f J in Coll.
Bethune-Baker. Exp. 50 millim.
1861. Cirphis decisissima.
Leiicania, decmssima, W\k. xxxii. 624 (1865); Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vi.
p. 32, pi. 109. f. 6 ; Hi.ipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 2(;9.
Leucania vurohi, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 9 (1874).
Lemania pulchra, Snell. Midd.-Sum., Lep. iv. p. 41, pi. 4. ff. 3, 4 (18S0).
Leucania lanceata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 340.
Head and thorax rufous mixed with pale ochreous ; abdomen
ochreous dorsally tinged with brown, the ventral tufts black. I'oro
wing ochreous ; the veins defined by rufous and the interspaces
streaked with rufous ; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa, the antemedial line by a curved series of points on the
veins ; a white streak on terminal half of median nervure ending
in a small hook on discocellulars, a black point in lower angle of
cell and a small fuscous patch beyond the angle ; veins 4 and 3 less
prominently streaked with white ; postmedial lino represented by a
series of black points on the veins, sometimes conjoined by traces
of a crenulate line, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4,
2 k2
500
N0C'rtriD/i5.
where it is met by an oblique dark shade from apex, then oblique;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous suffused
with fuscous except on basal and costal areas, the cilia ochreous.
Underside of male suffused with silver except costal and terminal
areas of fore wino: and basal and inner areas of hind wing; of
female ochreous irrorated with black, fore wing with postraedial
Cuji/ut' decisissima, (^ . \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.)
black point on costa and curved line diffused outwards and not
reaching inner margin, Lind wing with postmedial and terminal
series of black points.
Hah. SiKHiM (Fotheringham), 5 c^ type ; Assam ; Kilgiris
{Hampson), 3 S ; Ceylon, 2 c?, 2 $ , type hnceata ; Burma,
Hsipaw (De Niceville), 2 S , Tenasserim, Donat Hills (De Mceville),
1 c? ; Andamans ; Singapore {Ridley), 1 J , 1 $ ; Scmatra ; Pulo
Laut (DoJierti/), 3 J , 1 2'-, ^^w Guinea. Exj3. 34-42 millim.
1862. Cirphis nebulosa. (Plate XCII. fig. 4.)
Leucania nebulosa, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Al'r. Mus. ii. p. 274 (1902).
Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow slightly tiuged with
rufous ; tegula; with two slight dark lines ; patagia with a few
black scales near upper edge ; abdomen oclireous white, the ventral
tuft of male black. Fore wing ochreous yellow slightly irrorated
with black and with diffused rufous streaks in the interspaces ;
median nervure with whitish streak ; a black point in lower angle
of cell usually present, and sometimes a slight black mark beyond
the angle ; traces of a brown antemedial line angled inwards on
median nervure and vein 1 ; an indistinct brown postmedial line
bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, with a series
of black points beyond it in the interspaces ; a slight oblique dark
shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing yellowish white, with a pinkish tinge on medial terminal
area, the veins crossing it darker. Uiiderside of male suffused with
silvery scales except costal and terminal areas of fore wing, a black
postmedial point on costa of fore wing beyond middle and a
terminal series on both wings.
Bah. Br. E. Africa, Machnkos (Cra wsJiay), 1 2 ; Germ. E. Africa,
Dar-es-Salem, 1 c? ; Cape Colony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 S
type; Mauritius, Curepipe {TuUoch}, 1 ^ ,1 $. Exj).3Q millim.
501
18G:3. Cirphis congrua.
Nortna conqrua, Hiibn. Samnil. Eur. Sclimelt., Noct. f. 016 (1827) ; Herr.-
Scliaff. Ear. Schmett., Noct. if. 357, ;^60 ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. pul. p. ]!)2.
Leticania amnicola. Eainb. Aun. Sci. Obs. 1829, p. 162, pi. 6. f. 5, and Ann.
Soe. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 289, pi. 9. f. 2 ; Dup. Lep. Fi-., Suppl. iii. p. 336,
pi. 31. f. 2 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 334.
Head and thorax ochreous with a flesh-coloured tinge and mixed
with brown, especially on tegula;, which have three brown lines ;
abdomen brownish ochreous, ventrally irrorated with black, the
ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated
with black on costal and inner areas ; the veins whitish defined by
fine brown streaks, the interspaces also with fine brown streaks ;
the white streak on median nervure expanding into a small spot at
lower angle of cell; the postmedial line represented by black points
on veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
whitish, suffused with fuscous except towards base and costa.
Underside of male suffused with silvery-wliite scales except costal
area of both wings and cell of fore wing, some dark points on
termen ; of female the fore wing and costal area of hind wing pale
flesh-colour.
Hah. S. France, Leech Coll. ; Spain ; Corsica ; Italy; Sicily ;
Dalmatia, Leech Coll. ; Armenia; Palestine. Exjy. '6'6 mWYim.
Larva. On Maize.
1864. Cirphis usta. (Plate XCII. fig. 5.)
Leii/^ania usta, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mas. ii. p. 274 (1902).
Head and thorax grey mixed with brown, and usually tinged
with flesh-colour or rufous ; abdomen greyish or pale rufous, The
ventral tufts black. Fore wing greyish or flesh-colour irrorated
with fuscous ; the costal edge whitish ; a punctiform fuscous ante-
medial line angled outwards in submedian fold ; a more or less
])rominent white streak on extremity of median nervure usually
continued on vein 4 ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a slight
flesh-coloured discoidal lunule ; a punctiform postmedial line or
series of points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below
vein 4 ; a more or less prominent oblique flesh-coloured fascia from
apex to vein 5, and often a subterniinal patch on vein 4 ; traces of
a (lark subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
midiUe ; a terminal series of black points ; a fine white line at base
of cilia. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins a)ul termen
tinged with brown, or the whole terminal half suffused with brown.
Underside sliglitly suffused with silvery scales ; hind wing with
some fuscous irroration on costal area, usually a postmedial series
of dark striaj on the veins and some terminal points.
J/ah. Br. E. Africa, Alls (Betton), 1 J; Natal, Weenen, 1 $,
Estcourt (I/utcliinson), 1^,1$, type; Cape Colony, Transkei
(Miss F. Barren), 1 d , 2 5 . Exp. 32-36 millim.
502 KOCTUIDJE.
1865. Cirphis infrargyrea.
Lettcania infrargyrea, Saalin. Lep. Madag. p. 256, £. 158 (1891).
c? . Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous, some black
scales near upper edge of patagia : abdomen pale rufous, the tufts
at base black. Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous and
irrorated with black, a yellower tinge in and beyond end of cell ;
traces of an antemedial series of black points oblique from costa to
submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; a short white
streak on extremity of median nervure, with a black point above it
in lower angle of cell ; a rather ill-defined double postmedial series
of points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;
the subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being
darker, arising from apex, excurved at middle and angled inwards
in discal and submedian folds ; a terminal scries of black points.
Hind wing yellowish white, suffused with fuscous except basal and
costal areas. Underside suffused with golden silver except costal
area of both wings and termen of fore wing, which are whitish
irrorated with black ; fore Aving with postmedial black spot on
costa ; both wings with terminal series of black points.
$ . .Fore wing not irrorated with black, and with the series of
points almost obsolete ; the underside pinkish irrorated with
fuscous,
Hah. Madagascar; Mauritius, Curepipe {Tulloch), 2 d , 1 $.
Exp. 30 millim.
1866. CirpWs siibsignata. (Plate XCII. fig. 6.)
Leucania suhsignata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 336; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 272.
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; abdomen reddish
ochreous, ventrally irrorated with black, the tufts of male black.
Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated
with black ; some antemedial black points with traces of a waved
line between them, excurved in and below cell and angled inwards
on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform indistinct, ochreous, the former
with central daik point, the latter with point in low^er part and a
small fuscous patch beyond it ; a postmedial series of black points
bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, connected by
traces of a highly crenulate line ; a slight, oblique, dark shade
from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing pale yelloAvish suffused with fuscous except basal, inner, and
costal areas. Underside of both wings of male pale rufous, with a
slight silvery gloss except on costal area of both wings, Avhich are
irrorated with brown, fore wing with a black postmedial point on
costa ; of female without the silvery gloss, a curved postmedial
series of points on hind wing.
Hah. Punjab, 2 S , 1 2, type, Kulu, Sultan])ore {G. Young'),
2 c? , 5 ? , Simla {Harford), 1 J , 1 $ • ^'ly- 30 millim.
503
1867. Cirphis simplex. (Plate XCII. tig. 7.)
Leucania simplex. Leech, Trans. Eat. Soc. 1889, p. 130.
Head, thorax, and abdomen oclircous tinged with rufous, the
last with the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing ochreous
suffused with rufous, and irrorated with a very few black scales ;
the autemedial line represented by dark points on median nervure
and vein 1 ; a slight pale point at lower angle of cell, and a
dark shade beyond the angle connected with a triangular shade
from termen below apex ; a curved postmedial series of black
points on the veins. Hind wing ochreous whitish, suffused with
fuscous brown except on basal, costal, and inner areas. Under-
side of male suffused with silvery scales except costal area of
fore wing, a black postmedial point on costa of fore wing and
a terminal series on hind wing ; female ochreous white irrorated
wath brown, some fuscous suffusion on veins of fore wing beyond
middle.
Hub. C. China, Chang-Tang (Pm«), 1 S type, Kiukiang(P/-«<0>
1 $ , Ship-y-shau, 1 S ; Assam, Khasis, 1 d . E.q^- ^-"^^ millim.
b*. Underside of wings of male not clothed with
silvery scales,
a'. Fore wing with dark streaks in the inter-
spaces of terminal area,
a". Fore wing with the white streak on
median nervure hooked on disco-
cellulars.
a". Fore wing with the streak on median
nervure short and strongly hooked... pnixiiua.
W. Fore wing with the slreak on median
nervure long and slightly hooked,
a**. Fore wing with oblique pale fascia
between veins 5 and 2 beyond the
fascia from apex l-alhiim.
!)''. Fore wing without pale fascia be-
tween veins 5 and 2 beyond the
fascia from apex cdhiccnata.
b^. Fore wing with the white streak on
median nervure not hooked on disco-
oellulars.
a". Fore wing with the ground-colour
purplish pink.
cc^. Fore wing with pile streak in Iowcm-
part of cell •• rufipennix.
//. Fore wing without pale streak in
lower part of cell duidicata.
b'. Fore wing with the ground-colour
grayish,
a*. Fore wing with the costal area palo
dofinod by brown below,
a". Hind wing sutfused with fuscous, albkoda.
h\ Hind wing white yulyrahda.
b". Fore wing with the costal area
concolorous mtcacea.
504 idOCTTJiua:.
I*. Fore wing witliout dart streaks in inter-
spaces of terminal area.
a'^. Fore wing with the cilia not pink.
a''. Fore wing slightly irrorated with
black circulus,
v. Foi'e wing very strongly irrorated with
black Jlavostigma.
h^. Fore wing with the cilia pink inornata.
1868. Cirphis proxima. (Plate XCII. fig. 8.)
Leucania ■prox'una, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 124.
$? . Head and thorax pale brown mixed with grey; palpi
blackish at sides ; tegulse with three dark lines ; patagia with some
blackish on outer side and some black scales near upper edge ;
abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous brown sparsely
irrorated with black ; a black streak below basal half of cell
traversing a pale patch except towards base ; an oblique black
streak above inner margin before middle; antemedial line ill-
defined, irregular, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then
angled inwards on vein 1 ; a short white streak on end of median
nervure, prominently hooked on discocellulars ; the veins of terminal
area streaked with white, veins 4 and. 3 more prominently; post-
medial line bent outwards below costa, then indistinct, dentate,
oblique below vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold, where
it is connected with the antemedial line by a blackish streak ; an
oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 2, with short black streaks
before it towards costa and beyond it at middle, the area beyond it
darker, with dentate ochreous marks defined by black on veins
4 and 3 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brown, with fine
ochreous line at base. Hind wing pale, nearly uniformly suffused
with brown, the cilia whitish, with brown line through them ; the
underside white irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, postmedial
series of shorC streaifs on the veins, and terminal series of points.
Hah. W. China, Ni-tou, 1 $ , type. Exp. 38 millim.
1869. Cirphis l-album.
Noctua l-aUnm, Linn. Sjst. Nat. sii. p. 8.50 (1767) ; Esp. Sehniett. iv. pi. 90.
f. 4; Hiibn. Enr. Schmett., Noct. f. 227; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 70,
pi. 105. f. 2; Hmpsn. Moths Inil. ii. p. 270; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 192.
Leucania Imtrigain, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 334.
LeucaniapeniciUaia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 335.
Head and tnorax ochreous slightly tinged with olive and mixed
with fuscous ; frons with dark bar ; tegulse with three dark lines ;
patagia with some black scales near upjier edge ; abdomen ochreous,
dorsally tinged and vontrally irrorated Avith fuscous, a sublateral
series of black spots, the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing
ochreous largely suffused with olive-brown, especially from base
through the cell and Ihence obliquely to apex and on terminal
area; the costal and inner areas irrorated with black; a black
ciRrnis.
505
streak below base of cell and an oblifjue streak on inner area before
middle ; a prominent white streak on terminal part of median
nervure, hooked on discocellulars ; the veins of outer area streaked
with white and defined by fine brown streaks, veins 4 and 3 more
prominently white ; an oblique fascia from apex to vein 2, ochreous
to vein 5, then whiter with slight black streaks before it above
vein 6, then crossing it and extending to an oblique ochreous bar
from below vein 5 to vein 2 ; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia whitish, with three brown lines through them ; the antemedial
line sometimes represented by an oblique series of points on costa,
below cell and in submedian fold, then one nearer base on vein 1 ;
the postmedial line often represented by a portion bent outwards
below costa, then by an obliquely curved series of points, incurved
in submedian fold. Hind wing ochreous more or less suffused
with fuscous brown, the veins brown : the cilia white, with a
brownish line through them ; the underside white, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point,
postmedial and terminal series.
Hah. France, Sand Coll. ; Geemany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech
Colls. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Italy,
Capri (C. S. Browae); Algeria; W. & C. Asia; Pdnjab, Kulu,
Sultanpore (G. Young), 2 6 , Simla (SivinJioe, Harford), 2 c? , 1 $ ,
ty ])e penicillata, Dalhousie, 1 $, Thundiani (I'^e/'iro-w), 2^,1 $,
Dharmsala (Hoclcinq), 3 c5' , 3 $ ; Sikhim (Lidderdale), 1 § . Exj).
36-40 millim.
Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 162.
Flesh-coloured, with a double dark dorsal line and two dark
green lateral stripes on each side. Food-plants, Grasses. Spring
and July.
1870. Cirphis albivenata. (Plate XCIL fig. 9.)
Leurania aJhivenatct, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 217, pi. 7. f. 7 ;
Hmpen. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.
S . Head and thorax violaceous grey tinged with red-brown ;
])alpi fuscous; sides of frons with black bar; teguUe with three
brow^n lines ; patagia with a few black scales near upper edge ;
mid and hind tibite and tarsi streaked with black ; abdomen grey,
dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface with
oclireous, the abdominal tufts grey and fuscous. Fore wing purplish
grey, the costal and inner areas irrorated with fuscous, the costal
edge brown ; a black streak on base of median nervure and an
oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; a brown shade
through the cell and thence obliquely to apex, leaving a fine white
streak in lower part of cell ; the costal nervure and veins arising
from it, the median nervure and veins 4, 3 streaked with white
defined by fine dark streaks, the interspaces with fine streaks, more
prominent and blackish above veins 4, 3, 2 ; an oblique pale fascia
from apex to vein 3, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal
series of black points ; cilia intersected with w'hito. Hind wing
506
NOCTUID^.
whitish tinged with fuscous, especially on veins and towards
termen ; cilia whitish ; the underside violaceous white, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot, post-
medial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of
points.
$ much more tinged with red-brown.
Hah. SiKHiM, 1800 feet {Dmlyeon), 2 S ; Assam, Naga Hills
(Doherty), 1 $ ; Burma, Bhamo, i 5 type. Exj). 32-3-1 millim.
*1871. Cirphis rufipennis. (Plate XCII. fig. 10.)
Leucania rufipennis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276 (1894).
S . Head and thorax bright pinkish red ; palpi and frons at
sides red-brown ; tegulae with three dark lines ; abdomen dark
brown, the sublateral tufts brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore
wing purplish pink, the cell and area just below it redder; the
costal area pale towards base ; the veins finely streaked with
yellowish white, the median nervure except towards base and veins
4, 3 more prominently streaked ; a pale streak in lower part of
cell ; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 3 ; antemedial line
represented by a black point in submedian fold, the postmedial line
by traces of a series of points most distinct on costa and vein 2.
Hind wing brown, the cilia with a pale line at base. Underside of
fore wing blackish, the marginal areas pinkish irrorated with black ;
hind wing pale tinged with brown-pink and irrorated with black, a
discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on the veins, and some
points on termen.
Hah. Manipur, Mao, 7000 feet (DoJiertij), type t d in Coll.
Elwes. Ea'j). 36 millim.
1872. Cirphis duplicata. (Plate XCII. fig. 11.)
Leucania prominens, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339 (iiec Wlk.) ; Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.
Leucania, duplicata, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 8 (1889).
Leucania rufula, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 278 (1894).
Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish pink, especially on
thorax ; sides of palpi and frons brown ; tegulse with three brown
lines ; abdomen pinkish, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the abdominal
tufts of male grey and fuscous. Fore wing pale pink ; a red-brown
shade from base in and below cell and thence obliquely to apex ; a
brown streak on each side of vein 1 except towards base ; an
oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle ; the veins
streaked with white, defined on each side by slight brown streaks
except on costal area ; the median nervure, except towards base
and veins 4, 3, with more prominent streaks ; an oblique palo pink
fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it browner ; the sub-
basal line represented by obliquely placed black points below costa
and in submedian fold ; the postmedial line represented by some
black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;
ciRrnis. 507
a terminal series of black points usually present. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; the cilia pale rufous, whitish at tips. Underside of
fore wing fuscous, with tlie costal and terminal areas pinkish ;
hind wing pinkish irrorated with black, a discoidal spot, postmedial
series of slight streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points.
Hah. PirajAB, Kulu, Sultanpore {G. Young),! $, Dharmsala
(Hocking), 2 S , 5 $ , type dupUcata ; Sikhim (Liddenlale), 2 J
type 2'>rominens ; Assam, Khasis, 4 cJ , 1 $ , type rufula. Exj). 32-
42 millim.
1873. Cirphis albicosta. (Plate XCII. fig. 12.)
Leiieania albicosta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 338, pi. 37. f. 10; Ilmpsn.
Moths lud. ii. p. 279.
Leiicania nigrilineosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 103 (1882).
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with brown and
very slightly tinged with purple ; tegulae with two brown lines ;
abdominal tufts of male grey and fuscous. Fore wing pale grey
with a slight purplish tinge ; a reddish-brown shade from base in
and below cell and thence obliquely to apex ; a slight dark streak
below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin before
middle ; the veins streaked with white and defined by fine brown
screaks, the interspaces of terminal area also with dark streaks,
the median nervure except towards base and veins 4, 3 more
prominently white ; the antemcdial line represented by slight
obliquely-placed black points below costa and in submedian fold,
the postmedial line by some black points bent outwards below
costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apex
to vein 2, the area beyond it browner ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on
veins and terminal half; the cilia whitish; the underside pale,
slightly tinged with purplish and irrorated with black, a small
discoidal spot, postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins, and
terminal series of points.
Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniformly suffused with red-brown, the
pale fascia from apex slighter.
Hah. Japan, Oiwake (Fryer), 1 $ ; W. China, Washan (Pratt),
1 (5 ; Kashmir, Narkundah (McArtlmr), 1 $ ; Punjab, Ivulu,
Sultanpore (G. Young), 1 (S ,\ $ , Simla (Harford), 3 § , Dalhousie
(Harford), 1 d" , 1 $ , Dharmsala (HocJcing), 6 S, 4 $ , type;
8iKHi5i Tibet, Tatong (Hobson), 1 § ; Sikhim; Bhutan. Exjj.
36-40 millim.
1874. Cirphis polyrabda, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 13.)
Leucania albicosta, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. il. p. 273 (1902), nee Moore.
cJ . Head and thorax grey-white mixed Avith brown and with a
very slight purplish tinge ; palpi brown at sides ; tegula; with three
dark lines ; mid and hind tibia) and tarsi streaked with brown ;
abdomen grey mixed with brown, the ventral surface fuscous, the
508 noctuid.t:.
abdominal tufts grey and blaclc. Fore wing grcy-whitc with a
slight purplish tinge ; a brown shade in and below cell and thence
obliquely to apex ; the veins white defined by hue dark streaks, the
interspaces of terminal area also with dark streaks, the median
nervure except towards base and veins 4, 3 more prominently
white ; an oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle ;
the antemedial line represented by obliquely-placed black points
below costa and in submedian fold, the postmedial line by some
points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an
oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it rather
browner ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with
white. Hind wing pure Avhite, the veins and termen slightly
tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with brown, a postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins and a
terminal series of points.
llab. Natal, Estcourt {IJutcJtmson), 1 c? type. Exjy- 38 millim.
1875. Cirphis micacea.
Leiwania micacea, Hmpsn. 111. Ilet. B. M. viii. p. 67, pi. 144. f. 8 (1S91) ;
id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.
Head and thorax grey-white with a slight purplish tinge : teguhe
Avith three brown lines; abdomen ochreous white mixed with
broAvn, the ventral tufts of male brownish and fuscous. Fore wing
whitish with a slight purplish tinge ; the veins white defined by
fine dark streaks, the interspaces of terminal half also with dark
streaks, the median nervure except towards base and veins 4. 3 more
prominently white ; an oblique dark streak above inner mai-gin
before middle ; the antemedial line represented by obliquely-placed
black points below costa and in submedian fold and one nearer base
on vein 1, the postmedial line by some points bent outwards below
costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from ape.x
to vein 2, the area beyond it rather browner ; a terminal series of
black points, the cilia intersected with white. Hind wing semi-
hyaline white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,
a postmedial series of slight streaks and terminal series of points. .
The Ceylon form has the thorax and fore wing more suHiised
with red-brown, the latter especially in and below cell and thence
obliquely to apex.
Hah. Bombay, Mahableshwar (Sivinhoe), 1 5 ; Madras, Nilgiris
(llawjyson), 2 cf type; Ceylon, Dickoya {Green, Fairlie), 1 cf,
1 5 . Exp. 30 millim.
*1S76. Cirphis circulus
saalm. Ber. Senck. Ge.s. 1880,
5 . Head and thorax ochreous, tinged with rufous and with a few
Leucania circulus, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ge.s. 1880, p. 268 ; id. Lep. Madag.
p. 260, f. 102.
ciRPiiis. 509
black scales on patagia ; tegulse with dark medial lino; abdomen
ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, tinged
with rufous especially beyond end of cell and slightly irrorated
with black scales; a prominent black point in lower angle of cell,
with small dentate fuscous mark beyond the angle ; a curved post-
medial series of black points and a terminal series. Hind wing
fuscous, the cilia reddish ochreous. Underside of fore wing with
the cell and area just below and beyond it to postmedial series of
points suffused with fuscous ; hind wing ochreous irrorated witli
fuscous, and with some black points on termen.
Hah. Madagascar, in Coll. de Joaunis. Exp. 22-30 millira.
According to Saalniiiller the male has the hind wing fuscous and
the female whitish, the former with abdominal tufts.
1877. Cirphis flavostigma.
Xanthia flavostigma, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 52, pi. 5. f. 11 (1864) ; Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 19-'{.
Leucania shigukiris, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 80 (1878) ; id. 111. Hot.
B. M. ii. p. 22, pi. 28. 1'. 11.
Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed
with fuscous ; some black scales near upper edge of patagia ;
abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous, the ventral tufts of
male black. Fore wing pale ochreous, more or less tinged with
rufous, especially in, below, and beyond end of cell, and irrorated
with black ; a black point at base ; an antemedial series of black
points connected by an obsolescent dentate line, oblique from costa
to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and
reniform indistinct, yellowish, the latter with black point in lower
angle of cell and whitish streak on extremity of median nervure,
some fuscous suffusion above and below extremity of median
nervure, thence curved upwards to termen belo^v apex; a post-
medial series of black points connected by a crenulate brownish
line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; traces
of a subterminal line excurved at middle and angled inwards at
discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing ochreous yellow, suffused with fuscous except on costal
area ; the underside glossy yellowish white, the costal area slightly
irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, postmedial series of short
streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points.
The typical form from the Amur has tho ground-colour of foro
wing white, the markings more ferruginous and contrasting ; hind
wing with moro whitish on costal and inner areas.
Hah. Amuuland, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate, 1 $ , Yokohama
(Jonas, Pryer, Manley), 4 cJ , 5 5 , typo singularis ; Cokea, Gensan
{Leech), 1 c? ; C. China, Kiukiang {Pratt), 1 5 5 Kashmir,
Goorais Valley {Leech), 1 5 . E.vik 36-42 millim.
510 noctuim:.
1878. Cirphis inornata.
Leucania flavostigma, var. inornata, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 482, pi. 50. f. 7.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, the last with the tufts of
male black. Fore wing ochreous, sparselj^ irrorated with black ; a
short indistinct whitish streak on extremitj' of median nervure, with
black point above it in lower angle of cell ; an indistinct postmedial
series of black points, oblique below vein 4 ; a slight oblique brown
shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia pink. Hind wing ochreous suffused with deep fuscous, the
inner area rather paler ; cilia pink. Underside of fore wing
whitish, with some fuscous suffusion in, below, and beyond cell, a
terminal series of points ; hind wing ochreous whitish, with some
pink suffusion on costa and terminal series of points.
Hah. Japan, Gifu {Pn/er), 1 1^ type, Yokohama {Pryer, Manleij\
2 $ . Exp. 36-40 millim.
h'^. Abdomen of male normal.
a^. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of
long hair and scales on vein 1.
1879. Cirphis tangala.
Leucania tangala. Fold. Eeis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 12 (1874) ; Hinpsn. Moths
Ind. ii. p. 280.
Leucania, medlofusca, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 68, pi. 144. f. 9
(1891).
S . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous, tegulae with
ochreous line near tips ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore
wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the costal and inner areas irrorated
with a few dark scales ; the veins pale, defined by fine rufous
Fig. 158.— Cirphis tangala, cT . \.
streaks, the interspaces of terminal half streaked with rufous ;
median nervure and veins 3, 4 more prominently streaked with
white ; a rufous fascia above and below median nervure, continued
above vein 4 to termen, towards which it expands somewhat ; an
oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle, and some
rufous suffusion on inner area towards tornus ; postmedial black
points on veins 6, 5, 3, 2. Hind wing pale ochreous tinged with
rufous, slight postmedial dark points on veins 6, 4, 3, 2 ; the
underside with the costal area suffused with rufous.
CTRrnis. 511
Ab. 1. niediofusca. Fore win<? with the median fascia and other
markings more fuscous ; hind wing paler, without postmedial dark
points.
Hab. Madkas, Nilgiris (llampson), 1 d tj'pe mediofusca ; Ceylon,
Pundaloya ( Green), 1 (S . Exp. 32 millim.
h'^. Fore wing of male on underside without fringe
of hair and scales on vein 1.
a*. Fore wing with short whitish streak on extremity
of median nervure.
a'. Hind wing almost uniformly siiiFused with
fuscous.
a^. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces
of terminal area,
a". Fore wing with the white streak on median
nervure hooked on discocellulars.
Or. Fore wing witii black point in lower angle
of cell.'
iv'. Fore wing not suffused with rufous goniosigma.
if. Fore wing suffused with rufous dharma.
b^. Fore wing without black point in lower angle
of cell riifistrigosa.
li^. Fore wing with the *liite streak on median
nervure not hooked on discocellulars salebrosa.
b^. Fore wing witLout dark streaks in the inter-
spaces of terminal area ignita.
b^. Hind wing pure white pyrastis.
c^. Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous.
a^. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell, formosana.
b*^. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
a". Fore wing tinged with pink clarescens.
V . Fore wing nnt tinged with pink imperfecta.
b\ Fore wing witli the median nervure finely streaked
with white.
a\ Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces of
terminal area.
a^. Fore wing with black streak in base of sub-
median fold.
a~. Hind wing uniformly suffused with brown ... vdulbia.
b~ . Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal
area more or less strongly sufi'used with brown.
cC*. Fore wing with short black streaks above
veins 3, 4, 5 comma.
b^. Fore wing without black streaks above veins
3, 4, 5.
«/". Fore wing with the costal and inner areas
not pale yellow.
rt'°. Fore wing tinged with rufous insucta.
i'". Fore wing not tinged with rufous.
«'\ Fore vriiig with the median nervure and
Vein 4 finely streaked with white cUa.
i". Fore wing with tlie median nervure and
vein 4 broad streaked with while dlagramma.
b^. Fore wing with the costal and inner areas
pale yellow bifasciata.
c'. Hind wing ochreous wjiite.
«^. Fore wing with small black patch beyond
lower angle of cell airbwta.
/>■*. Fore wing without black patch beyond lower
angle of cell rosciliiica.
512 NOCTTJID^.
d?. Hind wiag pure wbite polemusa.
i". Fore wing without black streak in base of sub-
median told.
al. Fore wing with distinct blackish shade below
median nervure.
a'^. Hind wing of male pale yellow secta.
i"*. Hind wing whitish.
a". Head and thorax rufous albifaficiata.
b^. Head and thorax ochreous.
a}°. Fore wing with short dark streak from
lower angle of cell to the oblique pale
fascia from apex ' abdomhialis.
i^°. Fore wing with the dark shade from ter-
nien extending to lower angle of cell.
ci}^. Fore wing with vein 4 more prominently
streaked with white lineaiipes.
b^^. Fore wing with all the veins white de-
fined by fine brown streaks.
a}-. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal
area strongly tinged with brown cmteroclura.
b^"^. Hind wing pure white, tlie terminal
area not tinged with brown oregona.
b'. Fore wing without distinct blackish shade
below median nervure.
«**. Fore wing with very prominent dark streaks
in the interspaces.
a^. Fore wing with two postmedial series of
black points polysticha.
h^. Fore wing with one postmedial series of
black points rivorum.
b'^. Fore wing with the dark streaks in the inter-
spaces less prominent.
a^. Fore wing with the ground-colour pinkish
rufous.
a^°. Hind wing pure white sarcistis.
b^°. Hind wing with the termen tinged with
brown calgaria na.
f^°. Hind wing uniform fuscous sarcojjhwa.
b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous
or greyish.
a^°. Fore wing with the oblique shade from
termen dark brown and prominent jaliscana.
b^°. Fore wing with the oblique shade from
termen slight.
a^^. Hind wing with the termen slightly
tinged with brown.
a^^. Fore wing with the postmedial line re-
duced to points.
a^^. Fore wing without small fuscous patch
beyond lower angle of cell.
a'*. Fore wing with the ground-colour
greyish.
a^^. Fore wing strongly tinged with
rufous polystrofa.
b^^. Fore wing hardly tinged with rufous, viicroslicha.
i'**. Fore wing with the ground-colour
ochreous.
a^°. Fore wing whitish ochreous paUiseca.
b^^. Fore wing deeper ochreous.
a^®. Tegulaj with three dark lines hmnidicola.
i*^ Tegulse with two dark lines instdicola.
CIRPHIS. 513
i^*. Fore wing with small dark patch be-
yond lower angle of cell compta.
b^'^. Fore wing with the postmedial line
waved megaproctis.
* h^^. Hind wing with the terminal half suf-
fused with brown.
«!*. Fore wing with the ground-colour
ochreous.
a}^. Fore wing with the white streak on
median nervure not expanding into a
hook at lower angle of cell Juncicola.
b^^. Fore wing with the white streak on
median nervure expanding into a
small hook at lower angle of cell inicrogonia.
b^^. Fore wing with the ground-colour
greyish.
a}^. Fore wing with the white streak on
median nervure not expanding into a
spot at lower angle of cell.
«'^ Fore wing with obHque pale fascia
from apex riparia.
b^^. Fore wing without pale fascia from
apex deserticola.
h^^. Fore wing with the white streak on
median nervure expanding into a small
spot at lower angle of cell insccufa.
c^^. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown... postica.
h^. Fore wing without dark streaks in the interspaces
of terminal area,
a'. Hind wing uniformly suffused with brown.
o^. Fore wing with brown orbicular stigma sinuosa.
h''. Fore wing without orbicular stigma,
ft*. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell,
w*. Fore wing without white fasciae above and
below vein 6.
a}°. Fore wing irrorated with black, a pro-
minent terminal series of black spots ... andcreggi.
b^°. Fore wing not irrorated with black, a ter-
minal series of black points lineata.
b^. Fore wing with white fascia; above and below
vein 6 albm-adiata.
6*. Fore wing without black streak below base of
cell phlebitis.
6", Hind wing wliite.
a'. Fore wing with the veins defined by pi'o-
minent fuscous streaks jordana.
b''. Fore wing with the veins defined by fine
brown streaks sicula.
c'. Fore wing with the veins not defined by dark
streaks alopecuri.
c*. Fore wing with white point at lower angle of cell.
a*. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces
of terminal area.
rt^. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
«7. Fore wing more or less completely suffused
Willi fuscous irregularis.
U . Fore wing not suffused with fuscous,
a*. Fore wing witli well-defined blackish fiscia
on median nervure cinercicoUis.
Ifi. Fore wing witli some diffused fuscous on
median nervure.
V. 2 L
514 NocTtriD^.
a^. Fore wing with the postnieclial line reduced
to points.
c'". Fore wing with the black streak below cell
slight punctosa.
V-°. Fore wing with the black streak below the
cell distinct putrescens.
b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line entire,
dentate kerrichi.
h^. Fore wing without black streak below base of
cell.
a'. Fore wing thickly irrorated with black phcea.
IP . Fore wing not thickly irrorated with black.
a?. Fore wing with the veins streaked with white.
a". Genital tufts of male brownish leucosticha.
W. Genital tufts of male yellow latiuscula.
h^. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with
white tritonia.
¥. Fore wing without dark streaks in the inter-
spaces of terminal area,
a^. Fore wing with the reniform absent.
0". Hind wing white, the terminal area more or
less suffused with fuscous,
a^. Fore wing with small black patch beyond
lower angle of cell atrimacula.
b^. Fore wing without black patch beyond lower
angle of cell.
aP. Fore wing with slight black streak below
base of cell albistigma.
b^. Fore wing without black streak below base
of cell,
c^". Fore wing with more or less developed
fuscous fascia above or below median
nervure putrida.
b^°. Fore wing without fuscous fascia above or
below median nervure.
a'^. Fore wing without black point in lower
angle of cell ~ecs.
b^^. Fore wing with black point in lower
angle of cell scirpi.
b'' . Hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with
fuscous,
a'*. Fore wing with black point in lower angle of
cell scirpi, var.
6". Fore wing without black point in lower angle [montium.
of cell.
a". Fore wing with the costal edge white ciliata.
b^. Fore wing with the costal edge not white,
a'". Fore wing without series of short black
streaks bej'ond postmedial line,
a^'. Fore wing with the postmedial line
slightly incurved at discal fold fragilis.
6". Fore wing with the postmedial line not
incurved at discal fold.
a}'^. Fore wing not tinged with rufous o-paca.
b^^. Fore wing tinged with rufous crenulata.
Ji". Fore wing with series of short black
streaks beyond postmedial line mesotrosta.
i*. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a
pale patch.
a'. Fore wing with oblique dark streak from apex. %mipuncta.
V . Fore wing without oblique dark streak from
apex corrtigata.
ciRPnis, 615
«?'. Fore wing without, white point at lower angle of
cell or streak on median nervure.
a^. Hind wing more or less uniformly suffused witli
brown,
a*. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by two
black points, the reniform by four black points, arcupunciafa.
¥'. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a
dark spot.
«". Fore wing with the reniform represented by a
dark spot,
a". Fore wing without brown fascia beyond lower
angle of cell den ticiila.
h!^. Fore wing with brown fascia beyond lower
angle of cell jja.s/i-a.
h'. Fore wing with the reniform absent yu.
f". Fore wing with the orbicular absent or pale.
(P. Hind wing whitisii suffused with brown,
a'*. Fore wing with the reniform represented by
a pale patch acmiinilu.
h'*. Fore wing with the reniform absent wodcsta.
IP . Hind wing uniform fuscous.
«**. Fore wing without rufous streak on median
nervure.
a^. Hind wing ou underside with fuscous suffu-
sion on inner half of wing mcfapluea.
A". Hind wing on underside without Fuscous
suffusion on inner half of wing,
a^". Fore wing without black subbasal point
on costa jjlac'uln.
/»'". Fore wing with black subbasal point ou
costa hypoplupn .
h^. Fore wing with rufous streak on median
nervure ruhrhecla.
/fi. Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less
tinged with brown,
a". Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform
absent.
a". Fore wing without black streak below base of
cell.
a^. Fore wing with small red patch beyond end
o f cell hranhi.
A"*. Fore wing without small red patch beyond
end of cell inconfpicua.
U'. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
«" Fore wing not suffused with grey-brown.
a*. Fore wing without triangular dark shade
from termen below apex mocoides.
6®. Fore wing with triangular dark shade from
termen below apex falclandlca.
h'*. Fore wing mostly suffused with grey-brown . remota.
//'. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform
present quadranmdata.
1880, Cirphis goniosigma, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 14.)
S . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with reddish brown and
black ; tegulrc with black line near tips ; abdomen with large
ochreous genital tufts. Fore wing pale ochreous ; a reddish and
black shade on median nervure and in cell from base to postmcdial
line, at base extending to vein 1 ; a black point at base of costa ;
2l2
516 NOCTUIDiE.
the antemedial line represented by a black striga from costa, a
streak on subcostal nervure, and an obsolescent line towards inner
margin, angled inwards on vein 1 ; a prominent white — J-mark on
extremity of median nervure ; postmedial line represented by some
black points on. the veins, bent outwards below costa^ then ob-
liquely curved to middle of inner margin, another series of points
beyond it, arising from the same point at vein 7, angled at vein 4,
then oblique, and joined at vein 4 by a brown and black shade from
termen below apex ; the terminal area with brownish streaks in
the interspaces and white streaks on the veins ; a terminal series
of small black lunules ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind
wing fuscous, ochreous towards base and inner margin ; the cilia
ochreous ; the underside ochreous, irrorated with black and suffused
near the curved black postmedial line.
Hah. Cetlon, W. Haputale (Maclivood), 1 <J type. Exj^. 34
millim.
1881. Cirphis dharma. (Plate XCII. fig. 15.)
Leucania dharma, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 338, pi. 37. f. 17; Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 270.
Leucania nifescens, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 102 (1882).
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with bright rufous : sides of
palpi and frons tinged with fuscous ; tegulae with dark lines near
base and extremity ; patagia with some black scales near upper
edge ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing
ochreous, more or less suffused with rufous except on costal and
inner areas, which are irrorated with black ; the veins defined by
rufous streaks and the interspaces streaked with rufous ; a subbasal
black point on costa ; the antemedial line represented by black points
on costa, below cell, in submedian fold, and on vein 1, oblique from
costa to submedian fold ; the median nervure streaked with fuscous,
a white streak on its extremity slightly hooked on discocellulars,
with a black point before it in lower angle of cell and a small black
patch beyond it ; veins 4, 3 slightly streaked with white ; traces of
a highly crenulate postmedial line produced to a prominent series
of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, and oblique
below vein 4, where it is met by an oblique shade from termen
just below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
ochreous sufifused with fuscous except base and costal area; the
cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous, the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with black, a discoidal lunule, indistinct sinuous
postmedial line, with series of short streaks on the veins and terminal
series of ))oints.
Bab. Punjab, Dharmsala {Hocking), 1 c? , 2 5 ; Sikhim (Lidcler-
dale, EJwes), 3 J , 2 $ , type rvfescens ; Andamans, 1 $ . Ex^j. 40
millim.
1882. Cirphis rulistrigosa. (Plate XCII. fig. 16.)
Leticania 7-iifistrigosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 337; Hiiipsu. Moths lud.
ii. p. 270.
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; the tegulae
CIRPHIS. i')!?
whitish and grey except at tips, and the patagia whitish and grey
on outer edge and with some black scales near uppor edge ; abdomen
ochroous iriorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the cell and
area just below and beyond it suffused with bright rufous and
thence obliquely to apex; the costal and inner areas sparsely irro-
rated with black ; the veins beyond and below cell defined by
rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; the sub-
basal line represented by a black point on costa, the antemedial by
obliquely placed black points on costa, below cell, and in submedian
fold, and one nearer base on vein 1 ; median nervure streaked with
fuscous and with a white streak on its extremity, very shghtly
hooked on discocellulars and with a small fuscous patch beyond it ;
a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and
oblique below vein 4, where it is met by an oblique shade from
termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
ochreous suffused with fuscous ; the cilia ochreous : the underside
ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, post-
medial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of
points.
Bah. Punjab, Dharmsjila (HocJcing), 1 c? , 2 $ , Umballa (Reed),
2 2 type ; Madras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 $ . EA'jy. 36 millim.
1883. CirpMs salebrosa. (Plate XCII. fig. 17.)
Leucania sakbrosa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 80 (1878).
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous and tinged with
brown on head, tegula3, and patagia ; tegulae with three brown
lines; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wnng
ochreous, the cell and area just below and beyond it suffused with
bright rufous ; the costal and inner areas sparsely irrorated with
black ; the veins defined by rufous streaks and the interspaces
beyond and below the cell streaked with rufous ; an oblique rufous
streak on inner area before middle ; extremity of median nervure
with a short elliptical white streak usually very slightly hooked on
discocellulars, with a black point before it in lower angle of coll
and sometimes a small fuscous patch beyond the angle ; traces of
an antemedial line sometimes present, oblique from costa to sub-
median fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; postmedial lino re-
presented by a more or less complete series of black points bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, where it is mot by
an oblique brown shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series
of black points usually present. Hind wing ochreous suffused with
fuscous ; the cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous white irrorated
•with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule.
JIah. Japan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pri/er), 2^,15 type, Tokio
(Maries), 1 $ : C. China, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 J , 1 ?; 'W. China,
Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 S • Kv2U 32-42 millim.
1884. Cirphis ignita, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. IS.)
d' . Head and thorax i)urplish red mixed with ochreous ; toguUie
518 NocTuinyE.
with traces of three lines ; patagia with some black scales near
upper edge ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing
orange-yellow, suffused with purple-red except below cell near base,
in end of cell, on inner margin and terminal area ; the costal area
white sparsely irrorated with black, and with greyish fuscous
suffusion below it ; median nervure streaked with greyish fuscous,
its extremity with white, a greyish fuscous patch beyond the cell
between veins 5 and 3 ; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa, the antemedial line by an obscure series of points oblique
from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; a
postmedial series of points bent outwards below costa, and oblique
below vein 4, where it is met by an oblique shade from termen
below apex : the veins of terminal area with slight pale streaks ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous suffused with
fuscous brown, the termen tinged with pink ; cilia ochreous ; the
underside pale ochreous, the costal and terminal areas tinged with
purplish pink and irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and post-
medial and terminal series of points.
Hah. Assam, Khasis, 1 6 type. Exp. 34 millim.
1885. Cirphis pyrastis, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 19.)
J . Head and thorax rufous with a greyish tinge ; tegulae with
three slight dark lines ; abdomen greyish with ill-defined darker
bands, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing golden yellow sparsely
irrorated with black, the veins, costal area, a broad fascia on vein 1
and above vein 2 from its origin to termen and obliquely to apex
suffused with flesh-pink ; one or two obliquely-placed antemedial
black points from middle of cell to submedian fold ; a short pale
streak on extremity of median nervure ; a postmedial series of black
points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an
oblique diffused yellow fascia from apex ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the apical half of termen
tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area ochreous
irrorated with brown, some black points on termen towards apex.
Hah. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 cT type. Eap. 34 millim.
1886. Cirphis formosana. (Plate XCII. fig. 20.)
Alctia formomna, Butl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 675.
Leucania adtiMa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 335 ; Hmpsn. Moths Iiid. ii.
p. 275.
Leucania scmicmia, Pag. Zoologica, xii. p. 75, pi. ii. f. 37 (1900).
(S . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; tegulae with
slight dark tips ; abdomen pale brownish, the anal tuft ochreous.
Fore wing ochreous, suffused in parts with flesh-colour and sparsely
irrorated with black ; the veins defined by slight fuscous streaks,
the interspaces of terminal half also steaked with fuscous : traces of
an antemedial series of black points oblique from costa to sub-
median fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; traces of ochreous
orbicular and reiiiform stigmata, the latter with black point in
lower part and short yellow streak belou- it on extremity of median
ciuPHis. 519
nervure ; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below
costa and oblique below vein 4, connected by traces of a highly
crenulate line ; an oblique dark shade from terraen below apex ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish, the veins and
terminal half suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside with the
costal and terminal areas tinged with purplish pink and irrorated
with black, a postmedial series of short black streaks on the veins
and series of black points on apical half of termen.
Hub. Formosa (Eohson), 1 $ type ; Punjab, Manpuri, 1 $ ;
SiKUiM (Lidderdale), 1 c? , 2 $ ; Assam, Khcisis, 1 § type adusta ;
Travancoee, Pirmad (Imray), 1 c? ; Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green),
3 c? , W. Haputale (Pole), 1 cjT ; Selangok, Kuala Lumpur [Durham),
1 S ; Borneo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 c? ; N. Guinea, Bismarck Arch.,
type t 5 semicana in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 36 millim.
1887. Cirphis clarescens. (Plate XCII. fig. 21.)
Leucania clarescens, Moscbl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 143 (1890).
Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; palpi with some black
above ; frons and vertex of head with dark bars ; tegulae and
patagia tinged with purplish red, the former with black medial
line, the latter with black patch ; metathoracic crest blackish ;
abdomen brownish ochreous, the dorsal crest dark-tipped. Fore
wing brownish ochreous with a pink tinge ; the costal, inner, and
terminal areas irrorated with a few black scales ; a black streak,
edged below by rufous, below basal half of cell and a similar oblique
streak from inner margin near base to below middle of vein 1 ; a
black point on middle of median nervure with a white streak on it,
slightly hooked at lower angle of cell, then continued as fine streaks
on veins 3, 4 ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and another in
lower angle of cell ; black streaks in the interspaces above veins 3, 4,
the interspace above vein 2 suffused with lilacine grey ; a curved
postmedial series of black points on the veins and a terminal series;
an oblique grey shade from termen below apex ; cilia intersected
with dark brown. Hind wing whitish, the veins and termen tinged
with reddish ochreous ; the underside with slight black irroration
on costal area, some terminal black points from apex to vein 2.
Hab. Bahamas, Andros (Zion^oie), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Cuba; Porio Pico.
Exp. 30 miliim.
1888. Cirphis imperfecta. (Plate XCII. fig. 22.)
Leucania imperfecta. Siiiitli, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 76 (1894) ; Dyar,
Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 163.
Head and thorax grey tinged with browii and irrorated with
some fuscous ; tegular with three dark lines ; abdomen brownish
grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated
with black, leaving ochreous streaks in submcdian interspace to
beyond middle, above veins 2 and 3, and in and beyond end of cell
to near termen, and an oblique shade from apex ; a slight black
streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin
520 NOCTUID^.
before middle ; a short white streak on end of median nervure with
a slight hook on discocellulars ; a black point in lower angle of
cell ; the veins of terminal half with slight white streaks, a more
prominent streak on vein 4, the interspaces with fine black streaks ;
an obliquely curved postmedial series of black points on veins 7-1 ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white,
the termen tinged with brown ; cilia white, with fine brown line
near base ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas down
to vein 2 irrorated with brown.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, Cochise Co., Wilgus, 1 S , Prescott (^Mnze),
1 S , Huachuca Mts., 1 cJ , 1 ? j Chiricahua Mts., 1 c? • Eccj)- 36
millim.
1889. CirpMs velutina.
Leucania velutina, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1846, iii. p. 87, pi. 2. f. 5 ; Herr.-SchafF.
Eur. Scbmett., JSToct. ff. 362-3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.
Head and thorax grey -brown mixed with fuscous ; abdomen
brownish grey with a slight rufous tinge towards extremity, the
ventral surface irrorated with black. Pore wing brownish grey,
the costal area irrorated with black ; the veins whitish ; the inter-
spaces suffused with black except costal and inner areas and a
postmedial dentate band ; a black streak above base of inner margin ;
a pale streak in submedian fold to origin of vein 2 defined by
blackish above and below ; a diffused black streak in lower end of
cell ; the postmedial line represented by small diffused black marks
in the interspaces between veins 7 and 1, incurved below vein 4,
and with a grey band beyond them forming dentate marks defining
the veins, longest on veins 7, fi, 4, 3, 2, the subterminal line being
represented by some dentate blackish marks on outer edge of grey
baud ; some black points on termen. Hind wing greyish, uniformly
suffused with fuscous ; the underside grey, tinged with brown and
irrorated with black, especially on costal and terminal areas, an ill-
defined curved postmedial line.
Hah. Russia, Urals, 2 d^ , 2 ? , Zeller Coll. ; W. Siberia, Altai ;
"W. TuEKESTAN, Issyk-Kul ; E. Turkestan, Thian Shan Mts. ;
Mongolia, Urga, Changai Mts.; E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri.
Exp. 44 milHm.
1890. Cirphis comma.
JS'ocfua comma, Linn. Faun. Suec. ii. p. 316(1861) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 83,
pi. 106. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 73; Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 192.
Noctua turhida, Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 617 (1827).
Kochia congener, Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 618 (1827).
Leucania nigrofasciata, Hmpsn. Motbs Ind. ii. p. 279 (1894).
Lencania rliodocomma, Piiug. Iris, xiii. p. 120 (1900).
Head and thorax pale grey-brown tinged with rufous ; tegulae
with dark medial line ; patagia with some black scales near upper
edge ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal tuft and ventral surface
tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale olive-brown with a reddish
tinge ; the veins whitish ; the costal area whitish sparsely irrorated
CIRPHIS. 521
with black ; a prominent black streak below base of cell to origin
of vein 2 ; an oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; a
blackish streak in end of cell or spot in lower angle ; the inter-
spaces of terminal area with black streaks ending in a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with
fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous white ; the underside with the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, some black points
on termen from apex to vein 2.
Ab. 1. rhodocomma. Ground-colour of head, thorax, and fore
wing purplish red.
Hab. Britain, Leech Coll.; Fbance, Sand Coll.; Germany,
Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Austria ; Switzerland, Zeller and
Frey Colls.- IST. Italt ; Bulgaria, Rilo Dagh (£J?ives) ; Armenia;
Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Siberia ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-
Kul, Alexander !Mts., type rJiodocomma in Coll. Piingeler ; Mongolia,
Urga ; Tibet, Amdo ; E. Siberia, Amur, XJssuri ; Punjab, Kulu,
type t (S nigrofasciata in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 40-42 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 163, pi. 203. f. 3.
Grej'ish ochreous to reddish brown ; dorsal and subdorsal lines
pale or whitish, edged with dark brown and witli a brown line
between them ; lateral and spiracular lines pale ochreous separated
by a dark brown space ; head brown marked with blackish. Food-
plants, Grasses. 8-4.
1891. Cirphis insueta. (Plate XCII. fig. 23.)
Leucania insueta, Gruen. Noct. i. p. 81 (1852) ; Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 188.
Helwphila adonea, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 159 (1874).
Leucania hcterodoxa. Smith, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 75, pi. v. f. 7 (1894) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.
Leucania mimica, Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het., Suppl. ii. p. 6 (1899).
Head and thorax ochreous more or less strongly tinged with
rufous ; teguloe with blackish medial line ; patagia with some black
scales near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface
rufous. Fore wing ochreous, mostly suffused with rufous and
sparsely irrorated with black, more thickly on costal area ; the
veins white defined by rufous streaks ; the interspaces with rufous
streaks ; a black streak below base of cell ; a black point below
origin of vein 2, with another below it on vein 1 ; a postmedial series
of points on the veins bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then obli(|ue ; an obliijue pale shade from apex ; a terminal
series of black points, the terminal area rather darker and angled
inwards in discal and submedian folds. Hind wing ochreous white,
the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside
with the costal area suffused with rufous and irrorated with brown.
Hab. Canada, Nova Scotia (Redman), 1 J , Anticosti, 1 $ ;
U.S.A., New York, 4 S type adonea, 5 j type, Minnesota, 1 $ ,
Colorado. Exp. 34-38 millim.
Larva. (Original.) Head shining brown, the reticulations indis-
tinct, the vertical band next the suture distinct and black. Body
as in roseola, but the markings faint, diffused, not contracted. The
522 NOCTUIDiE.
subdorsal and lower lateral bands are greyish brown, not much
darker than the other markings. General colour light brown, not
creamy. A diffused lighter shade above the subdorsal dark baud.
Cervical shield more cbitinized than in roseola. Feet without dark
patches. Food-plants, Grasses. — H. G. D.
1892. CirpMs dia. (Plate XCII. fig. 24.)
HeliopUla dia, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 29 (1879); id. 111. Essay, 56,
pi. ii. f. 19; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 187.
Leucania megadia, Smith, Pr. "U.S. Nat. Mus. xxt. p. 191 (1902) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.
S . Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown ; tegulae with
medial brown Hne; a few dark scales near upper edge of patagia ;
abdomen white tinged with brown, the anal tuft with ochreous ;
pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen much browner. Fore
wing ochreous white tinged with reddish brown ; the veins white
defined by fiue brown streaks, the interspaces with brown streaks,
the costal and inner areas sparsely irrorated with black ; a black
point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points on
the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique ; some black points on termen sometimes present ; cilia
reddish brown intersected with white. Hind wing whitish suff"used
and irrorated with brown except towards base ; cilia white ; the
underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown.
Hub. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolle)j-Dod), 3 c? co-type megadia,
British Columbia, Laggan, Kaslo (J. W.^ Cochle), 9 c? , 4 $ ; U.S.A.,
Washington, Wyoming, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, California, 2 (S
type, ( Walsiwjhani) 1 S , Arizona. Exp. 30-36 millim.
*1893. CirpMs diagramma. (Plate XCVI. fig. 15.)
Leucania diagramma, Beth. -Baker, ined.
(S . Head and thorax whitish with a violaceous tinge and irro-
rated with brown ; tegulae with three dark lines ; patagia with
some black scales near upper edge ; tibiae slightly streaked with
black ; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with brown and vcntrally
irrorated with black ; the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing whitish
with a slight violaceous tinge, the veins white defined by dark
streaks, the interspaces with purple-brown streaks, the costal and
inner areas irrorated with black ; a purple-brown shade below
median nervure and a black streak in base of submedian fold ; the
median nervure and vein 4 with stronger white streaks ; a black
point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points
bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, an oblique
diffused white fascia from apex with triangular brown shade below
it from termen ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
whitish tinged with ochreous brown except the interspaces of basal
area ; a series of black points on termen from apex to vein 2 ; the
underside white, with some dark irroration on costal area.
Hah. Brit. N. Guinea, Babooni (Pratt), type f cJ in Coll. Bethune-
Baker. Ki^. 38 millim.
ciEniis. 523
1894, Cirpliis bifasciata.
Leucania hifasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 410 ; Bull. 111. Het. B. M.
vii. p. 51, pi. 126. f. 13 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.
5 . Head and thorax ochrcous white ; tegulse tinged with purplish
pink and with two slight dark lines ; palpi, pectus, and legs tinged
with pink ; abdomen pale, dorsally tinged with brown, ventrally
with pink. Fore wing rufous, the costal area pale ochreous to
middle, the inner area to near torn us ; a slight whitish streak on
median nervure from before middle, the veins beyond the cell slightly
streaked with white ; a black point in lower angle of cell, a more or
less distinct postmedial series of black points ; a slight triangular
dark shade from termen below apex ; cilia pink. Hind wing
ochreous whitish tinged with fuscous, especially towards termen ;
cilia pinkish at base. Underside of fore wing with the cell and
area below and beyond it suffused with fuscous.
Hob. Punjab, Dharmsala (HocJcing), 2 2 type. Exy. 36 millim.
1895. Cirphis atrinota, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 25.)
c? . Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous ; abdo-
men ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous, ventrally irrorated with
black. Fore wing ochreous white ; the costal and inner areas
slightly irrorated with black; the veins whitish defined by tine
rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; a slight
black streak below base of cell ; the white streak on median nervure
expanding into a small spot at lower angle of cell, in which there is
a black point, and beyond which there is a small triangular black
patch ; traces of a postmedial series of black points bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a triangular rufous patch
from termen below apex and slight marks towards tornus ; cilia
deep rufous. Hind wing ochreous white, the termen tinged with
ochreous ; the underside with the costal area and apical part of
termen ochreous irrorated with black, some black points on termen
from apex to vein 2.
Bah. Mashon ALAND, Salisbury {Marshall, Dobbie), 2 (^ type-
Exj). 30 millim.
189G. Cirphis roseilinea. (Plate XCII. fig. 26.)
Leucania roseilinea, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 179 (1862).
Leucania simillima, WJk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 179 (1862).
Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown and tinged with
purplish red ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with brown,
ventrally irrorated with black ; the claspers of male with thick
tufts of hair. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with vinous red,
the costa irrorated with black ; the veins white defined by purple-
brown streaks ; the interspaces also streaked with purple-brown ;
a black streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner
margin before middle ; a brown shade below median nervure ; a
black point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial scries of black
524 NOCTUID.E.
points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a pale
oblique fascia from apex defined by brown above and below by a
triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series
of black points. Hind wing ocbreous white ; the underside with
the costal area irrorated with brown, the termen sometimes with
series of black points.
Hah. N". China, Shanghai, 1 S ; Madras, Travancore, Pirmad,
1 (S ; Cetlon, Kandy {E. E. Green), 1 d" ; Singapore {Ridley), 1 $ ;
Borneo, Sarawak, type and tvpe simillima in Mus. Oxon., Sandakan
{Fryer), 1 J . Exp. 30-34 imiilim.
1897. Cirphis polemusa,
Leiicania polemtisa, Swiuh. P. Z. S. 1885, p 447, pi. 27. f. 1 ; Hmpsu.
Moths lud. ii. p. 280.
Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown ; palpi blackish
at side ; tegulae with two dark lines ; legs streaked with blackish ;
abdomen ocbreous whitish. Fore wing narrow, white, the costal
and inner areas slightly irrorated with black ; a yellow shade on
inner area and below median nervure to end of cell and thence
obliquely to apex ; the veins white defined by fine brown streaks,
the median nervure more prominently white, forming a very slight
hook at lower angle of cell, in which there is a black point ; a black
streak in submedian fold to near origin of vein 2 ; a postmedial
series of black points bent outwards below apex and oblique below
vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with
white. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area
irrorated Avith pale brown, some black points on termen from apex
to vein 2.
Rab. Bombay, Poonah (Sivinhoe), 1 c5' , 1 $ , type. £v/j. 26 millim.
1898. Cirphis secta. (Plate XCII. fig. 27.)
Leucania secta, Herr.-ScbafF. Corresp.-Blatt zool.-miii. Ver. Eegensb.
1868, p. 147.
(S . Head whitish ; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae rufous ;
thorax yellow, patches on tegulae, streaks on outer edge of patagia,
and the thoracic crest rufous ; pectus and legs ocbreous white, the
latter streaked with rufous ; abdomen ocbreous. Fore wing yellow
with a slight greenish tinge irrorated with a few black scales ; a
rufous fascia below the cell ; a streak above inner margin near
base: the veins beyond the cell defined by rufous streaks and
vein 1 to near base, a more prominent streak above base of vein 4 ;
a black point in lower angle of cell, a curved postmedial series and a
terminal series; cilia rufous intersected with fuscous. Hind wing
greenish yellow, the termen and inner area slightly tinged with
rufous.
2 . Hind wing pale, the terminal area suffused with brown.
Hah. Cuba, Santiago (Schaus), 2 cJ . Exp. 24 millim.
ciRPUTS. 525
1899. Cirphis albifasciata, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 28.)
S . Head and tliorax rufous ; tegulte with a few black scales
on upper edge ; abdomen pale rufous, the ventral surface whitish
irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous. mostly suffused with
rufous and sparse!}' irrorated with black ; a diffused brown fascia
on subcostal nervure from before middle to apex ; a white streak
on median nervure with a diffused brown fascia below it, an oblique
brown streak from inner margin before middle to middle of vein 1 ;
a few black scales in middle of cell and a slight V-shaped mark
representing extremitj^ of claviform ; a black point in lower angle
of cell, a diffused white fascia in submedian fold from middle to
termen, towards which it extends above vein 2 ; the veins beyond
the cell slightly streaked with whitish and defined by fine brown
streaks ; veins 4, 3 more prominently white ; the interspaces of
terminal area with fine brown streaks ; postmedial line represented
by a series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4; an oblique ochreous fascia from apex with a trian-
gular brown shade on termen below it ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing semihyaline white, with a series of black points
on termen from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with black.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foste7-), 1 (S type. Exj}. 36 millim.
1900. Cirphis abdominalis. (Plate XCII. fig. 29.)
Leucania abdominalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 338 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.
ii. p. 273.
Leucania moorei, Svvinh. A. M. N. H. (7) x. p. 50 (1902).
Head, thorax, and abdomen flesh-colour or pale straw-yellow;
teguhe with three fine brown lines. Fore wing flesh-colour or
pale straw-yellow ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks ;
the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a brown fascia below
median nervure ; antemedial line sometimes represented by a black
point in sul)median fold, the postmedial line by obliquely placed
black points on veins 4 and 2 ; a triangular shade from termen below
apex; a series of minute terminal black points sometimes present.
Hind wing ochreous white suffused with fuscous except on costal
area, especially on the veins and towards termen ; the underside
ochreous white, with some dark irroration on costal and terminal
areas, a discoidal point and postmedial and terminal series.
Hab. Punjab, Dharmsjila (IIocJdiKj), 3 c? , 3 $ , type ; Bengal
(Russell), 1 2 type. Exp. 38 millim.
1901. Cirphis lineatipes. (Plates XCII. fig. 30.)
Leucania lineatipes, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 335 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 279.
Leucania percisa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 410 ; Ilmpsu. Moths Ind. n.
p. 274.
Head and thorax pale ochreous brown, head browner; tegulae
52G nfociviDM.
with two dark lines ; abdomen whitish tinged with ochreous.
Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, sometimes tinged with purplish
pink and irrorated with fuscous ; the veins with slight whitish
streaks defined by fine brown lines ; median nervure and vein 4
with stronger white streaks, the former defined below by a brown
fascia : a triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; a black
point in lower angle of cell ; a curved postmedial series of black
points on the veins and a terminal series. Hind wing whitish
tinged with brown, especially on the veins and terminal half ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly tinged with
brown and irrorated with fuscous, some black points on termen.
Hab. Punjab, Sultanpur, Kulu (Q. Young), 1 (^ , 1 $ , Simla
(Swinhoe), 2 <S , Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 c? , 4 $, type pemsa ;
Assam, Khtisis, 2 c? . ^.ip. 34-38 millim.
1902. Cirphis anteroclara. (Plate XCII. fig. 31.)
Leucania anteroclara, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 200 (1902) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.
Head and thorax ochreous with an olive tinge ; palpi slightly
irrorated with fuscous ; tegulaj with three dark lines ; abdomen
ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous with an olive tinge ; the
veins streaked with white, the median nervure and veins 4, 3 more
strongly, the median nervure defined by a slight dark shade below
it ; the interspaces streaked with olive ; a minute black point in
lower angle of cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 ; an
oblique fuscous shade from termen below apex. Hind wing
ochreous white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ;
the underside with the costal and terminal areas down to vein 2
irrorated with brown, some black points on termen towards apex.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (WoUey-Dod), 4 c?, 3 $. Exj).
40 millim.
*1903. Cirphis oregona.
Leucania oregona, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 202 (1902) ; Djar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.
c? . Pale fawn or reddish grey ; tegulse with two dark lines ;
vertex of thorax with some dark irroration. Fore wing with the
veins white defined by fine dark streaks, the interspaces also with
dark streaks ; the white streak on median nervure expanding into
a mark at lower angle of cell with a black point before it in the
angle, defined below by a fuscous streak confluent with the
triangular dark shade from termen below apex ; postmedial line
punctiform, entire ; terminal area and cilia fuscous. Hind wing
white, with a series of black terminal marks ; the underside with
the costal area irrorated with reddish.
Bab. U.S.A., Oregon, Corvallis. Ex/j. 30 millim. This species
is unknown to me.
ciRPnis. 527
*1904. Cirphis polysticha. (Plate XCII. fig. 32.)
Leiicania polysticha. Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1902, p. 80.
S ■ Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown and fuscous ;
palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal tuft
fuscous at extremity. Fore wing ochreous tinged with reddish
brown and irrorated with black ; the veins whitish defined by
fuscous streaks ; the cell and interspaces of terminal area with
fuscous streaks ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and a slight
streak in and beyond lower angle of cell ; two postmedial series of
black points, becoming very inwardly oblique below vein 4 ; an
indistinct oblique pale fascia from apex ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing semihyaline white, with some black points
on apical half of termen ; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with brown.
Hab. Queensland, Brisbane, type f c5' in Coll. Turner. Exp.
42 millim.
1905. Cirphis rivorum. (Plate XCIII. fig, 1.)
Leiicania rivorum, Guen. Noct. i. p. 82 (1852).
Leucania pampa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 233 (1894).
5 . Head and thorax pnle, suffused with purplish pink and
mixed with a few dark scales ; palpi with some fuscous at sides ;
tegulae with three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous white with
slight dark irroration. Fore wing yellowish white, irrorated with
a few black scales on costal and inner areas ; the veins white
strongly defined by purple-brown streaks ; the interspaces with
purple-brown streaks ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and
another in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of indistinct
blackish points on the veins. Hind wing semihyaline white, the
termen slightly tinged with brown on apical half ; the underside
with the costal area and apical part of termen tinged with ochreous
and with slight dark irroration, some black points on latter.
c? . Tegulce witliout the three dark lines ; fore wing with the
veins less prominently defined ; hind wing entirely white.
Hah. Cuba ; Brazil, llio Janeiro, 1 5 > Castro Parana, type
pampa in Coll. Schaus; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 5. Exp.
38 millim.
1906. Cirphis sarcistis, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 2.)
Leucania extincta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 261 (part.), uoc Gucn.
S . Head and thorax pale flesh-pink, mixed with whitish and
slightly with dark brown ; tcgulse with traces of two dark lines ;
abdomen rufous, ventrally paler with some dark irroration. Foro
Aving pale flesh-pink with slight dark irroration ; the veins whitish
defined by tine brown streaks ; the interspaces of terminal half
with brown streaks ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a
slight oblique dark shade from termon below apex. Hind wing
628 WOCTTTID^.
semihyaline white, the inner area with some pale rufous hair ; the
underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and slightly
irrorated with brown, some terminal black points from apex to
vein 2.
Hah. Costa Rica {Underwood), 1 S type, Godman-Salvin Coll.
Exp. 38 millim.
1907. Cirphis calgariana. (Plate XCIIl. fig. 3.)
Leucania calgariana. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 201 (1902) ; Djar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.
S . Head and thorax pale pinkish rufous ; palpi more ochreous ;
tegulte with three dark lines ; abdomen greyish ochreous, the anal
tuft x'file ochreous. Fore wing pinkish rufous ; the veins streaked
with white, the median nervure and veins 3, 4 more strongly, the
median nervure with a slight dark shade below it ; the interspaces
with fine rufous streaks ; a minute black point in lower angle of
cell and postmedial points on veins 5 and 2 ; a very slight dark
shade from termen below apex. Hind wing white, the veins and
termen tinged with brown ; the underside tinged with pink, the
costal area irrorated with a few black scales.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 2 J co-type.
Exp. 42 millim.
1908. Cirphis sarcophsea, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 4.)
S . Head and thorax rufous ; sides of palpi and frons blackish ;
abdomen rufous dorsally suffused with black. Fore wing pinkish
rufous sparsely irrorated with black ; the veins pale defined by
rufous streaks, the interspaces of terminal half finely streaked with
rufous ; a small black patch at lower angle of cell ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing uniform fuscous ; cilia rufous
tinged with fuscous at base ; the underside rufous irrorated with
black, a black discoidal spot and terminal series of points.
Hah. N. Peetj, Hauncabamba, 2 c? type. Exp. 36-42 millim.
1909. Cirphis jaliscana. (Plate XCIII. fig. 5.)
Leucania jaliscana, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 114 (1898) ; Dnice,
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568.
(J . Head and thorax ochreous yellow ; tegulte with three dark
lines, and purplish pink towards extremities ; the prothoracic and
abdominal crests black and white ; abdomen ochreous yellow.
Fore wing ochreous yellow, the veins defined by rufous streaks and
with rufous streaks in interspaces ; antemedial line represented by
three obliquely placed black points on inner half ; a white point at
lower angle of cell on a diffused rufous patch ; a postmedial series
of black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique ; a triangular rufous patch on termen below apex ;
ciRi'His. 529
cilia fuscous brown. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and
termeu slightly tinged with oclireous. Underside of fore wing
with the subcostal nervure and veins beyond the cell to postmedial
line streaked with black ; hind wing with the costal area slightly
irrorated with black, some black points on apical half of
termen.
Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara, 1 d type f J in Coll. Schaus ; Cuba.
Exp. 34 millira.
1910. Cirphis polystrota, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 6.)
Head and thorax pale purplish red ; vertex of head whitish ;
abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing
ochreous suffused with pinkish brown and slightly irrorated with
black; the veins white defined by slight brown streaks; the
interspaces with fine brown streaks ; a white point at lower angle
of cell ; a curved postmedial series of black points on the veins
and a terminal series ; a slight oblique dark shade from termen.
below apex. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen
tinged with ochreous brown ; the underside with the costal area
tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown, some
black points on termen from apex to vein 2.
Hah. Triniuad {Lady Broome), 1 § ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 2 S type ;
Paraguay, fSapucay (Foster), 3 5 . ^.rp. 3-J:-38 millim.
1911. Cirphis microsticha, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 7.)
Leucania extinda, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 261 (part.), nee
Guen.
Leucania soli/a, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 2fi2 (nee VVlk.).
Head and thorax whitish tinged with flesh-pink and slightly
mixed with brown; tegulje with traces of two dark lines; abdomen
ochreous whitish. Pore wing whitish tinged with flesh-pink and
slightly irrorated with black ; the veins white defined by slight
brown streaks; the interspaces with brown streaks, more prominent
towards termen ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and another
in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial scries of black points on the
veins, sometimes connected by traces of a dentate line j a slight
obli(|ue dark shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing white, female with the veins and termen
tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area tinged with
ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown ; some black points on
termen from apex to vein 2.
Hah. Mexico City (Hoer/e), 1 5; Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts.
(Undericood), 1 J,l $ type, Godman Salvin Coll.; Panama, La
Chorrera (Dolhij-Ti/ler), 1 j. A\v2>. 34-38 millim.
J 9 1 2. Cirphis palliseca. (Plate XCIII. fig. 8.)
LctKania paUiscca, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Miis. xsv. p. 203 (1902) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.
VOL. v. 2 m
630 NOCTUIU.E.
5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish oclireous, tegulse usually
with two or three slight dark lines ; patagia sometimes with some
black scales near upper edge ; tibiae with blackish bands on the
spurs ; abdomen with the ventral surface irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing whitish ochreous ; the veins white defined by fine rufous
streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; the costal area
slightly irrorated with black ; a black point below origin of vein 2
and another in lower angle of cell ; traces of a curved postmedial
series of points, almost obsolete except on veins 5 and 2 ; a slight
triangular brown shade from terraen below apex ; a terminal
series of slight points. Hind wing white, the veins and termen
tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area tinged
with ochreous and irrorated with brown, some black points on
apical part of termen.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, 1 $ co-type, Durango (Oslar),
4 2 , N^ew Mexico, Albuquenjue (Oslar), 2 5 , Arizona, Jerome
(Oshir), 1 $. Kcj^. 34-40 millim.
1913. Cirphis humidicola. (Plate XCIII. fig. 9.)
Leucania humidicola, Guen. Noct. i. p. 90 (1852).
Leucania extenuata, Gruen. Noct. i. p. i)0 (]8r)2).
Leucania tayaudi, Guen. Noct. i. p. 9U (ISf)-).
Leucania dorsalis, Wlk. re. 98 (1856).
Leucania soiita, Uruce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 262 (part.), nee Wlk.
Head and thorax ochreous, with a very slight rufous tinge ; frons
with rufous bar ; tegulse with three dark lines and the tips fuscous
and grey ; a few black scales near upper edge of patagia; abdomen
ochreous. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins white defined by fine
rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; a black
poiut below origin of vein 2 and another in lower angle of cell ;
traces of a postmedial series of points usually almost obsolete, except
those on veins 5 and 2 ; a triangular brown shade from termen below
apex ; a terminal series of slight points. Hind wing white, the
veins and termen slightly tinged with ochreous ; the underside with
the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous, some
black points on apical part of termen.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {Trujillo), 1 $, Guerrero (H. H. Smith),
1 $ ; Guatemala (Chamjriou), 1 ^ , 2 $ ; Costa Eica {Underwood),
2 2 ; Panama, Bugaba {Chamjyion), 1 c? Godman-Salviu Coll., La
Chorrera (Dolhij-TyJer), 3 (5; Cuba; Haiti {Tweedie), 2 $ type
dorsalis; St. Lucia (Cowie), 1 $ ; Grenada (H. H. Smith), 2 c5' ;
St. Vincent (H. H. Smith), 1 J ; Barbados (Frampton), 1 5 ;
Teinidad, 1 $; Cayenne; Brazil, Amazons (Trail), 1 J, Para
(Austen), 1 S -, Espiritu Sto., 1 2 » Petropolis (Doer), 1 5 , Organ
Mts. (B. S. Wagner), 1 S ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 d" , 2 $ ;
Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 § ; Peru, Callao (J. J. Waller), 1 J ,
1 2 ' Exp. 32-40 millim.
CIKPHI*. 631
1914. Cirphis insulicola.
Le.ucania insidico/a, Giien. Noct. i. p. 82(1852).
Leucania si)n2>laria, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 252, f. 160 (1891).
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; tegulte with two
dark lines ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdo-
men brownish ochreous, the dorsal crest blackish at tip. Fore wing
ochreous ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with black ;
the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also
streaked with brown ; the antemedial lino represented by obliquely
placed black points below cell and in submedian fold ; a black point
in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of points, with traces of
another series before them, bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apex defined by brownish
above and below by the triangular brown shade from tcrmen below
apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline
white, the veins and termen tinged with brown, especially in female ;
the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated
with brown, some black points on termen from apex to vein 2,
Ab. 1. Fore wing with small fuscous patch beyond lower angle of
cell and the terminal area darker. — Gambia, in Coll. de Joannis.
Hab. S. Leone {Cator), 1 $; Gambia; Nigeria, Sapele (/SwrMp-
so7i), 1 cJ , 12; Natal, Dui'ban (Gooch), 1 $; Madagascar;
liouRBON, type t in Mus. Paris, iiliy. 34-36 millim.
1915. Cirphis compta.
Leucania compta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 336, pi. 37. f. 8; Hmpsu.
Moths lud. li. p. 272.
Lrvcnnia caiiaraica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339.
IjL'Ucania nefasia, Swiiih. Trans. Eiit. Soc. 1890, p. 219.
Leucania stramen, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 68, pi. 144. f. 2 (1891).
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous : teguite with
two dark lines ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;
abdomen ochreous, dorsally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing
ochreous, with a slight rulbus tinge in and beyond end of cell ; the
veins whitish defined by fine reddish-brown streaks, the interspaces
also streaked with brown; the median nervure more pi'orainentlj'
white, expanding towards extremity, beyond which there is a small
fuscous patch; the antemcdial line usually represented by a black
point below cell and oft^^n another nearer the base on vein 1 ; a
postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and
oblicjue below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apex, with a tri-
angular dark shade below it from termen ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with ochreous brown
from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal and terminal
areas tinged with ochreous, some black points on apical half of
termen.
JJah. Ganjam ; Bombay, Canara {Ward), 1 $ type canaraica;
Madras, Xilgiris ( ffctmpson), 1 S type stramen; Ckvlon, Dickova
nil 2
>32
N0CTUIBJ5.
(Green), 3 S\ Bukma, Bhamo, 2 S type nefasta ; Singapoee
{Eu/ley), 1 J; Borneo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 J. ^'^'p• 26-32
millim.
1916. Cirphis megaproctis, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 10.)
S - Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi hlackish at sides ;
frons with black bar ; tegulae with two black lines and black tips ;
patagia with some black scales near upper edge; legs irrorated with
black, mid tibife with two black streaks, hind tibite with one, spurs
banded with black ; abdomen ochreous white, a sublateral series of
small black spots, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore
wing ochreous white, the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated
with black ; the veins white defined by fine fuscous streaks, the
interspaces of terminal area also streaked with fuscous ; traces of
an antemedial series of points oblique from costa to the submedian
fold, where there is a more prominent point, then strongly angled
inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; a black point
in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, partially connected
by a crenulate line ; a very slight triangular fuscous shade from
termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
white, the veins and termen tinged-Avith brown ; the underside with
Ihe costal area slightly irrorated with black, a postmedial series of
slight streaks on the veins and a terminal series of points from apex
to vein 2.
Bah. Ceylon, Haputale (Maclivood), 1 S type, Kandy {E. E.
Green), 1 c5' • B^i'j). 30 millim.
1917. Cirphis juncicola.
Lencavia pmcicola, Guen. Noct. i. p. S3 (18r)2) ; Smith, Cat. Noot. N. Am.
p. 188."
Helio2)hila adjiita, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 158 (1874).
Head and thorax ochreous ; palpi with some black at sides: frons
rufous below ; tegnlre with two pur])lish-fuscous lines with reddish
behind them, the thoracic crest purplish at tips ; pectus purj)lish red
RF
Fig. I5d.— cirphis juncicola, (^. \.
in front; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with reddish brown, the
crest at base purplish fuscous at tij)s, ventrally slightly irrorated
with black, the genital tufts large. Fore wing ochreous with slight
cjKPiiis. 533
black irroratiou on costal area towards apex and on inner area
towards tornus ; the veins whitish defined by rufous streaks ; the
interspaces with rufous streaks, a slightly stronger rufous fascia
below median nervure ; a black point bolow origin of vein 2 and
another in lower augle of cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5
and 2, sometimes traces of a complete series and of a line bent out-
wards below costa ; an oblique pale shade from apex ; a terminal
scries of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and
terminal area tinged with fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous white;
the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated
with black, a terminal series of black points on apical half.
Hah. U.S.A., Alabama, 1 S type adjuta, Texas, 2 c? , 1 $ .
Exp. 40 millim.
1918. Cirphis microgonia, n. sp. (Tlate XCIII. tig. 11.)
Leucania cj-thicta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 2(U (pari.), nee
Guen.
Leucania saleh'rosa., Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Aui., Het. i. p. 262 (nee Butl.).
Head and thorax pale ochreous; palpi and frons tinged with
brown ; tegulae with three brown lines ; patagia with a few black
scales near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with
brown, ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the
cell and area just below and beyond it tinged with rufous ; the
costal area whitish irrorated with black ; the veins white defined
by fine rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ;
the white streak on median nervure expanding into a slight hook at
lower augle of cell ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and another
in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points, bent out-
wards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia
from apex and a triangular brown shade from termen below apex ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, the
veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside with
the costal area irrorated with fuscous, some black points on apical
part of termen.
Hub. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 J, Coatepec (Brools), 1 J;
GvxTEM\Li&. {Champion), 2 c? ; Panama, Bugaba {Chamjnon), 1 $,
Chiriqui (Champion), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Kvp. 30-3G
millim.
1919. Cirphis riparia.
Leucania riparia, Ranib. Ami. Soc. Obs. 1829, p. 201. ]il. (). f. T) ; id. Ann.
S.)c. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 2SS, pi. !). f. I ; Diip. Lep. Fr., Supj)!. iii. p. 339,
pi. 31. ff. 3 a, h; Ilerr.-Sfliair. Eur. Sclimett., Noel. fi". 3(l8, ai*!.
2 . Head and thorax white with a slight violaceous tinge, mixed
with fuscous ; tegulue with a white line defined on each side by
fuscous near base and a dark line defined by white above ; abdo-
men ochreous white sliglitly tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish
with a slight violaceous tinge; the veins white defined by fine brown
63-i NocTUiDJi:.
streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a slight brown
shade through the cell and thence obliquely to apex above an
oblique pale fascia from apex defined below by a triangular
brown shade from tcrmen : a rather indistinct postraedial series of
black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;
a terminal series of black points ; cilia brownish intersected with
white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area suffused with
brown; cilia white; the underside with the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, postmedial series
of short streaks on the veins, and some points on apical half of
termen.
Hah. S. France, Leech Coll. ; Corsica ; Italy ; Syria ; E. Siberia,
TJssuri. Exp. 34 millim.
*1920. Cirphis deserticola. (Plate XCIII. fig. 12.)
Leuoania deserticola, Bartel, Iris, xv. p. 204 (1902).
(S . Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with brown, the head
and tegulae strongly tinged ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown
and veutrally irrorated with black. Fore wing pale suft'ubed with
reddish brown, the inner area slightly irrorated with fuscous ; the
veins prominently streaked with white, the median nervure and
veins 3, 4 rather more strongly so, defined by fine dark brown
gtreaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown. Hind wing
whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the veins and area between
veins 4 and 6 rather more strongly so ; the underside white, the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal
lunule.
Hab. Russia, Urals, co-type t in Coll. Piingeler. Erp. 38 millim.
1921. Cirphis insecuta, (Plate XCllI. fig. 13.)
Leucania insecuta, Wlk. xxxii. 625 (1865).
Leucania intermissa, Wlk. xxxii. (526 (1865).
Leucania striata. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 127.
Head and thorax ochreous with a rufous tinge ; frons and vertex
of head with dark bars ; tegulae with three dark lines and greyish
tips ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen
ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous, the claspers of male very
large and with tufts of ochreous hair. Fore wing ochreous with a
very slight reddish tinge in andbeyond end of cell ; the veins strongly
defined by purple-brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with
brown ; the subbasal line represented by a black point on costa,
the antemedial line by points on costa, below cell, and on vein 1, the
second furthest from base ; extremity of clavit'orm indicated by a
black point ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line
represented by a double series of black points, the inner in the
interspaces, the outer on the veins, bent outwards below costa and
oblique below vein 4 ; a triangular brown shade from termen below
apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous
white, the veins, terminal and inner areas suffused with brown ; the
ciiu'iiis. 535
underside whiter, with the costal and termiijal areas irrorated with
browu, some black points on termeu from apex to vein 2.
Hab. Japan, Hakodate, 1 5 , Yokohama {Fryer, Manley), 3 c? , 5 $ ,
type striata ; China, Shanghai, 2 $ type and type intermissa.
Exp. 40-46 millim.
*1922. Cirphis postica. (Plate XCVI. fig. 12.)
Leiicania postica, Wilem. ined.
S . Head and thorax ochreous white irrorated with pale brown ;
abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with ochreous except at base,
ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous white ; the
veins defined by reddish-brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked
with red-brown ; an ill-defined ochreous-white fascia in submediau
interspace and another in and beyond cell, then bent upwards to
apex ; a black point in lower angle of cell and a terminal series.
Hind wing ochreous white, almost entirely sufi'ased with fuscous
brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with black,
a slight discoidal lunule and terminal series of black points.
Hah. Japan, Yokohama, tvpe t d in Coll. Wilemaii. Exj>.
32 millim.
1923. Cirphis simiosa. (Plate XCIII. fig. 14.)
Leucania sinuosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 102 (1882) ; Hmpan. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 273.
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with dark reddish brown;
tegulae with medial brown line and brown tips ; patagia with dark
streak on outer edge ; legs streaked with brown ; abdomen brown,
the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with ochreous.
Pore wing ochreous ; the costal area slightly irrorated with black ;
a white streak on medial nervure interrupted at antemedial line and
again near end of cell, where it has traces of a slight hook, defined
by dark brown streaks with some rufous suffusion below it and
sometimes also above it in cell, from lower angle of cell the
dark brown fascia runs obliquely to termen below apex, towards
which it expands into a triangular patch ; subbasal line represented
by a black point on costa ; antemedial line represented by a black
point on costa, then indistinct, irregular, oblique to submedian fold,
and strongly angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform
small, brown defined by dark brown, the former rather elongate ;
postmedial line crenulate with black points on the veins, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique : a terminal
series of small black lunules; cilia dark brown intersected with
ochreous. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia ochreous with a brown
line through them ; the underside ochreous irrorated with dark
brown, a discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial lino with short black
streaks at the veins, and terminal series of small s])ots.
Hah. W. China, Washan (Pratt), 1 J ; Punjab, Kuhi, Sultanporo
(G. Younff), 1 2 , l)harrasala(//o(7a'»'/), 1 J , 3 5 ; Sikhim {Lidder-
dah), 4 $ type. h\vp. 38 millim.
536 kocxuidje.
1924. Cirphis andereggi.
Leucania andereggii, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 132 (1840); Herr.-Schaff.
Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 32ti; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. l'J2.
Leucania valesicola, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 440 (1852).
Leucania cinis^ Frr. Neue Beitr. Sclimett. pi. 629. f. 3 (1858).
Leucania rupica^na, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 18()0, p. 284, pi. 7. f. 1.
Agrotis ene/adincnsis, Mill. Eev. etMag. 1873, p. 3; id. Icones, iii. pp. 308,
4C6,pl.'l39. f. 2.
Head and thorax pale olive-brown ; abdomen fuscous grey, the
anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale olive-brown irrorated
with black ; the cell, the area below it, and apical part of costal
area tinged with rufous ; the veins strongly streaked with white ; a
prominent black streak below the cell from base to below origin of
vein 2 ; an oblique black striga above inner margin before middle ;
a slight black streak in lower angle of coll continued beyond the
cell above and below vein 5 ; a terminal series of small triangular
black marks. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia pale brown with a
dark line through them ; the underside grey tinged with fuscous.
Ab. 1. cinis. Much darker; fore wing black-brown with the
veins white.
Ab. 2. engadinensis. Fore Aving witli the veins indistinctly
streaked with grey, a curved diffused black postmedial line. This
may j)rove to be a distinct species.
Hub. France, Pyrenees ; Switzerland, Engadine, 2d', 1 $ ;
Bosnia ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-Kul. Exp. 34 millim.
1925. Cirphis lineata.
Leucania lineata, Ev. Bidl. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 550; Herr.-Scbaff. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. f. 368 ; Frr. Neue Beitr. Schmett. pi. 478. f. 1 ; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.
Head and thorax brownish ochreous slightly mixed with black
hairs ; palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen greyish fuscous, the anal
tuft brownish. Fore wing brownish ochreous irrorated with a few
black scales ; the veins streaked with white, the median nervure
and veins 3, 4 more strongly ; a prominent black streak below cell
from base to origin of vein 2 ; a black streak in lower end of cell,
continued beyond the cell above and below vein 5 ; a slight oblique
brown shade from termcn below apex ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing fuscous, the cilia ochreous ; the underside pale
irrorated with black ; a small discoidal spot.
Hab. Russia, Urals, 1 c? , 1 $ . Exj). 34 millim.
1926. Cirphis alboradiata, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 15.)
J . Head and thorax white tinged with brown ; fore tibiae
streaked with black ; the tarsi blackish ; abdomen grey tinged
with fuscous. Fore wing brownish grey slightly irrorated with
ciRPHis. 537
fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell ; median netvure streaked
with white ; vein 4 below aud veins 6, 3, and 1 defined on botli
sides by white ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing-
whitish uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia white; the under-
side whitish irrorated with brown.
Hab. Patagonian Andes, Val de Lago Blanco, 1 (S type.
Eocp. 30 millim.
*1927. Cirphis phlebitis. (Plate XCIII. fig. 16.)
Leucania phlebitis, rUiig. Soc. Ent. xix. p. 130 (1904).
c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore
wing grey-brown irrorated with durk brown, the basal and costal
areas rather paler ; the inner margin whitish ; the veins finely
streaked with whitish, the median nervure and veins 3, 4, and base
of 5 rather more distinctly so ; some diffused slightly darker Irown
above and below median nervure and beyond lower angle of cell.
Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the veins and termen darker;
cilia pale with a brown lino through them ; the underside whitish
irrorated with browai.
Hah. Mongolia, Aksu, type t in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 38
millim.
*1928. Cirphis j or dana. (Plate XCIII. fig. 17.)
Leucania jordana, Bart. Iris, 1904, p. 158.
Head and thorax ochreous with a slight rufous tinge ; sides of
palpi and frons fuscous ; fore and mid tibiae and tarsi mostly
fuscous ; abdomen with diffused fuscous dorsal bands. Fore wing
ochreous with a very slight rufous tinge ; the veins whitish, very
prominently defined by blackish streaks, the cell and submcdian fold
also with blackish streaks. Hind wing whitish nearly uniformly
suffused with fuscous ; the underside white.
Hah. SrRiA, Jordan Valley, tyj^e t c? , $ in Coll. Bartcl. Exp.,
d 36, $ 42 millim.
1929. Cirphis sicula.
Leucania sicula, Treit. Scbmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 90 083.5) ; Hcrr.-Schaff.
Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 340; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.
Leucania cyperi, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 133 (1840).
Lexicania albivena, Grasl. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1852, p. 409, pi. 8. i. f. 1.
Leucania fuscilinea, Grasl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1852, p. 411, pi. 8. i. f. 2.
Head and thorax ochreous ; palpi and tegulse irrorated with
black ; antennae brown, except at base ; abdomen ochreous dorsally
tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous si)arsely irrorated with
black, the veins defined by fine brown streaks ; the median nervure
white, a blackish streak Ijelow its basal half, a black point in lower
angle of cell, and a diffused fuscous streak beyond the cell to half-
way along vein 5. Hind wing white with some black j)oii)ts on
termen, in female suffused with brown, especially on the veins and
538
noctuid.t;.
terminal area. Underside of fore wing with some fuscous suffusion
on disc ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with brown.
Ab. 1. alhivena, Fore wing with postmedial series of black
points.
Ab. 2. cyperi. Fore wing without the dark streaks.
Hah. Belgium; S.W. Frah^ce ; Sardinia; Italy, Central and
South, Capri (C. S. Browne), Sicily, Zeller Coll. Ea-^^. 32-3-i
millim.
1930. CirpMs alopecuri.
Lemanla alojKcuri, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 132 (1840) ; Herr.-ScbafT.
Eur. Schiuett., Noct. f. 369; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.
(S . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with brown ; abdo-
men whitish slightly tinged with brown, the dorsal crest at base
tipped with blackish. Fore wing ochreous suffused with brown,
tending to form diffused streaks defining the whitish veins ; a white
point at lower angle of cell and black point in angle ; traces of a
curved postmedial series of points sometimes present ; a terminal
series of poiuts. Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less
tinged with ochreous brown ; the underside white, the costal area
slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, some black
points on apical part of termen.
II((b. S. liussiA, Sarepta {Christojjh), Zeller Coll.; ?E. Siberia.
Ea-ji. 30-32 millim.
1931. Cirphis irregularis.
Nonagria irregularis, Wlk. xi. 71- (1857); -Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 281.
Leucania cxnosa, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent,. xx. p. 24, pi. 2. f. 13 (1877).
Axj/lia ahstracta, Swinli. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 221, pi. vii. f. 13.
Leucania sepidehralis, Lucas, P. Roy. Soc. Queer.sl. xv. p. 149 (1900).
Head and thorax brown, more or less completely suffused with
fuscous ; abdomen brownish grey, the basal crest dark. Foro wing
ochreous brown, more or less completelj' suffused with fuscous ; a
black streak below base of cell ; a fuscous fascia aloug median
nervure, expanding beyond the cell to termen below ape.v and
toruus ; some blackish streaks in the interspaces beyond upper angle
of cell ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; traces of a waved
postmedial line usually present, incurved below vein 4 and with
series of black points beyond it on the veins ; an oblique black
streak from apex bounding the dark area above ; a terminal series
of black points usually present. Hind wing ochreous white, the
terminal area tinged with brown or fuscous ; the underside with
the costal area and termen tinged with fuscous.
IJab. Punjab, Kangra, 1 (S > Burma, Moulmein (C'lerck), 1 2
type, llaugoon, 1 (5, Thayetmyo (Cory), 1 5» Bhamo, 1 5 type
absitracta ; Prov. Wellesley (Ridley), 1 J ; Singapore (EkUey),
1 c? , 2 $; Borneo, 1 S '•, Java; Queensland, Brisbane (Turner),
1 J , 1 $ . Exp. 26-38 millim.
CIKl'UIS.
539
1932. Cirphis cinereicollis. (Plate XCIII. fig. 18.)
Leucania cinereicollis, Wlk. xv. 1659(1858).
Leiicania xoUta, Di-uce, Biol. Centr-.-Aui., Het. i. p. '262 (part.), nee Wlk.
Head aucl thorax ochreous ; palpi dark at sides ; tegulse with
three dark lines ; patagia edged with dark scales above ; dorsal
crests of thorax and abdomen dark at tips ; abdomen ochreous
irroratcd with brown. Fore wing ochreous, tinged with rufous
and irrorated with a few dark scales ; the veins whitish defined by
fine brown streaks ; the interspaces with brown streaks ; a slight
black streak below base of cell and a fuscous fascia on median nervure
continued to termen above vein 4 ; a black point below origin of
vein 2 ; a small white spot at lower angle of cell ; a curved post-
medial series of black points on the veins and a terminal series ; an
oblique brown shade from termen just below apex. Hind wing
semihyaline white ; the underside with the costal area tinged with
brown and irrorated with dark scales, the termen with a series of
black points fi-om apex to vein 2.
Hab. Costa Ric.\, Irazu {Ro(/ers), 2 S , Godman-Salvin Coll. ;
Cuba. ; Guadeloupe, 1 (S ; Brazil, Petropolis (Doer), 1 § , Sao
Paulo (D. Jones), 2 2; Paraguay, Sapucay (Fosfer), 8 J , "t 5 ;
Argentina, Goya (Pen-ins), 1 (5,3 $, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 d .
Type t in Mus. Oxon. E.vp. 34-48 millim.
1933, Cirphis punctosa.
Simt/ra pu7ictosa, Treit. Sehinett. v. 2, p. 287 (1825); Fit. Neue Beitr.
Schmett. pi. 406. f. 4 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Sebuiett., Noct. f. 310 ; Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.
Head and thorax grey mixed with rufous ; abdomen ochreous
white. Eore wing ochreous, largely suffused with rufous and with
some fuscous irroration on costal and inner areas ; a more proraiuout
rufous shade in, below, and beyond cell ; some fuscous irroration on
median nervure and base of veins arising from it, the other veins
slightly streaked with whitish ; a slight black streak below base of
cell ; an indistinct highly dentate antemedial line, obsolete on costal
area ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line black,
bent outwards below costa, then represented by a series of points
on the veins, oblique below vein 4 ; the terminal area deep rufous ;
an oblique pale fascia from apex ; a terminal series of black points ;
(;ilia intersected with white. Hind wing pure white, the terminal
area slightly tinged with ochreous; the underside with the costal
area irroratcd with brown; a terminal series of black points from
apex to vein 2.
Bab. S. France, Zcller and Leech Colls. ; Spain ; Sicily : Algeria ;
Asia Minor, Pontus ; Syria ; W. Turke.stan, Turcomania, 1 $ .
Exp. 32-38 millim.
Larva. Mill. Icones. ii. p. 253, pi. 77. f. 10.
Whitish with numerous fine dark lines ; dorsal area yellowish
with fine dorsal line and prominent black subdorsal line interrupted
between the segments ; head yellowish. Food-plants, Grasses. 4.
540 KOCT0IDJE.
1934, Cirphis putrescens.
Noctua putrescens, Geyer, Samml. Eur. Sclimett., Noct ff. 730-1 (1827);
Herr.-Sehaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 301, 327-8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 192.
Soclua boisduvcdi, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 79, pi. 105, f. G (1827).
Head and thorax grej-ish, more or less tinged with ochreous and
mixed with brown ; palpi blackish at sides ; tegulae with medial
black line ; a black streak near ujiper edge of patagia ; abdomen
ochreous white, sliglitlj- irrorated with brown. Fore wang grey
more or less tinged with ochreous, and with some black irroration,
especially on costal and inner areas ; a black streak below base of
cell and an obliiiue streak above inner margin before middle ; the
veins white defined by fine purple-brown streaks diffused on each
side of median nervure and medial part of vein 1 , the interspaces
also with purple-brown streaks ; a white point at lower angle
of cell ; the postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then
represented by a series of points, oblique below vein 4 ; a tri-
angular brown shade from termen below apex conjoined to another
triangular shade above tornus ; a terminal series of black points;
cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing white ; a terminal
series of black points ; the terminal area in female suffused with
brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with black,
a postmedial series of slight black streaks on the veins.
llah. EiUTAiN, Leech Coll. ; W. & S. France, Zellcr Coll. ; Spain ;
Italy, Capri (C /S. Browne) ; Sicily ; Algeria ; Dalmatia ; Istria ;
? W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Issyk-Xul. Exp. 32-36 raillim.
Subsp. canariensis, Eebel, Ann. Nat. Hofin. Wien. ix. p. .58 (1894).
Smaller ; fore wing darker, on underside with prominent discoidal
point.
Ifab. Canaries, Fuerventura.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 70 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 150, pi. 203. f. 2 ;
Milliere, Icones, ii. p. 204, pi. 77- f. 11.
Greyish ochreous to reddish brown ; dorsal line pale, dark-edged,
almost white on thoracic somites ; subdorsal and lateral lines
whitish, dark-edged, separated by an ochreous-brown area ; spira-
cular line brown ; subspiracular line pale ; head grey with darker
markings. Food-plants, Grasses. 10-2.
*iy35. Cirphis herrichi.
Lmcania herrichii, Herr.-Scbaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ii. p. 238, Noct.
f. 341 (1845) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.
J . Head and thorax pale ferruginous mixed with fuscous ;
abdomen grey-brown, tinged with rufous and irrorated with
fuscous. Fore wing greyish, almost entirely tinged with ferruginous
red, and thickly irrorated, and in places suffused, with fuscous ;
a black streak below base of cell ; the antemedial line oblique to
median nervure, excurved below cell and above inner margin, angled
inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform represented by slight
ciRPnis. 541
ferruginous marks, the latter with white point below it at lower
angle of cell ; postraedial lino stronglj^ dentate, bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; the veins of terminal area
with dark streaks ; subterminal line onl^' represented by the area
beyond it being darker, arising obliquely from termen below apex,
angled inwards in discal and submedian folds, excurved at middle ;
cilia fuscous intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white,
the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous brown ; cilia
ochreous ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas tinged
with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.
Hah. Asia Minor, Bithynia, Pontus, Taurus ; Siria, Dead Sea,
in Coll. Piiiigeler, Exp. 40 millim.
1936. Cirphis phaea. (Plate XCIII, fig, 19.)
Leticania phcBU, Hmpsn. Aun. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 275 (1902).
S . Head and thorax brown largely mixed with fuscous : ab-
domen brownish white, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing
pale grey-brown very thickly irrorated with black ; the veins
slightly paler and defined by very slight dark streaks ; the inter-
spaces of terminal area with slight dark streaks; median nervure
with a diffused fuscous streak extending to just beyond lower angle
of cell, where there is a white point ; an indistinct irregularly
crenulate postmedial line, bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with brown ;
the underside with the costal area ochreous, irrorated with black
and on terminal area down to vein 2.
Hah. Natal, Estcourt {Hidchmson), 1 c? ; Cape Colonv, Transkei
{Miss F. Barrett), 1 (^ type. Exp. 34 millim.
1937. Cirphis leucosticha, n. n.
Leucania insullcola, Saaliii. Lep. Madag. p. 254, f. 181 (1891), nee Guen.
Head and thorax purplish grey or brow^nish ochreous mixed with
fuscous ; frons with blackish lateral bars ; tegulae with three dark
lines ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally tinged Avith brown towards
extremity. Fore wing pale ochreous more or less tinged with
purj)lish red, especially in and beyond end of cell, and sparsely
irrorated with black ; the veins whitish defined by fine purple-
brown streaks, the interspaces also tinged with puriile-browu ;
median nervure slightly defined by fuscous above and below,
extending slightly beyond lower angle of cell, wdiere there is a
white point ; traces of an antemedial line usually present, obli(]uo
from costa to just below cell, where there is a black point; a })()st-
medial series of black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4, usually connected by an indistinct crenulate line; a
triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series
of black points ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing semi-
r)42 xoctttid.t:.
hyaline white, the veins and termen down t^ vein 2 tinged with
brown ; the underside with the costal area feged with purplish
and irrorated with black ; a terminal series of black points from
apex to vein 2.
Hah. Br. E. Africa, Eb Urru (Betton), 2 $ ; Natal, Durban
(Gooch, Ltn/h), 2 c? , 1 $,type; Maxjrititjs, Cuerpipe (Tulloch),
1 2 ■ Fjxp. 36 millira.
1938. CirpMs latiuscula. (riate XCIII. fig. 20.)
Leiwania latiiiscula, Herr.-Schiiff. Oorresp.-Blatt zool. min. Ver. Regensb.
1868, p. 148.
HeliopJn/a suhpmrctata, Harv. Bull Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 8 (1875) ;
Smith, Cat. ^oct. N. Am. p. 189.
IjCiicania punctij'era, Mosclil. Ver. z,-b. Wien, 1880, p. 389.
Leucania se7iesccvs, Mosclil. Abli. 8eiiek. Ges. xvi. p. 142 (1890).
Leucania tinila, Schaus, Trans. Am. Eiit. 8op. xxi. p. 233 (1894).
Leiicania covijjiicafa, Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het., Siippl. i. p. 9 (1898).
Leucania mist ecu, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. vi. p. 1 15 (1898) ; Druce, Biol.
Centr.-Ani., Het. ii. p. .5fi8.
Leucania. orizaha, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 115 (1898) ; Druce, Biol.
Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 5(18.
Leucania extiitcta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 261 (part.), nee Guen.
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with fuscous brown ; tegulaB
with three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown,
the dorsal cre.st dark. Fore wing pale greyish or ochreous irrorated
with black, the veins white irrorated with black defined by fine
brown streaks ; the interspaces with fine brown streaks ; the median
nervure with slight dark streak ; a white point at lower angle of
cell and a black point below origin of vein 2 ; a postmcdial series
of black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
very oblique ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semi-
hyaline white, the veins and termen irregularly tinged with brown
in most specimens ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown, a terminal series of black points on costal half.
Ah. 1. Orizaba. Hind wing largely suffused with fuscous.
Bah. U.S.A., Georgia (Ahhot), 1 S, Texas, 1 $ type s>ih-
punctata ; Mexico, Oaxaca, type t S misteca in Coll. Schaus,
Orizaba, type t 6 orizaha in Coll. Schaus, Jalapa {Hoege), 1 J ;
Guatemala, Las Mercedes (Champion). 1 2 ; Panama, Bugaba
(Champion), 1 6 ', Bermuda, Challenger Coll., 1 c? , 4 $ ; Jamaica
(Kaye), 2 cJ , 2 $ ; Cuba ; Porto "Rico ; St. Vincent (ff. H. Smith),
1 <5 ; Grenada, 1 c? ; Barbados (Frampton\ 3 S ; Surinam ; Br.
Guiana, Rockstone (Kaye\ 1 J , Potaro R. (Kaye), 2 2 ; Brazil,
Castro Parana, type t 6 tinila in Coll. Schaus ; Peru, Haunca-
bamba, 1 6 • Exp. 38-42 millim.
1930. Cirphis tritonia, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 21.)
Head and thorax brownish ochreous; palpi with some fuscous
scales at sides; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing brownish ochreous,
slightly irrorated with fuscous and with black on costal and inner
nui'iiis. r)-l3
areas ; tlie iiitersjiacos of terminal area witli dark streaks ; a
black point below oriii^in of vein 2 ; a wlnte point at lower angle of
cell, with some blackish scales before and beyond it ; an indistinct,
obliquely curved, dentate, postmedial line produced to points on
the veins ; a terminal series of points ; a slight oblique dark shade
from terraen below apex. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins
and termen tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal
area tinged with ochreous and irrorated. with brown.
Hah. Columbia, Minca {H. II. Smith), S i" Coll. Druce ;
Brazil, Amazons, R. Jurua {Trail), 1 § type. Exp. 48 millim.
1940. Cirphis atrimacula. (Plate XCIII. fig. 22.)
Leucania atrimacula, Hmpsn. Anu. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 275 (1902).
2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with a few black
scales : abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing
pale ochreous, sparsely irrorated with black ; a black point at b;ise ;
a white point at lower angle of cell, with a black point before it in
the angle and a small lilack patch beyond the angle with some
diffused rufous beyond and below it ; a postmedial series of black
points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an
oblique fuscous shade from termen below apex ; a prominent
terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous wljite, the
terminal area suffused with fuscous ; a terminal series of black
points ; the underside with the costal and terminal ureas irrorated
with black.
Hah. Natal, Durban (Gooch), 1 § type. E.vji. '30 millim.
1941. Cirphis albistigma. (Plate XCIIT. fig. 23.)
Leucavia (iVihtUjma. Mooi-e, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 3;37, pi. 37. f. 9 ; Hin[;sn.
Motlis Ind. ii. p. 275.
Head and thorax grey to pale olive-brown mixed with dark
brown ; tegulae with two dark lines ; abdomen grey, dorsally
tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale olive-brown to grey-brown,
more or less thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins of costal
area defined by tine brown streaks hardly visible except in the-
paler specimens, the interspaces also streaked with brown towards
apex; a slight black streak below base of cell; a slight fuscouS'
shade on each side of median nervure, extending beyond the celt to
the triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; the ante-
medial line represented by obliquely placed black points on costa
and below cell ; a small rather V-shaped white spot with brown
centre ; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below
costa and oblique below vein 4, sometimes with traces of a crenulnte-
line before it ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semi-
hyaline white, the veins, termen, and inner area tinged with brown ;
the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown.
544 NOOTUID^.
Hah. India {Hearsay), 1 S , 1 $ ; Sikhim ; Madras, Gooty
(Campbell), 2 5, Nilgiris {Lindmif, Hampson), 4 c? , 2 5 , Coira-
batore (Walhouse), 1 $ . Eap. 32-38 millitn.
*
1942. CirpMs putrida. (Plate XCIII. fig. 24.)
Leucania putrida, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 48 ; id. Oat. Lsp. pal.
p. 192.
Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulae
with more or less distinct dark medial line ; abdomen grey-white
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing pale brownish grey, slightly
irrorated with fuscous ; a broad fuscous fascia above and below
median nervure to beyond cell ; antemedial line represented by dark
points on the veius with traces of an excurved line below cell ; a
white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line strongly dentate,
oblique below vein 4 ; terminal area fuscous, with the veins crossing
it grey, runniug obliquely from termen just below a[)ex to discal
fold, then excurved ; a terminal series of small black luuules. Hind
wing semihyaline white ; the veins brown ; the termen tinged with
brown ; a terminal series of black points ; the underside with the
costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.
Hah. W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi;
Mongolia, Aksu, in Coll. Piingeler. Kvp. 34-38 millim.
Subsp. pala-stince, Stand. Iris, x. p. 174, pi. iv. ff. 11, 12 (1897).
§ . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; teguloe without dark
line ; fore wing ochreous ; the fuscous fascia confined to medial
area above median nervure ; the postmedial line hardly traceable,
except as a series of points on the veins; the dark terminal area
reduced to dentate marks in the interspaces. Hind wing yellowish
white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous.
Hab. Stria. Exp. 40 millim.
1943. Cirphis zeset.
Nortua ::c(b. Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. 1, p. 363, pi. 122. f. 4 (1827) ; Yievw-
Scbtiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. tf'. 311.315; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.
Leucania indistincta, Christ. Rom. Mem. iii. p. 79, pi. 4. f. 5 (1887).
Head and thorax brownish ochreous mixed with gre}^ ; palpi
and legs irrorated with fuscous ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings ;
abdomen white, tinged with ochreous. Fore wing brownish
ochreous suffused and irrorated with grey, the veins irrorated
with fuscous ; the antemedial line represented by dark points on
the veins or traces of a waved line ; a white point at lower angle
of cell ; a more or less prominent dentate postmedial line with
more distinct dark points at the veins, bent outwards below costa
and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique dark shade from termen
below apex. Hind wing white, the termen with some black
points ; the underside with slight dark irroration on costal and
apical areas, a postmedial series of points on costal half.
ciRPHis. 545
Ab. 1. indisfincta. Hind wing with the veins and termen
tinged with fuscous.
Ilab. S. France, Montpellier, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;
Spain, Andahisia ; Italy; Dalmatia ; Greece; Egypt; W.
Turkestan, Turcomania, 3 $ , Ferghana, Issyk-Kul. Exj). 32-
38 millim.
1944. Cirphis scirpi.
Leucania srirpi, Diip. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 349, pi. 32. f. 3 (1836);
Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.
Leucania dactylklis, Eoisd. Gen. et Ii)d. Meth. p. 133 (1840) ; Diip. Lep.
Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 226, pi. 69. f. 6 ; Herr.-SchafF. Eur. Schinett., Noct.
f. 318.
Leucania montium, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 133 (1840) ; Frr. Neiie
Beitr. Scbmett. v. pi. 395. f. 2; Herr.-Scbaff. Eur. Schmett,, Noct. ii.
f. 317.
Leucania caricis, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 324-5 (nee Treit.).
Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown ; abdomen whitish
tinged with brown. Fore wing grey, thickly irrorated with dark
brown ; a white point at lower angle of cell, with black point
before it and traces of points beyond it ; an indistinct curved post,-
medial series of dark points on the veins. Hind wing white, the
veins and termen slightly tinged with brown ; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, some black
points on apical part of termen.
Ab. 1. dacfi/Iidis. Fore wing tinged with reddish.
Ab. 2. montium. Fore wing more thickly irrorated with fuscous;
hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous.
Hab. France, Ardeche, Zeller Coll. ; W. Germany ; Austria,
Meran, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland ; Spain, Leech Coll. ; Sardinia ;
Italy ; Dalmatia ; j^.sia Minor, Taurus Mts. ; Syria, Mardin,
Talestine. Exp. 32 millim.
Larva. On Grasses.
1945. CirpMs ciliata. (Plate XCIII. fig. 25.)
Leucania ciliata, Wlk. ix. 110 (1856).
Teeniocampa assimilif, Wlk. xv. 1708 (1858).
Head and thorax pale grey-brown irrorated with black scales ;
palpi blackish at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegula; with three
black lines ; abdomen grey tinged with brown, the anal tuft with
rufous, the ventral surface white irrorated with brown, a sublateral
scries of black points. Foro wing pale grey-brown thickly irrorated
with black ; the costal edge whitish ; subbasal lino represented by
a black point on costa; traces of an obliquely waved antomedial
line with series of black points on it ; a white point at lower angle
of cell ; a double postmedial series of black points on the veins, bent
outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series
of black points. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown, paler
towards base ; cilia white at tips ; the underside with the costal and
VOL. V. 2n
G4() KOCTUIT>JS.
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial series of
short streaks on the veins.
Hab. New South Wales, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 ^ type
msimilis, Sydney (Lambert, Eaynor), 2 J , 1 § , type. E.rp. 32
millim.
1946. Cirphis fragilis. (Plate XCIII. fig. 26.)
SvalofK fragilis, Eutl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 160; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 275.
Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with grey ; palpi blackish at
sides ; abdomen greyish or with a rufous tinge in male, yellowish
white in female. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated
with fuscous : antemedial line indistinct, oblique and dentate from
costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; a small
white spot at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line minutely dentate,
bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, oblique below
vein 4, and incurved at submedian fold : a terminal series of minute
points often present. Hind wing whitish slightly tinged with
brown, the veins and termen brown ; the underside whitish, the
costal area tinged with grey-brown, some blackish lunules on
termen.
Hab. Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpore [G. Young), 4 c? , 4 $ , {Hoclcing)
1 c? , 2 $ , Simla (Swinhoe, Harford), 3 c? , 1 $ , type, Dharmsala
(HocJcing), 3 J, 1 5, Kangra Valley (Dudgeon), 1 5 ; Centk.
Provinces. Ewp. 30-32 millim.
Larva. Does much damage to wheat in Chindwara Distr.,
C. Provinces.
1047. Cirphis opaca. (Plate XCIII. fig. 27.)
Lemania ojmca, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 374, pi. 6. f. 13 (1900) ; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 192.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing
grey-white thickly irrorated with brown ; traces of an antemedial
line oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on
vein 1 ; a white point at lower angle of cell with some fuscous
before and beyond it ; an indistinct dentate postmedial line bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, Hind wing whitish,
uniformly suffused with brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown.
Hab. E. Turkestan, Korla, 1 J, 1 ?. Exp., J 32, ? 36
millim.
1948. Cirphis crenulata, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 28.)
S . Head and thorax pale brown ; sides of palpi and frons
blackish ; tegulse with broad black medial line, patagia with black
streak on outer edge ; legs slightly streaked with blackish ; abdomen
brownish grey, dorsally tinged with fuscous before the ochreous anal
tuft. Fore wing grey, tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with
riRPHis. 647
black ; the veins wliitish irrorated with blaek ; a diffused black fascia
below base of cell ; traces of an antemedial line, with black points on
subcostal and median nervuros, just below the cell and on vein 1 ;
the lower part of terminal half of cell suffused with black, extending
beyond its extremity between veins 3 and 5 ; a white point at lower
angle of cell ; a rather indistinct crenulate postmedial line with
black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of ill-defined black marks ; a
terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing whitish almost
uniformly suffused with fuscous, the cilia white ; the underside
white, with postmedial series of black points on the veins and
terminal series from apex to vein 2.
2 . Tegulae without black line and patagia without streak ; fore
wing rather redder except costal area, the black markings absent
except the points representing the ante- and postmedial lines.
Hah. Persian Gulf, Fao {Cumming), 1 c? , 1 5» type. Exp.
40 millim.
1949. Cirphis mesotrosta. (Plate XCIII. fig. 29.)
Leucania mesotrosta, Piingl. Iris, xii. p. 295, pi. 9. f. 9 (1899); Staud. Oat.
Lep. pal. p. 192.
Head and thorax grey-brown with a slight rufous tinge ; ab-
domen brownish grey. Fore wing grey-brown with a rufous tinge
and slight black irroration, especially on the veins ; traces of a waved
antemedial line ; a prominent somewhat lunulate white spot at lower
angle of cell on a diffused black patch ; postmedial line arising from
a black point on costa, somewhat dentate and produced to black
streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved
at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous white, with
a dark line through them ; the underside pale thickly irrorated with
black, a small discoidal spot, diffused sinuous postmedial line, and
some stri;e on termen.
Uab. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 cJ , 1 $ , Amdo. E'oy. 36-40 miliim.
Type t in Coll. Piingeler.
1950. Cirphis unipuncta.
Nodua unipuncta , Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 174 (1809); Steph. 111. Brit. Eiit.,
Haust. iii. p. 80; Harr. Itij. Ins. p. 627, ff. 274-6 ; Riloy, 2nd Rep.
Ins. Mo. p. 37, ff. 11, 14-16; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 26U ;
Hinpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 275 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193 ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 189.
Sptslotis punctulata, Blanch. Gay's Chile, Ins. vii. p. 74 (1852).
Leucania extranea, Guen. Noct. i. p. 77 (1852).
Leucania antica, Wlk. ix. 100 (1856).
Leucania convectu, Wlk. xi. 711 (1857).
Leucania separata, Wlk. xxxii. 626 (1865).
Leucania consimilis, Moore, P. Z. S. 188), p. 336, pi. 37. f. 19.
Leucania trifolii, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 114.
Leucania sacckarivorn, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soo. 1882, p. 115.
Leucania adulteru, SchuuB, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xxi. p. 232 (1894).
2x 2
548 KOCTTJIDJi.
Head and thorax red-brown; tegulae with the basal half pale,
bounded by a dark line ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft and
ventral surface ochreous. Pore wing red-brown slightly striated
and irrorated with fuscous, the costal area more ochreous ; the
antemedial line represented by black points on cost a, median
nervure, and vein 1 ; the orbicular and reniform rounded, pale
reddish and very obscurely defined ; a white point at lower angle of
cell, often with a black point on each side of it ; a postmedial series
•of black points bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique ; an oblique dark streak from apex to vein 5 ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing dark brown, the interspaces
white towards base ; the cilia white ; the underside whitish, the
costal and terminal areas more ochreous and irrorated with brown,
a curved postmedial series of black points and a terminal series on
apical half.
Ab. 1. saccliarivora. Much redder.
Ab. 2. pMnc^?(?«to. More grey-brown ; the striation of the fore
wing much more prominent and the stigmata more distinct.
Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls {Bamston) 1 c? »
3 $ , {Norman) 3 S ; U.S.A., New York, 5 d , 2 $ , Illinois, 1 S ,
Alabama, 1 d , Kansas, 1 § , Texas, Colorado, Denver (Oslar), 1 d" ,
2 2 , New Mexico, Arizona, Prescott (Kunze), 1 5 ; Mexico, Jalapa
(Trnjillo), 4 5 , Cuernavaca (SinitJi), 1 $ , Milpas (Forrer), 2 J >
Mexico City (Hoege), 1 d ; Guatemala {Rodriguez), 1 5 ; Costa
Rica ( Underwood, Rogers), 5 d 5 3 § ; Panama, Chiriqui {GJuimpion),
3 5 , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Jamaica {Kaye), 1 5 ; Cuba ; Vene-
zuela 4 9 type antica ; Brazil, Castro Paraiia, type t $ adidtera
in Coll. Schaus, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 2 $ ; Paraguay, Sapucay
(Foster), 2 $ ; Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 d , 1 $ ; Chile, type
punchdaia in Mus. Paris, Talcahuano {J. J. Walker) 1 d, (Ed-
monds) 3 d 5 3 5 , types saccharivora and trifolii ; Azores (J. J.
WcdJctr), Horta Fayal, 2 5 , Plores, 3 d ; Madeira (Mungo
Park) 1 2 , ( WoUaston) 4 d ; Canaries (Leech), 2 d ; Britain ;
France ; Spain ; Portugal ; S.E. Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan, Yoko-
hama (Pri/er), 1 d , Tokio (Maries), 1 $ ; N. China, Shanghai
(Fortune), 1 $ type separata, Foochow (C. B. Rickett), 1 $ ;
Hongkong (J. J. Walker), 1 d ; C. China, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 d ,
1 2 , Ichang (Pratt), 1 $ ; W. China (Pratt), Ta-chien-lu, 1 $ ,
Kia-ting-fu, 1 $ , Chia-kou-ho, 1 d , Washau, 1 d ; Kashmir
(McArtlmr), Narkundah, Id, 1 $, Kuijar, 1 S, Nubra, 1 d.
jalauri Pass, 1 d ; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Yotwg), 4 d,
Murree (Yerhury), 1 $ , Cambellpur (Yerhury), 1 d > 1 2 , Dharm-
eala (Hocking), 4 d , 2 2 , Jubbulpur (F. Butler), 1 2 . ^lanpuri,
1 d ; Sikhim (Lidderdale), 1 d ; Bengal, Calcutta, 1 2 ; Bombat,
1 d ; Madras, Nilgiris (Hamjison), 3 2 ; Java (HorsfieJd), 4 d ,
2 2; N. S. Wales, Moreton Bay (Biggies), 2 d type convecta,
Sydney (Raynor), 5 d , 2 2 ; Victoria, Melbourne (J. J. Walker),
1 d > Gisborne (Lyell), 1 2 5 New Zealand, Auckland (Sinchdr,
Bolton, Oxley, Skellon), 7 d , 6 2 • Exp. 38-50 millim.
CIKPHIS. 54-9
Larva. Head brown, reticulate with dark brown and with curved
vei'tical bands. Body green or brown, strigose with a darker shade.
Dorsal line nearly lost in a broad dorsal dark powdering, white,
dotted ; subdorsal line more continuous, its upper dark border
diffuse ; lateral line white, between it and substigmatal band dark
brown ; substigmatal band broad, white on the edges, reddish
blotched. Leg-shields brown. Food-plants : Grasses and cereals.
5-6.— H.G.D.
1951. Cirphis corrugata. (Plate XCIII. fig. 30.)
Leitcania corrugata, Hmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 278 (1894).
5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish ochreous ; ab-
domen with the dorsal crest blackish, the ventral surface irrorated
with black. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, slightly irrorated
with black and with some rufoias suiiusion in and beyond end
of cell ; antemedial black points on the veins ; a small elliptical
white spot at lower angle of cell, with ill-defined yellowish discoidal
spot above it ; poslraedial line indistinct, minutely crenulate with
black points at the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4 ; some black points on termen towards apex. Hind
wing ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous, rather jialer on basal,
costal, and inner areas ; cilia ochreous white, with brownish line
through them. Underside ochreous whitish irrorated with fuscous ;
fore wing with the cell slightly suffused with fuscous, an indistinct
oblique postmedial line ; both wings with some points on termen.
Hah. Punjab, Simla, Kau Mt. {Harford), 1 5 type. Exp.
40 millim.
*1952. Cirphis arcupunctata.
Leucaiiia arcupunctata, Mssn. Stiibel's Eeise, p. 138, pi. vi. f. 1 (1890).
Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing
brownish ochreous ; the veins streaked with black, the submedian
fold with a rufous streak, the interspaces of terminal area with
diffused fuscous streaks ; orbicular represented by two black points
on its upper edge, the reniform by four black points at its angles ;
a curved postmedial series of prominent black points on the veins
and a terminal series. Hind wing brownish ochreous, the terminal
area suffused with fuscous.
Huh. EcTTADOR, Antisana, 12,000'. Exp. 48 millim. This
species is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by
Prof. Karsch.
1953. Cirphis denticula.
Leucania denticula, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 90, pi. 101. f. 10 (1893);
id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 273.
$ . Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with reddish
brown ; abdomen ochreous white, the dorsal crest blackish. Fore
650 NOCTUID^E.
wing ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with
fuscous ; the antemedial line brownish with fuscous points on the
veins, obliquely sinuous from costa to submedian fold, then angled
inwards on vein 1 ; the orbicular represented by a small black-
brown spot in cell, the reniform by a larger somewhat quadrate
spot ; postmedial line brown with black points at the veins, crenu-
late, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight
triangular shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the costal area and cilia
ochreous white ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with
fuscous, the inner half of terminal area suffused with fuscous,
a small discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and some points on
terraen.
Hah. Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green), 1 $ type. Eay. 44 millim.
1954. Cirphis pastea, n. sp. (Plate XCVI. fig. 13.)
5 . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark brown ;
palpi brownish at sides ; frons with brown bar ; tegulie with three
brown lines ; i)atagia with some black scales near upper edge ; tarsi
with dark rings ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally suffused with
brown, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous white
irrorated and striated with rufous and dark brown ; some brown
suffusion below middle of costa ; orbicular represented by a small
round brown spot, the reniform by a large rather diffused lunule ;
a diffused brown fascia beyond lower angle of cell connected with a
triangular shade from termen below apex ; a curved postmedial series
of black points with an ill-defined brown shade beyond them ; a
terminal series of black points ; cilia ochreous white intersected
with brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on
terminal area ; cilia white with a brownish line through them ;
the underside white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunula
and terminal series of points.
Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 2 type. E^iy. 36 millim.
1955. CirpMs yu.
Leucania yu, Guen. Noct. i. p. 78 (1852).
Leucania exempta, Wlk. xi. 710 (1857) ; Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 90,
pi. 161. f. 9; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 273.
Leucania costaUs, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 603, pi. 59. f. 11.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged with
brown. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous ; the cell
defined below and beyond extremity by rufous and fuscous suffusion ;
traces of a waved antemedial line, oblique from costa to submedian
fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular represented by a
small black spot in cell ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; post-
medial line rather indistinct, crenulate, bent outwards below costa,
incurved at discal fold, and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight oblique
shade from terraen below apex ; a terminal series of black points.
ciKPiijs. 551
Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially on the
veins and termen. Underside with black spot on costa of tore wing
bej-ond middle and terminal series of black points.
Hah. Loo-cHOo Is., 2 (J (Fryer); Sikhim, 1 § ; Bombay, Canara
(Ward), 1 2 ; Madras, Malabar; Ceylon (Temjpleton, Mrs. Linde-
say), 2 2 type exempta ; Burma ; Anbamans, 1 $ type costalis ;
Singapore {Ridley), 1 2 ; Borneo, Sarawak (Bartlett), 1 § ;
Philippines, Manilla. Exp. 34-40 millim.
1956. CirpMs semiusta.
■Leucania semiusta, Hinpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 69, pi. 144. f. 17 (1891);
id. Moths Incl. ii. p. 274.
$ . Head and thorax ochreous with a slight purplish-brown
tinge ; tegulte with the basal lialf irrorated with fuscous ; abdomen
ochreous, dorsally slightly tinged with tuscous. Fore wing ochreou.s
slightly irrorated with fuscous ; some purplish-brown suffusion in
and below cell, expanding on terminal area to below apex and near
tornus ; the antemedial line represented by a slight angled dark
mark in cell; an elliptical ochreous discoidal spot; a postmedial
series of dark points, oblique below vein 4 ; a fuscous triangular
shade from termen below apex. Hind wing whitish, suffused witt
fuscous except on basal and inner areas ; cilia white. Underside
white irrorated with fuscous ; fore wing with some fuscous suffusion
in, below, and beyond cell, leaving a white discoidal spot ; both
wings with terminal series of black points.
Hub. Madras, Nilgiris {Hampsoyi) , 1 $ type, Exp. 38 millim.
1957. Cirphis modesta. (Plate XCIII. fig. 31.)
Leucania modesta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 335, pi. 37. f. 11; Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 274.
J . Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with brown ;
sides of palpi and frons blackish ; patagia with some black scales
near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with fuscous ; tlie antemedial
line indistinct, erect, dentate, with dark points at the veins ; a
slight black point in lower angle of cell and some fuscous suffusion
beyond the angle; postmedial line cronulate and produced to black
points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and
somewhat incurved at discal and submedian folds ; an oblique dark
shade from lermen below apex with a flesh-coloured tinge before and
below it; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous
white suffused with fuscous except on costal area ; a terminal series
of black points ; cilia ochreous white. Underside ochreous white
irrorated with fuscous ; fore wing with fuscous suffusion in and
below cell, a postmedial line slightly angled outwards below costa,
then oblique, a terminal series of points ; hind wing with black
discoidal spot with streak before it on median norvure showing
/352 NOCTTTID^.
through to upperside, traces of a postmedial line with short black
streaks on the veins and a terminal series of points.
Hab. SiKHiM ; Assam, Khiisis, 1 S . Exp. 38-44 millim.
1958. CirpMs metaphaea, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 32.)
c? . Head and thorax pale ochreous ; some black scales on upper
edge of tegulse and patagia ; abdomen fuscous, with ochreous seg-
mental lines, anal tuft, and ventral surface. Fore wing pale
ochreous slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous on
terminal area ; antemedial line represented by a slight speck in
submedian fold ; a slight point in lower angle of cell ; postmedial
line indistinct, crenulate and produced to dark points on the veins ;
oblique below vein 4, and incurved at discal and submedian folds ;
an oblique shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing dark fuscous brown ; cilia ochreous, with
a brownish line through them. Underside of fore wing suffused
with fuscous except on marginal areas, a small dark spot on costa
beyond middle ; hind wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous,
the area below the cell suffused with fuscous to near termeu, a
discoidal lunula with streak before it on median nervure, traces of
a postmedial line, a terminal series of points.
Hah. Madras, Palni Hills (T^. jET. Campbell), 1 cJ type. Exp.
42 millim.
1959. Cirphis placida.
Mythimna placida, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 79 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. B. M.
'ii. p. 21, pi. 28. f. 5.
Head and thorax pale ochreous ; palpi blackish ; patagia with
some black scales near upper edge, thorax with a slight rufous tinge
on dorsum ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore
wing pale ochreous irrorated with black ; the antemedial line
represented by fuscous spots on the veins ; a black point in lower
angle of cell and a small patch of fuscous suffusion beyond the angle,
the orbicular and reniform sometimes represented by slight pale
marks, the latter figure-of-8-shaped ; postmedial line hardly trace-
able, dentate and produced to a series of black points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved in discal fold, oblique
below vein 4 ; a slight oblique shade from termen below apex ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous black, the cilia
ochreous white. Underside of fore wing fuscous except costal and
terminal areas, a postmedial fuscous bar on costal area ; hind wing
pale ochreous irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot, traces of
a dentate postmedial line with slight streaks at the veins, and a
terminal series of points.
Bah. Japan, Yokohama {Pryer, Jonas, Manley), 6 J , 1 5 , typo,
Tokio {Maries), 1 cJ , 1 $ , Nikko (Lewis), 1 § ; Corea, Gensan
(Ito), Id,] $ ; W. China, Chang-Yang (Pratt), 1 c? , 2 $ , Omei-
shan, 1 2> Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), I J, Ni-tou, 1 J. Exp. 46-50
millim.
ciuPHis. 553
1960. Cirphis Lypophaea, n. sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 1-i.)
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with pale red-brown ;
palpi tinged with black at sides ; frons with lateral black bars ;
tegulae with medial black line ; patagia with a few black scales
near upper edge ; fore femora black above ; legs and ventral surface
of abdomen slightly irrorated with black. Fore wing greyish
slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ; subbasal line
represented by a black point on costa, antemedial line by a series
of black points oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent
inwards ; extremity of median nervure and lower discocellular
whitish, with a black point in lower angle of cell and a more or less
developed black mark beyond the angle ; a postmedial series of black
points bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, and oblique
below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous,
paler towards costa ; some black points on termen ; cilia ochreous
white. Underside of fore wing suffused with black except marginal
areas ; hind wing whitish irrorated with black, a discoidal spot,
sinuous punctiform postmedial line, and terminal series of points.
Bab. Cetlon, Maskelij'a (J. Pole), 2 c? type. E.vj). 34 millim.
1961. Cirphis rubrisecta, n. sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 15.)
c? . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; palpi tinged
with fuscous at sides ; patagia with some black scales on upper edge ;
abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous
sparsely irrorated with black, the inner half tinged wath pale
purplish brown ; a rufous streak on median nervure ; a black point
in lower angle of cell ; faint traces of two postmedial series of
points on the veins, oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique rufous streak
from termen below apex ; some black points on termen. Hind wing
fuscous, the cilia ochreous white. Underside ochreous ; fore wing
with the cell and area below it and beyond lower angle suff"used
with fuscous ; hind wing irrorated with fuscous, slight fuscous
streaks beyond lower angle of cell, some points on termen.
Hab. Bhutan (Diulgeon), 1 c? type. Exj). 40 millim.
*196'2. Cirphis brantsi.
Leucania hrantMi, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 48, pi. 4. f. 7 (1872).
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous with a rufous tinge.
Pore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and with slight fuscous
irroration ; a sliglit dentate antemedial line angled inwards to more
prominent points on median nervure and vein 1 ; a black point in
end of cell and red-brown patch beyond it, traces of a medial lino
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; a postmedial series of
black points oblique from vein 4 to inner margin and a terminal
series. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with ochreous ; a
terminal series of dark stria?.
Knh. W. Africa, Lr. Guinea. Exp. 30 millim. This species is
unknown to mc.
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NOClCIDiE.
19G3. Cirphis inconspicua. (Plato XCIV. fig. 16.)
Leiwania inconnpicua, Herr.-Scliiiff. Corresp.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Eegensb.
18G8, p. 148.
Levcania extincia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 261 (part.), nee Guen.
Leucania solifa, Druee, Biol. Centr.-Aui., Het. i, p. 262 (part.), nee Wlk.
Head and thorax ocbreous ; palpi with some dark scales ; teguloe
tipped with purplish brown ; dorsal crests of thorax and aLdomen
tipped with brown : abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous
except at base and extremity. Fore wing ochreous sparsely irroratod
with black scales ; a black point in lower angle of cell and a fuscous
mark beyond it ; traces of a postmedial line dentate aud produced
to black points on the veins ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing semihyaline white ; the underside with the costal area
tinged with ochreous and irrorated with a few brown scales, a
terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2.
Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trvjillo), 1 $ ; Panama, Chiriqui (Cham-
pion), I ^, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamaica; Cuba, 1 c? , 1 2 >
Bkazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 J , 1 $ ; Pakaguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 J .
JEa-p. 34 millim.
*1964. Cirphis mocoides. (Plate XCIV. fig. 17.)
Leucania mocoides, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli. p. 245 (1897).
J. Head and thorax clothed with rufous and ochreous hair;
abdomen rufous dorsally tinged with fuscous. P'ore wing ochreous
Nutfused with fuscous, leaving an ochreous fascia in discal fold from
middle of cell to near termen, bent upwards below apex ; a narrow
blackish streak below the cell to origin of vein 2 ; a postmedial series
of black points in the interspaces, excurved from costa to vein 4,
then oblique ; a terminal series of black points from below apex to
vein 2 ; the termen grey with a fine terminal black line ; cilia
ochreous, with a black line through them. Hind wing semihyaline
ochreous white, the inner and terminal areas tinged with brown ;
cilia white ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated
with brown.
Hah. Ecuadok, Loja, type t d , in Coll. Dognin. E.vp. 36 millim.
1965. Cirphis falclandica. (Plate XCIV. fig. 18.)
Leucania falldandica, Butl. A. M. N. 11. (6) xii. p. 208 (1893).
S ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown mixed with whitish;
tegulas with the basal half whitish, followed by a black line. Fore
wing ])ale brown ; subbasal and antemedial black points below
costa ; a diff'used black streak below base of cell ; a diffused ante-
medial black ])atch above inner margin ; a diffused streak in lower
end of cell and beyond the cell above vein 4, expanding into a spot
in end of cell ; terminal half of median uervure and vein 1 and the
veins beyond the cell streaked with whitish ; a rather ill-defined
dentate postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then oblique ; a subterminal series of diffused black spots in
CIRl'HIS,
55o
the interspaces except towards costa, the area beyond it rather
browner ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia whitish, with two
brown lines through them. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins
and terminal area tinged with fuscous.
Hah. Falkland Is. ( IF. F. Dale), 1 S type (^. Vallentin), 3 6 ■
Exp. 36 millim.
1966. Cirphis remota.
Leucania remota, Staud. Hamburg. Magalhaeus. iv. p. 71, f. 15 (1899).
<S . Head and basal part. of tegulse grey mixed with dark brown,
the latter with black medial line, their tips and patagia ochreous
brown ; thorax grey ; pectus and legs brown and white ; abdomen
ochreous brown, the dorsal crest and ventral surface white mixed
with dark brown. Fore wing ochreous brown, the costal area
suffused with purplish grey to beyond middle ; the median nervuro
streaked with grey, expanding between veins 2 and 5, but not
extending to terminal area, a patch of grey above middle of vein 1,
an oblique shade from apex and some grey on termen ; a black
streak below base of vein 1 ; traces of an obliquely curved post-
medial series of black points on the veins ; a subterminal series of
slight brown streaks in the interspaces ; cilia brown slightly tinged
with white. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and terminal area
suffused with bro\yn ; cilia white, with a brown line at base ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown.
Huh. Patagonia, Punta Arenas {J. J. Walter), 1 $ . Exp. 40
millim.
1967. Cirphis guadrannulata. (Plate XCIV. fig. 19.)
Mamestra quadmnnulata, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 430 ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 127,
Head black ; frons with lateral grey tufts, a grey band between
antenna?; thorax brown, blackish in front, many of the scales
tipped with grey ; pectus and legs reddish brown ; abdomen grey-
brown with a yellowish tinge, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing
pale yellow-brown ; a fuscous tinge along median nervure, extending
beyond the cell to costa and submedian fold ; a black streak in base
of submedian fold, ending at the claviforra, which is small and
defined by white and black scales ; orbicular and rcniform very
small, white incompletely defined by black and with red-brown
centres, the former elongate, the latter rounded ; subterminal line
represented by small indistinct dentate black and white marks
above and below vein 5; some small blackish lunules on termen.
Hind wing yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas tinged
with brown ; the underside with the costal area sparsely irrorated
with red-brown.
The specimens from Mexico and Paraguay have tlus fore wing
much more suffused with black.
Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, 1 S : Mkxico, Orizaba ;
Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 1 $ . Exp. 36 millim.
55G xocTuiP.T.
Genus BOROLIA. „,
JSoro/M, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 334 fasciata.
Eurupsychc, Butl. Trans. Eat. Soc. 1886, p. 392 levini.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed
with hair, the third short, porrect ; frons smootli ; eyes large, rounded ; antennse
of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with scales and hair and without crests ;
tibijB moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen clothed with rough hair
at base but witlaout crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute, the
teruien obliquely curved ; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell ; vein 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 0, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.
Sect. I. {Eurypsyche). Antenna? of male with very long bristles and fascicles
of cilia.
1968. Borolia levini.
Leucania lewinii, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 188fi, p. 390.
EuTyp&ychc similis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 392, pi. is. f. 6.
Meliana xylogramma, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 367.
(S . Head and thorax white slightly tinged with purplish pink
and irrorated with a few black scales ; tegulae with traces of two or
three lines ; sides of palpi and frons brownish ; legs with dark
streaks ; abdomen white with a pinkish tinge. Fore wing white
tinged with pinkish and sparsely irrorated with black scales on
costal and inner areas ; the median nervure and vein 4 streaked
with white, also the other veins slightly on terminal area ; a yellow-
brown fascia below median nervure and another above it from
Fig. 160. — Borolia levini, (^ . \.
before middle to just beyond end of cell ; postmedial black points
on veins 5, 3, 2, 1, sometimes almost obsolete ; the costa towards
apex and inner margin towards tornus slightly tinged with yellow-
brown ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brownish. Hind
wing white, almost entirely tinged with pale brown.
$ . Abdomen and hind wing much whiter, the latter with the
terminal area only tinged with pale brown.
Hah. Queensland, Gayndah, 1 ^ type similis, 1 2 type, Bris-
bane (Turner), 1 c? , 1 $; New South Wales {Raijnor), 1 S.
Exp. 28-30 miUim.
Sect. TI. Antenna; of male minutely ciliated.
A. Palpi with the 3rd joint rather long and porrect.
a. Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure
hocked on discocellulars.
a^. Fore wing ochreous suffused in part with rufous... intercilintn.
h^. Fore wing grey suffused with purple-brown apparata.
b. Fore wing with the white streak on median uervure
not hooked on discocellulars.
a^. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces of
terminal area.
«'"'. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell . ameim.
b'^. Fore wing without black streak below base of
cell.
a'. Fore wing without olive-brown shade in cell . rhahdophora.
b'\ Fore wing with olive-brown shade in cell and
thence obliquely to apex leucogramma .
b^. Fore wing witliout dark streaks in the interspaces
of ter m inal area alhivitta.
1969. Borolia interciliata. (Plate XCIV. fig. 20.)
Leticania infercilkda, Ilmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 272 (1902)
2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous brown ; palpi tinged with
fuscous at sides ; frons with black bar ; patagia on outer side and
thoracic crests grey and fuscous ; abdomen ochreous dorsally
tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreotis ; some rufous suffusion
in and just below cell and more or less on terminal area : the costal
area slightly irrorated with black ; the inner area tinged with
grey or rufous ; a black streak below base of cell and an oblique
streak above inner margin before middle ; a short white streak on
end of median nervure, hooked on discocellulars ; the veins of
terminal area whitish defined by fine rufous streaks, the interspaces
streaked with rufous and with black above veins 5, 4, and above
and below submedian fold, some grey on each side of vein 5 and
towards tornus ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia fuscous
intersected with white. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and
terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside sparsely irrorated
with black ; some black points on termen from apex to vein 2,
Hah. Natal, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 2 type ; Basdtoland,
Maseru (Crawshai/), 1 2 • Exp. 40 millim.
1970, Borolia apparata.
Leucania apparata, Wllgrn. CEh. Vet.-Akad. Forh. ISTTi, p. 105.
Head and thorax pale brown mixed with grey and fuscous ; palpi
blackish at sides ; tegulae with three blackish lines ; patagia with
blackish streaks on outer and upper edges ; tibice streaked witli
black ; abdomen grey tinged with fuscous. Fore wing grey tinged
with purplish brown and sparsely irrorated with fuscous ; a black
streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin
before middle ; traces of an antcmedial line oblique from costa to
558 xocxrjDj!.
submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; a blackish streak
in end of cell ; a short white streak on end of median nervure,
hooked on discocellulars, defined by black and with blackish patch
bejond lower angle of cell ; the veins of terminal area whitish
defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces with black streaks ;
an indistinct obli(iue palo fascia from apex ; a terminal series of
black points ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing whitish
tinged with fuscous, especially on the veins and terminal area ; the
underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot,
postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series
of points.
Jiah. Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 2 (S , Kokstad
(Mrs. Pringle), 1 c5' , 1 $ , Deelfontein {Col. Sloggett), 1 J • Exp.
32-34 millim.
1971. Borolia amens. (Plate XCIV. fig. 21.)
Leucania amens, Guen. Noct. i. p. 88 (1852).
Leiicania plana, Wlk. ix. 102 (1856).
Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with olive-brown ; palpi
irrorated with black ; tegulte with diflTused black medial band ; fore
coxae blackish on inner side ; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous.
Fore wing ochreous white tinged with olive-brown ; the veins
whitish defined by slight brown streaks, the interspaces of terminal
half also slightly streaked with brown ; a black streak below base
of cell, and an oblique streak above inner margin before middle ;
the median nervure with prominejit white streak expanding
towards extremity and defined by black above and below; a short
black streak above base of vein 4 ; subterminal black streaks above
veins 5, 4, 3, and 1 ; the terminal area rather browner at apex,
middle, and tornus. Hind wing whitish, the terminal half more or
less suffused with fuscous, in female often wholly suflfused ; the
imderside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and
terminal series of black points.
Hah. Basutoland, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 (^ , 2 $ ; Cape Colony
{Dr. A. Smith), 1 cJ , 1 $ , type 2??anrt. Eap. 34 millim. Type f
in Mus. Paris.
1972. Borolia rhabdophora. (Plate XCIV. fig. 22.)
Leucania rhabdophora, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 273 (1902).
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with black ; sides of palpi and
frons black ; tegulse black except at base and with two pale lines ;
patagia with blackish edges ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged
with fuscous, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous
tinged with brown ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown
streaks and more or less prominently by diffused black scales, the
interspaces also streaked with brown, a slight black streak below
base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin before
middle ; the median nervure with a short white streak on its
extremity, thicker towards angle ; subbasal line represented by a
BOUOLIA. 559
black point on costa, the antemedial line by oblii)uely placed black
points on costa and in submedian fold ; a postraedial series of black
points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a
triangular brown shade from terraen below apex ; a terminal series
of black points. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal half
suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with black, a diseoidal spot, post medial series of
streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points.
Hah. Cape Colony, Transkoi {Miss F. Barrett), 9 c? , 4 2 » typo.
Ex^). 32 millim.
1 973. Borolia leucogramma, n. sp. (Plate XCIV, fig. 23.)
Head and thorax pale reddish brown ; 2nd joint of palpi striped
fuscous and whitish at sides ; tcgulae white except at tips with
two brown lines ; prothoracic crest fuscous and grey ; abdomen
ochreous whitish dorsally tinged with fuscous, ventrally iiTorated
with fuscous. Fore wing whitish tinged with purplish pink and
irrorated with black scales ; an olive-brown shade through the
cell and thence obliquely to apex ; the veins white defined by fine
brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a
prominent white streak on terminal half of median nervure ; a
slight blackish streak below base of cell and an oblique streak
above inner margin before middle ; subbasal line represented b}' a
black point on costa, the antemedial line by obliquely placed points
on costa, below cell, and in submedian fold ; a postmedial series of
black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brown inter-
sected with white. Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal
areas suffused with brown ; the underside whitish, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small diseoidal spot and
postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins.
Abdomen of male with tuft of long hair protrusible from lateral
stigmata.
Hah. Br. E. Africa, Nawasha Lake (Betton), 1 c? , Eb Urru
(Betton), 1 6,1 2 , type, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 6 . Exp. 30
millim.
1974. Borolia albivitta.
Leueania albivitta, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. fiS, pi. 144. f. 16 (1891) ;
id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276.
$ . Head and thorax rufous mixed with some grey and dark
brown ; patagia with dark streak on outer edge ; abdomen fuscous,
the ventral surface grey tinged with rufous. Fore wing bright
rufous, traces of a blackish streak below base of cell ; antemedial
line obsolescent, slightly sinuous, ol)iique from costa to submedian
fold, where it is angled, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular
and reniform small, rufous incompletely defined by black, the
former rather elongate elliptical, the latter with black point in
lower angle of cell with white streak below it on extremity of
median nervure ; a i&w black scales beyond lower angle of coll ;
postraedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa. oblique below
560 NocTuiD.r,.
vein 4, and incurved between veins 2 and 1 ; faint traces of a sub-
terminal line arising from termen below apex and angled inwards
in discal fold ; a terminal series of slight black lunulas ; cilia
mixed with black. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white with
a brown line through them ; the underside grey tinged with brown-
pink and irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal spot, postmedial
series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of lunules.
Hab. Madras, Nilgiris (Hampsoa), 1 $ type. E.V2y. 32 millim.
B. (Borolia). Palpi with the 3rcl joint short.
rt. Fore wing with white streak on median nerviire.
«\ Fore wing with blaek streak below base of cell.
a'-. Fore wing with distinct brown fascia aboye and
below median nervure.
a^. Fore wing with the white streak on median
nervnre hooked on discocellulars meliaiioides.
P. Fore wing with the white streak on median
nervnre not hooked on discocellulars.
a'. Fore wing with black point in lower angle
of cell tacuna.
h*. Fore wing without black point in lower
angle of cell rulrescens.
b^. Fore wing without brown fascia above and below
median nervure.
a^. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous ... o-pero&a.
P. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.
a*. Thorax pale yellow cifrhw/a/a.
b*. Thorax greyish with dark irroration.
a^ Fore wing with the white streak on
median nervure hooked on discocellulars. melanostrota.
b^. Fore wing with the white streak on
median nervure not hooked on disco-
cellulars percussa.
b\ Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a^. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces
of terminal area.
a;K Fore wing with silvery-white fascia on median
nervure ;••• cruegeri.
b^. Fore wing with slight white streak on median
nervure.
a*. Hind wing tinged with fuscous except costal
area.
a^. Fore wing with black point in lower angle
of cell stellata.
¥. Fore wing without black point in lower
angle of cell radiata.
h*. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal
area usually tinged with fuscous.
rt^. Fore wing without black point in lower
angle of cell,
a". Fore wing with antemedial black point
on vein 1 asperaa.
//. Fore wing without antemedial black
point on vein 1.
a^. Fore wing irrorated with black Unitu.
h"^. Fore wing not irrorated with black ... vcnalba.
/)\ Fore wing with black point in lower angle
of cell.
«". Fore wing with rufous tinge in and
beyond end of cell torrent ium.
561
i". Fore wing without rufous tinge in and
beyond end of cell.
a?. Fore wing witli prominent white
streak on vein 4 tincta,
h'^. Fore wing with the white streak on
vein 4 not prominent,
fl*. Fore wing without fuscous fascia
along median nervure.
a^. Fore wing with triangular dark
shade from termen below apex.
g'". Fore wing not irrorated with
fuscous ineana.
h^°. Fore wing irrorated with fuscous, h/ssiva.
h^. Fore wing with oblique fuscous
fascia from apex acrapcx.
h^. Fore wing with slight fuscous fascia
along median nervure.
a^. Fore wing without fine white line
at base of cilia stmiptera.
b^. Fore wing with fine white line at
base of cilia sarcosfriga.
Ir. Fore wing without dark streaks in interspaces of
terminal area.
a^. Fore wing with slight fuscous fascia along
median nervure.
a*. Fore wing ochreous irrorated with black,
a". Fore wing with the veins not defined by
dark streaks iiigrisparsa.
h^. Fore wing with the veins detined by dark
St reak.s extincta.
0*. Fore wing pink not irrorated with black ... rhodoptera.
b^. Fore wing without fuscous fascia along median
nervure fluhUis.
b. Fore wing with white point at lower angle of cell.
a*. Hind wing white leucostigma.
b^. Hind wing luscous phcBochrua.
c. Fore wing without white streak or point on median
nervure.
a'. Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous.
a''. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell... fasciafa.
b^. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a^. Fore wing with black streak above extremity
of median nervure ferrilinea.
P. Fore wing without black streak above ex-
tremity of median nervure diopis.
A'. Hind wing not wholly suffused with fu8C(njs.
a'. Fore wing with fuscousfasciaalongniedian nervure.
«■'. Fore wing with fuscous fascia along inner
margin pcrsccfa.
6'. Fore wing without fuscous fascia along inner
margin.
r/ '. Fore wing grey-brown melanopasfa.
/»'. Fore wing ochreous jnicTopifs.
b'^. Fore vring without fuscous fascia along median
nervure.
a^. Fore wing with small fuscous patch beyond
lower angle of cell cnpreafa.
b". Fore wing without small fuscous patch beyond
lower angle of cell.
ffl*. Fore wing with ante- and postmedial lines . bilineafo.
b*. Fore wing without antemedial line and
with postmedial series of [loints sefamiodes.
TOL. Y. 2 0
562 NOCTtJIDiE.
1975. Borolia melianoides. (Plate XCIV. fig. 24.)
Leucania inelianoides, Moschl. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxxiii. p. 291, pi. xvi. f. 4
(1884).
Head and thorax ochreous white, slightly tinged with rufous and
irrorated with a few dark scales ; tegulse with two fine dark linos ;
abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged wilh brown. Fore wing ochreous
sparsely irrorated with black ; a blackish streak below base of cell
and a slight oblique streak above inner margin before middle : a
rufous streak in and beyond cell ; the median nervure streaked
with white except towards base, slightly defined by black and
hooked on discocellulars, placed on a diffused fuscous fascia
extending to termen, on which it expands somewhat towards apex ;
the veins on terminal area pale defined by fine dark streaks, the
interspaces also with dark streaks ; the postmedial line often
represented by a curved series of black points ; a terminal series of
black points ; cilia sometimes intersected with white. Hind wing
white, the terminal area usuall)' more or less tinged with brown ;
the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a terminal series of black points.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the fuscous median fascia mnch darker,
the inner area suffused with fuscous, the hind wing almost
wholly tinged with fuscous.
Hah. Abyssinia, Zegi Tsana (Derfcn), 1 $ ; Br. E. Africa, Eb
Urru (Betton), 4 J, Machakos (Crawshay), 2 c? , 1 5 > Nairowa
(Betton), 1 2 i Mashonalaxd (Dobhie), 3 $ ; Natal, Estcourt
( IliUchinsoti), 1 § ; Cape Coloxt, Transkei (Niss F. Barrett)., 7 6 ■,
3 2 , Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 3 5 ; Madagascar, Betsileo
{Cowan), 1 S . Eap. 34-36 millim.
1976. Borolia taguiia.
Leucania tacuna, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 110. f. 22 (1874).
Leucania substitufa, Wllgrn. ffifv. Vet.-Akad.F6rh. 187;'), jj. 105.
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with reddish brown ; tegulse
pale, with two or three dark lines ; palpi, frous, and legs tinged with
fuscous ; abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous.
Eore wing ochreous, tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated with
black; a black streak below base of cell and another in lower
extremity of cell from before middle, ending in a prominent black
point; median nervure and vein 3 streaked with whitish ; a rufous
fascia below the cell expanding triangularly beyond the cell to
termen and with a curved difi'used black streak on its upper edge ;
costal area tinged with rufous leaving the veins paler; traces of a
curved double postmedial series of dark points on the veins ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the costal and
terminal areas tinged with ochreous towards apex ; some dark
points on termen.
Ab. 1. The streak and point in lower angle of cell reduced to two
points.
BOKOLIA. 5G3
Hah. Br. E, Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Bettou), 1 $ , Eb Urru
(Bffto)i), 1 d", Gwelil (Bcffo)i), 2 c? , Nairowa (BefJon), 1 cJ ,
Xairobi (5ei:fo;i), 1 J; Mishoxalaxd (Dobbie), 1 c3" ; Transvaal;
Natal, Estcourt {Hufchinson), 4 J, 7 $, Weenen, 1 c? ; Cape
Colony, Transkei {Hiss F. Barrett), 4 cJ , 3 $ . ^'.t^?. 32-38 millim.
1977. Borolia riibrescens, n.sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 25.)
Head and thorax pale rufous ; antennae whitish ; tegulte grey with
dark medial line : abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown,
ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous suffused with
bright rnfous ; the costal area violaceous grey irrorated with black ;
a black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2 ; a black
streak above inner margin from before middle to near termen,
diffused outwardly ; median nervure white defined by black above
and below; the veins of terminal area whitish defined by slight
brown streaks, veins 3, 4, 5 more prominently white ; the inter-
spaces of terminal area streaked with black. Hind wing white,
the terminal area tinged with brown, especially in female ; the
underside with the costal area tinged with brown and irrorated
with black; some black points on termen from apex to vein 2.
Hah. Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 c? , 1 § , type. Exp. 3S
millim.
1978. Borolia operosa. (Plate XCIV. fig. 26.)
Leucania ojjerosa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 259 (1891).
c? . Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; teguloe with medial
black line ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the ventral surface
irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated with
black ; the veins of terminal half defined by fine brown streaks,
the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a black streak below
base of cell ; the median nervure and vein 4 white, the former with
distinct ruf\ous shade below it ; a black point in lower angle of cell;
a slight wedge-shaped brown shade from termen below apex to
lower angle of cell ; traces of a postmedial series of black points
bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins
towards termen and termen tinged with brown ; a terminal series
of black points ; the underside with the costal area slightly
irrorated with black ; a postmedial series of slight black streaks on
the veins.
/^rt6. Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 J. Exp. 34 millim.
1979. Borolia citrinotata, n. sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 27.)
(f . Head and tegukc grey-white mixed with fuscous ; teguk-e
w ith two black lines ; thorax pale yellow ; abdomen white tinged
with ochreous at extremity. Foro wing pale ochreous, with a
slight flesh tinge, especially on cjstal area, and sparsely irrorated
2o2
oG4 NOCTTTID.E,
with black ; the veins whitish defined by fine pale brown-pink
streaks, the interspaces of terminal area also streaked with brown-
pink ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2 ;
a black point in lower angle of cell ; a slight triangular dark
shade from termen below apex. Hind wing pure white ; the
underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown and
some black points on termen from apex to vein 2.
Hah. Be, E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 J type. Exp.
30 millim.
1980. Borolia melanostrota, n. sp, (Plate XCIV. fig. 28.)
Head and thorax whitish, with a slight violaceous tinge and
mixed with fuscous ; tegulse with three dark lines ; abdomen
ochreous white, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore
wing white with a slight violaceous tinge and rather thickly
irrorated with black; the veins whitish slightly defined hy fine
brown streaks, the interspaces of terminal half also slightly
streaked with brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell to
origin of vein 2 ; median nervure defined by slight fuscous
sutfasion above and below, the white on it developed into a slight
hook at lower angle, in which there is a black point; a wedge-
shaped dark shade from termen below apex to lower angle of cell ;
traces of an antemedial line on inner area, angled outwards in
submediau fold and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1 ; a
jjostmedial series of black points conjoined by traces of a dentate
line, bent outwards below costa and obli(iue below vein 4 ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white ; the
underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, some
black points on termen from apex to vein 2.
Mab. ZuLULAND, Lr. Tugela (Eei/nolds), 1 fT type ; Natal,
"VVeenen, 1 $ ; Cape Colony, Transkci (Miss F. Barrett), 1 $ .
Exp. 32-36 millim.
19S1. Borolia percussa.
Leucania percussa, Butl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 674.
Leucania howra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 357, pi. 37. f. IH; Hmpsn. IVfotlis
Ind. ii. p. 271.
Leucania hamlinca, Swinb. Trans. Eut. See. 1890, p. 220, pi. vii. f. 6.
Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale brownish ochreous ;
palpi blackish at sides ; tegulaj with two slight dark lines ; legs
streaked with blackish ; abdomen white tinged with brownish.
Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with brown and sparsely irrorated
with black ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks, the
interspaces of terminal half also streaked with brown ; the median
nervure defined by fuscous above and below ; a prominent black
streak in submcdian fold to origin of vein 2 ; a black point
BOKOLIA. 565
in lower angle of cell ; traces of a postmedial series of black
points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing white ; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal scries of
black points from apex to vein 2.
Bah. Formosa, Takow {Hohson), 1 cj , 1 $ , type ; Sikhim, 1800'
{Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Bengal, Calcutta ; Burma, lihiimo, 1 cf type
hasilinea ; Java. Exp. 32-34 millim.
1982. Borolia cmegeri. (Plate XCIV. fig. 29.)
Leucania cruegeri, Butl. Trans. Eut. Soc. 1886, p. 391.
Leiwania prmclara, Swinli. A.M. N.H. (7) ix. p. 422 (1902).
Head and tegulas white slightly irrorated with fuscous ; pataoia
and thorax ochreous ; abdomen white tinged with ochreous. Fore
wing ochreous ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with
fuscous ; the costal edge white ; a broad, white fascia on median
nervure slightly defined by brown below ; veins 2, 3, 4, 5, and the
extremities of veins 0, 7 streaked with white, vein 4 most
prominently ; the interspaces of terminal area with slight brown
streaks ; an oblique dark shade from tcrmen below apex ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the terminal
area tinged with brown.
Huh. Queensland, Gayndah, 1 S type, Brisbane (Tnnier), 1 S ',
"W. Australia, Roebuck B. (J. J. Walk-e7-), 1 c? , Cossack {J. J.
Walker), 3 J, 2 J, Sherlock E. (CZemcjiis), 2 cJ , 7 2, Eaebourne
(Lijell), 1 cJ . E.fjJ. 32 millim.
1983. Borolia stellata, n. sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 30.)
cJ . Head and tliorax ochreous ; tegulse with three dark lines, the
upper one most distinct ; patagia with some black scales near uj)per
edge; palpi at sides and tarsi brownish ; abdomen ochreous dorsally
tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins defined by
fine brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; the
median nervure defined below by a reddish-brown shade met at
lower angle of cell by a slight oblique shade from apex; an obli(]ue
pale fascia from apex defined on outer side by a slight dark shade
from termen below apex; subbasal line represented by a black
point on costa, the antemcdial line by obliquely ])laced black points
on costa and in submedian fold ; a black point in lower angle of
cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind Aving ochreous white, snfi'used with fuscous
brown excejit costal area ; cilia ochreous ; the underside whitish
irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, postmedial series of
points on the veins and a terminal series.
Bah. Japan, Yokohama (Pri/o'), 1 <S type. Exp. 34 millim.
5G6 NOCTUIDiE.
1984. Borolia radiata.
Leucania radiata, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 48, pi. v. f. 8 (1864) ; Oberth. Et.
Eat. V. p. 70, pi. 3. f. 5 ; 8taud. Ciit. Lep. pal. p. 193.
(S . Head and thorax ochreous ; tegnlae with three dark lines,
the upper one most distinct ; patagia with some black scales near
upper edge ; palpi and tarsi brownish ; abdomen ochreous dorsally
tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins defined by fine
rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; the
median nerviire slightly defined below by rufous suffusion met at lower
angle of cell by a slight shade from apex ; a slight triangular rufous
shade from termeu below apex defining on outer side an oblique
pale fascia ; antemedial line represented by obliquely placed black
points on costa, below cell, and in submedian fold ; a postmedial
series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below
vein 4. Hind wing yellov^•ish white, the inner area and the area
between end of cell and termen suffused with fuscous ; the under-
side with the costal aud terminal areas irrorated with a few black
scales, a small discoidal lunule, postmedial series of short streaks
on the veins, and some points on termen,
Ilab. S.E. Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan, Oiwake (Pri/er), 2 $ . Kt^p.
36 millim.
19 So. Borolia aspersa.
Leucania apersa, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1880, p. 42, j^l. 4. f. 1.
Leucania liomojjterana, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 219, pi. vii. f. 12 ;
Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 272.
S . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous : frons with
lateral black bars ; tegula; with three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous
white slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the cell,
inner and terminal areas tinged with rufous ; the veins whitish,
defined by fine rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with
rufous ; the \Ahite streak on median nervure more prominent,
expanding into a slight spot at extremity and with a small fuscous
patch beyond it ; obliquely placed antemedial black ])oints below
origin of vein 2 and on vein 1 ; a postmedial series of black points
bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal
series of points. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and termen
tinged with brown ; the underside '«ith the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points from
apex to vein 2.
Hal). Burma, llangoon, 1 J fyp6 liomopterana ; Celebes,
Makassar,! c? . K.*p. 30 millim. Type t in Coll. Snellen.
■ 1986. Borolia linita. (Plate XCIV. fig. 31.)
Leucania linita, Guen. Noct. i. p. 81 (18ii2) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 187.
Leucania scirpicola, Guen. Noct. i. p. 84 (1S52).
Heliopkila amygdalina, Harv. Can. Ent. x. p. 57 (1878).
Head and thorax ochreous wliite, tinged witli brownish and
BOROLTA. 5G7
slightly irrorated with black ; teguLo with traces of throe brown
lines ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore wing
ochreous white irrorated with black ; the veins white, clearly-
defined by brown streaks ; the terminal area with fine browa.
streaks in the interspaces ; a black point usually present below
origin of vein 2 ; slight black marks in and beyond lower angle of
cell usually present ; a postmedial series of black points bent out-
wards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight oblique
shade from below apex ; a terminal series of black points usually
present. Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less tinged
with brownish ochreous ; the underside with terminal series of
black points on the costal half.
The type is an aberration with the black points of fore wing
obsolete.
Ab. 1. scirpicold. Head, thorax, and fore wing much more
suffused with rufous.
Hub. U.S.A., Maine, Orono, 1 J typo aiii>i(j'hiUiia, E. States,
Floi'ida, St. John's }i\u.f£ (Do uhh( la >/), ^ J , G 5 , type and typo
scirjiicola. Kvp. 38-40 millim.
1987. Borolia venalba. (Plate XCIV. fig. 32.)
Lrucania vcnalha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 48 ; Ilmpsn. Motlis Iiid. ii.
p. 279.
' Leucankc linearis, Lucas, P. Soc. Qucensl. viii. p. Qb (1894).
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; tegulaj greyer,
with two dark lines and brown tips ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore
wing ochreous ; the veins white defined by briglit red or red-brown
streaks, the interspaces also streaked with red-brown ; the atitc-
niedial line represented hy a black point below the cell ; an obliipie
pale fascia from apex defined by a rufous or fuscous shade above,
and below by a triangular shade from termen below apex ; a
terminal series of black points often present. Hind wdng hyaline
white, the apical half of termen tinged with ochreous ; the under-
side with the costal area tinged with browni.
Hah. Cui.vA ; Sikhim {Einisell, Dadr/eou), 3 <J , 1 $ , type ;
Bengal, Barrackpur, 1 c? ; Ceylon (MacJiWood), 1 5 ! Sixgapokr
{Ridley), 2 2; Qprijnsland, Brisbane (7\o-/t6'r), 1 (5,2 2- E.rp:
30-3G millim.
1988. Borolia torrentium. (riatc XCV. fig. 1.)
Leucania torrentium, Guen. ^^^oct. i. p. 88 ^18-i2).
Leacania injima, Wllgrn. CEIV. Vet.-Akad. Forli. 1875, p. lUl'i.
Leucania pimia, Saalin. Lep. Madag. p. 253 (1891).
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; teguhc with two
more or less distinct dark lines ; pjitagia with some black scales near
upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged witli fuscous. Fore
wing prde brownish ochreous; the costal and inner areas slightly
irrorated with black ; the veins whitish defined ]»y slight brown
508 NOCTUIDJE.
streaks, the interspaces of terminal half stieal\ed with brown ; a
slight black streak below base of cell usually present, and a slight
oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; some rutous
in and bejond end of cell ; a black point in lower angle, and
often a small wedge-shaped black patch beyond the angle; the
antemedial line often represented by a bhick point in submedian fold ;
the postmedial line usually represented by black points on vein 2
and inner margin, sometimes with traces of a crenulate lino bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight oblique
pale fascia from apex defined by brown shades above and below ; a
terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with whitish.
Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with brown, especially
in female ; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous
and irrorated with fuscous, some slight postmedial black streaks on
the veins and some terminal points from apex to vein 2.
Hah. Br. E. Africa, Sabaki Valley {Grecjory), 1 5 , Eb Urru
(Betton), 2 5 , Kikuyu (Betton, Crcnvshay), 2 ^ , Machakos (Craw-
shay), 2 cf , Munisu (Ld. Delamere), 1 c? ; Mashonaland, Salisbury
{Marshall), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 c? , 1 $ , Durban
(Gueinzius, Leigh), 2 (^ , 1 § ; Basutoland, Maseru (Craivshay),
1 d", 2 2 ; Cape Colony (Dr. A. Smith), 1 $ , Knysna (Trimen),
1 c?, 4 5 , Cajjctown (Trimen), 1 d" ? 1 ? ; Madagascar, type f in
Mus. Paris ; Bourbon. Ea'p. 30-32 millim.
1989. Borolia tincta. (Blate XCV. fig. 2.)
Leucama tincta, Wlk. xv, 1G60 (1858).
5 . Head and thorax pale grey tinged with brown ; tegulae with
two or three dark lines. Fore wing flesh-colour irrorated with
black ; the veins wliitish defined by fine brown lines, the median
nervure and vein 4 with more prominent white streaks ; the inter-
spaces of terminal half streaked with fuscous ; the antemedial line
sometimes represented by black points below cell and on vein 1 ; a
black point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black
points on the veins, oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia
from apex with a slight triangular dark shade below it ; a terminal
series of black points ; cilia white, wdth three brown lines through
them. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with
brovvn ; the underside with some dark irroration on costa, traces of
a postmedial series of points on the veins and a terminal series.
Hah. Br. E. Africa, Eb Urru (Betton), 2 $ ; Natal, Estcourt
(Hutchinson), 1 $ , Durban (Gueinzius), 1 5 type. E.vj). 34 millim.
1990. Borolia ineana.
Leucania ineana, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1880, p. 43, pi. 4. f. 2.
Head and thorax whitish tinged with pinkish : abdomen ochreous
white, with sublateral series of black points. Eore wing flesh-pink,
leaving paler fascitic in discal and submedian folds and above vein 6 ;
BoRDLiA. 509
the veins streaked with white and defined bj' fine, slightl}- darker
streaks, the interspaces of tex'miual area also with slight dark
streaks ; a black point in submedian fold below origin of vein 2,
a point in lower angle of cell, a curved postmedial series and
a terminal series. Hind wing semihyaline white, tinged with
ochreous towards termen, on which there is a series of dark points.
Hah. SiKHiBi (Di(d(/eon), 1 § ; Celebes, Bonthain, type f J in
Coll. Snellen. Kcp. 32 millim.
1991. Borolia byssina.
Leucania bi/ssina, Swinli. P. Z. S. 18S(), p. 442, pi. 40. f. 6 ; Ilnipsu. Moths
Ind. ii. p. 272.
2 . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with pale brown ;
abdomen ochreous white. Eore wing ochreous white, rather thickly
irrorated with black ; a black point at base ; the antemedial line
represented by a black point in submedian fold ; a black point in
lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a very slight fnscous tri-
angular shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing white, the termen very slightly tinged with
ochreous.
Ab. ]. Fore wing with slight pale streak on extremity of median
nervure, hooked on discocellulars, the postmedial line reduced to
points. — Kangra.
Hah. Punjab, Kangra Valley, 4500' (Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Bombay,
Mhow (Sivitihoe), 1 $ type. Exjy. 30 millim.
1992. Borolia acrapex, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 3.)
5 . Head and thorax pale pinkish, the pulpi and vertex of head
tinged with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous whitish. Fore wing
pinkish white sparsely irrorated with black scales ; the veins defined
by fine brown-pink streaks ; the cell and interspaces of terminal half
also streaked with brown-pink, a black point in lower angle of cell ;
a postmedial series of black points, oblique below vein 4 ; a slight
obli(|uo dark shade from apex to discocellulars ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing yellowish white ; the underside with a
few black scales on costal area and some black points on termen.
Hah. Br. E. Africa, Alls (JSctton), 1 5 type. E.i^y. 32 millim.
1993. Borolia steniptera, n. sp. (Plato XCV. fig, 4.)
2 . Head and thorax white, tinged with pinkish and mixed with
brown ; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral surface irrorated
with brown. Fore wing pinkish white irrorated with brown, the
veins defined by slight brown streaks ; diffused brown streaks on
each side of median nervure, and thence obliquely to termen below
apex ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of
black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;
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the interspaces of terminal area with line brown streaks ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and
termen tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area
tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown.
Ilab. Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 2 § type. ^.rp. 32 millim.
1994. Borolia sarcostriga, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 5.)
Leucania extincta, Druce, Eiol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 2G1 (part.), nee Guen.
cT . Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with dark brown ;
palpi tinged with fuscous at sides ; abdomen ochreous irrorated
with brown. Fore wing ochreous, tinged with brown and thickly
irrorated with large dark brown scales ; an ill-defined fuscous
fascia on median nervure ; the basal part of submedian interspace
paler ; an ill-defined ochreous streak tinged with rufous in diseal
fold, then bent upwards to apex ; two dark brown discoidal points ;
faint traces of a postmedial series of dark points on the veins and a
terminal series. Hind wing semihyaline white ; a terminal series
of black points from apex to vein 2 ; cilia brownish towards apex ;
the underside with the costal area tinged with brown and irrorated
with brown scales.
Ab. 1. Fore wing paler, Avith only the lower discoidal point and
a short white streak on extremity of median nervure below it.
Huh. Mexico, Jalapa (TrujUlo), 1 S ; Guatemala, Vera Paz
(CJiamjjion), 1 (S ; Panama, Engaba (Ohamjnon), 1 $ , Chiriqui
{Champion)^ 1 c5' type, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Brazil, Petropolis
(Doer), 1 cS , Castro Parana. Ex2). 36 millim.
1995. Borolia nigrisparsa. (Plate XCV. fig. 6.)
Leucania'nigrisparsa, Hnipsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 274 (1902).
$ . Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous ; abdomen white
slightly tinged with ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with
blaclv. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated with black ; the
median nervure and base of vein 4 streaked with white ; a slight
fuscous shade below median nervure ; a black point in lower angle
of cell; a curved postmedial series of slight black points on the
veins ; a slight triangular fuscous shade from termen below apex ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous.
Hah. Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 1 $ type. Exp.
40 millim.
199G. Borolia extincta.
Leucania extincta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 79 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 187.
Heliophila texana, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soe. N. H. xvii. p. 211 (1874).
Heliophila ligaf.a, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 115 (1875); Smith,
Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 187.
BOROLIA. 571
Lcncania orua, Schaiis, J. IS'.Y. Eiit. Soc. vi. p. 114 (187")); Dnice, Eiol.
Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. bG8.
Leuctmia oaxacaiia, Sc-haus, J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. vi. p. 115 (1898); Druce,
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568.
Head and thorax ochreoiis wliite, tinged with pale purplish pink
and slightly irrorated M'ith dark hrown ; abdomen oehreous white.
Fore wing ]iale oehreous tinged with purplish pink ; the median
iiervuro slightly streaked wilh Avhite, expanding sliglitly at lower
Fig. 1G2. — Borolia cxtinda, (j". }.
angle of cell, in which there is a black point ; a postmedial series of
black points on the veins and a prominent terminal series. Hind
wing white, the terminal half tinged with pale brown ; a series of
black points on apical half of termen ; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with brown.
Ab. 1. texana. Hind wing almost wholly white.
Hah. U.S.A., riorida, St. John's Blutf {Douhkday), 2 c? , 1 $,
type, Texas, 1 (S , 2 5, type ligata, Colorado; Mexico, Ori/aba,
type t oaxacana and type § oriza in Coll. Schaus. Exj^. 30 millim.
1997. Borolia rhcdcptera, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 7.)
c?. Head oehreous; palpi at sides, lower part of frons, and
antennoe pinkish ; thorax brownish pink mixed with white ; pectus
white ; legs tinged with pink ; abdomen oehreous. Fore wing
pink ; the costal edge white ; the veins white defined by rather
deeper pink ; a diffused yellowish-white fascia below the cell and
a better-defined fascia in discal fold from middle of cell to towards
termen and above vein 6 to close to termen ; an obliquely curved
postmedial series of slight black points and a terminal series ; cilia
tipped with white except towards tornus. Hind wing pure semi-
hyaline white.
Mob. Colombia (Petersen), 1 J type. Exp. 30 millim.
1998. Borolia flabilis. (riatc XCV. fig. 8.)
Hcliophila flahilis, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 15 (1881); Suiilli, Cm. J^'cct.
Is. Am. p. 189.
Hclicpldla rimosa, Grote, Cau. Ent. xiv. p. 2lG (1882) ; Smith, Cat. Koct.
N. Am. p. 189.
cJ . Head and thorax white slightly tinged wilh brown ; abdomen
oehreous -white. Fore wing oehreous A\hitc sufi'uscd wilh pulo
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pinkish brown, leaving white fascise in submedian fold from base to
beyond middle, in discal fold from near base to near termen, and a
short streak above vein 6 before termen ; a few scattered black
scales ; a black point in lower angle of cell and a slight black streak
above vein 4; traces of a curved postraedial series of points on
the veins ; a terminal series of slight points. Hind wing white ;
the terminal area tinged with pale brown from apex to vein 2 ; the
underside with the costal area tinged with pale brown.
Hah. U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New York, Long Island,
1 J type. Exp. 36 millim.
*1999. Borolia leucostigma.
Lciicania IcucostigiJia, Suell. Tijd. v. Eiit. xx. p. 23, pi. 2. f. 12 (1877).
S . Head and thorax pale brown-pink : abdomen ochreous white.
Fore wing ochreous, sutt'used and striated with pink and slightly
irrorated with fuscous ; a small round white spot at low'er angle of
cell with small fuscous patch beyond it; a curved subterminal series
of black points. Hind wing pure white.
Ilcd). Java, in Coll. de Joannis. E,vp. 30 millim.
2000. Borolia phaeochroa, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 9.)
Head and thorax pale grey-brown mixed with some black ;
abdomen brown irrorated with black, the anal tuft fulvous in male.
Fore wing pale grey-brown with a purplish tinge and thickly irro-
rated with black ; the veins hardly paler ; a brown streak along
median nervure continued beyond end of cell to join the slight
triangular brown shade from termen below apex : a white point at
lower angle of cell; antemedial line represented by obliquely placed
black points on costa and below cell ; a black point in middle of
cell ; a postmedial series of black ])oints bent outwards below costa
and oblique below vein 4, conjoined by an indistinct crenula^^e line ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia with
ochreous line at base, then a fuscous line and whitish tips ; the
underside ochreous white irrorated with black, a black discoid al
lunule, postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins, and terminal
series of small lunules.
Hah. Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 $ type: Cape Colony,
Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 1 r? , Kokstad {Mrs. Frhujh), 1 $ .
Exp. 34-38 millim.
2001. Borolia fasciata.
Borolia fasciata, Moore, P.Z. S. 1881 p. 334, pi. 37. f. 12; nnipsn. IMotlis
Iiid. ii. p. 278.
Borolia furcif era, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 98, pi. 4. f. 16 (1881).
5 . Head and thorax rufous ; pali)i and frons dark at sides ;
abdomen rufous. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with fuscous ; a
black and rufous streak below base of cell ; median nervure and
Bop>or.iA. 573
base of veins 3, 4 streaked with grey : a deeper rufous streak above
terminal part of median nervure, continued above vein 4 and ex-
panding towards termen into a triangular patch extending to below
apex; traces of an antemcdial line excurved below cell and angled
inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform represented by ill-defined
small pale spots ; traces of a highly dentate postmcdial line with
two series of black points on it, the inner in interspaces, the outer
on the veins, oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal scries of black points.
Hind wing rufous suffused with fuscous ; the underside paler irro-
rated with brown, a dark discoidal point and sinuous postraedial
line with slight dark streaks at the veins.
Ab. 1. Greyer ; fore wing with the markings blacker. — Yatung.
Hah. SiKHiM Tibet, Yatung (Ilubson), 1 § ; Sikhim, 1 $ type.
Exjp. 34-38 millim.
2002. Borolia ferrilinea. (Plate XCV. fig. 10.)
Leuccmia ferrilinea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 128.
Head, thorax, and abdomen olive grey-brown tinged with rufous ;
sides of palpi and frons blackish ; legs tinged with fuscous. Fore
wing olive grey-brown more or less irrorated with dark brown ;
traces of a dentate antemedial line from cell to inner margin ; the
extremity of median nervure with pale streaks ; a rufous and black
fascia above end of median nervure continued above vein 4 till met
by an obliquely curved dark streak from termen just below apex ;
orbicular and reniform represented by ill-defined small pale spots ;
traces of a highly dentate postmedial line with two series of black
points on it, the inner in intersimces. the outer on the veins ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing uniform fuscous
brown; the cilia pale brown, with a dark line through them; the
underside pale reddish brown thickly irrorated with fuscous, a
discoidal lunule and indistinct sinuous postmedial line with dark
streaks on the veins.
Hah. W. China, Pu-tsu-Fang, 1 c? , 2 $ , type, Omeishan, 1 S ,
Moupin {Krickeldorf ), 1 J. Exp. ^4-36 millim.
2003. Borolia diopis, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 11.)
Leucania scirpi, Hmpsn. Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 323 (nee Dup.).
5 . Head and thorax ochreous white with a flesh tint ; palpi irro-
rated with black at sides; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with
fuscous leaving pale segmental lines, the ventral surface irrorated
with black. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with flesh-colour; a
slight fuscous streak on extremity of luedian nervure and base of
vein 4 ; faint traces of an antemedial line oblique from costa to
submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; traces of small
pale orbicular and reniform stigmata ; faint traces of a crenulate
postmedial line with black points on veins 6 and 4 ; the terminal
574 ko:tuii)J5.
area slightly darker. Hind wing ochreous, uniformly suffused
with fuscous ; the underside yellowish white, with slightly darker
irroration on costal and terminal areas.
Hah. SoKOTRA, A^dho Dimellus, 3500' (IF. R. 0. Grant), 1 $
type. Exp. 32 raillim.
2004. Borolia persecta, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 12.)
Head and thorax reddish brown largely mixed with black ;
abdomen ochreous whitish tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale
ochreous brown, rather thickly irrorated with fuscous ; a greyish
and black fascia in and below cell and thence to termen, towards
which it expands to below apex ; some grey and black suffusion on
fiostal area towards apex defining above an oblique ochreous fascia
from apex ; a greyish and black fascia on inner area from before
middle expanding at termen ; a black streak in lower part of cell
and a small spot in lower angle ; the veins of terminal area defined
by slight black streaks, the interspaces also streaked witli black ; a
terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing white, the veins,
costal area, and termen tinged with brown ; the underside with the
costal area tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, a terminal
series of black points.
Hah. Natal, Estcourt (//»/c7t7»soJi), 2 c? type. ^Ir^). 34 millim.
2005. Borolia melanopasta. (Plate XCV. fig. 13.)
Leucania melanopasta, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1902, p. SI.'
(^ . Head and thorax ochreous with a slight olive tinge ; palpi
blackish at sides ; tegulae with slight medial line and tipped with
black and white scales ; patagia with some black scales near edges ;
abdomen white, irrorated with fuscous towards extremity and on
ventral surface. Fore wing ochreous with a slight olive tinge and
irrorated with black, an ill-defined black streak below base of cell ;
median nervure streaked with blackish except at base ; three black
points in lower part of cell ; postmcdial line represented by a double
series of black points, the inner in the interspaces, the outer on the
veins, oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal series of small black spots.
Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with brown, especially on the
veins and terminal half; a dark terminal line ; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal
spot and terminal series of black points.
Hah. Queensland, Brisbane (Turnei-), 1 J . Exp. 34 millim.
2006. Borolia micropis, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 14.)
Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous irrorated with
black. Fore wing ochreous, suffused in parts with reddish brown
und irrorated with black ; a slight dark shade below the cell and
tlience to an oblique shade from termen below apex ; three black
points in lower extremity of cell, the one in lower angle with a
BOROLIA. O ( «>
semicircular whitish mark below it ; an indistinct minutely waved
postmedial line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below
vein 4, with a series of black points beyond it on the veins ; a
terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous and
ochreous. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with
ochreous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown,
a terminal series of black points.
Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marsliall, Dohbie), 2 c? , 1 2 ■> ^JP^-
Ea;p. 28 millim.
2007. Borolia ciipreata, n. sp. (Plate XCY. fig. 15.)
5 . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with fuscous ; abdomen
ochreous white, dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous,
wholly suffused with cupreous red and irrorated with fuscous ; the
costal edge fuscous ; an indistinct blackish antemedial line oblique
from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled ; a small black
patch beyond lower angle of cell with oblique line from it to inner
margin ; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below
costa and oblique below vein 4 ; traces of a subterminal fuscous line
slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of black points; cilia brown, with a fine pale line
at base. Hind wing pale ochreous, the terminal area tinged with
fuscous ; cilia ochreous at base, whitish at tips ; the underside with
the costal area tinged with reddish and irrorated with brown, a
discoidal point and traces of a curved postmedial line.
Hab. Gazalanu, Chirinda Forest [Marshall), 1 5 type. Exji.
38 millim.
2008. Borolia bilineata, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 16.)
2 ■ Head and thorax ochreous white irrorated with fuscous ;
abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish
suffused with purplish pink ; the veins and costal area irrorated
with black ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa :
antemedial line curved, slightly waved ; orbicular and reniform
traceable as small pale spots, the latter with slight white streak
below it ; postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then
incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, somewhat angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a tciminal series of black points.
Hind wing j-ellowish white ; the underside with the costal ai'ea
irrorated with brown.
Hab. Bk. E. Afkica, Kikuyu {Cravshay), 1 $ type. Exp. 28
millim.
2009. Borolia sesamiodes, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 17.)
cT . Head and thorax pale red-brown slightly irrorated Avith
fuscous ; tcgultc sometimes with traces of a dark line ; fore legs
fuscous in front; abdomen white, tinged with fuscous except
towards base, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing pale red-brown
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sliijhtly irrorated with fuscous: a curved postmedial series of black
points and a terminal series ; cilia yellowish white, with a diffused
fuscous line through thera. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins
and terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside with post-
medial series of fuscous points on the veins and terminal series.
5 . Slightly paler.
Hah. Algeria, Hammam-es-Salahin {Walsiwjham), 4 cJ , 2 $ ,
type. Exp. 38-44 millim.
Larva feeds in Arundo phraguntes with that of Sef^amia von-
aijrioides, the perfect insects being almost identical in appearance.
Genus MELIANA.
Type.
Melia, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. p. 201 (182D), nee Bilb. Crust. 1820 . flammea.
Melicma, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. Index (1829) flammea.
Neleucania, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 203 (1902) nivcicosta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in
front ; frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ; eyes
large, rounded ; antennte of male ciliated ; head and thora.x clothed with hair,
with scales below it and without crests ; tibiaj fringed with very long hair ;
abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute, the termen
rather obliquely rounded ; veins 3 Mud 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle
of discocellulars ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.
Sect. I. Antenna; of male bipectinate with short branches.
2010. Meliana pectinata, n. sp.
Head and thorax white, tinged with violaceous and mixed with
some rufous ; tegulte with slight dark lines at middle and near
tips ; legs with blackish streaks ; abdomen ochreous white, tinged
with rufous towards extremity. Fore wing white, tinged with
violaceous and usually with rufous and irrorated sparsely with
black ; a black streak below base of cell and a slight oblique streak
Fig. 103. — Meliana pccfinaia, (J .
above inner margin before middle; the median uervure and
veins of terminal half white defined by fine brown streaks,
the interspaces of terminal area also streaked with brown, the
white streak on median nervure forming a hook on discocellulars,
a black fascia above terminal part of median nervure, continued as
IIELIANA.
577
a fuscous wedge-shaped mark to termeu, where it expands to below
apex, and with some short black streaks from its inner edge, above
vein 5 extending almost to cell ; a short black fascia in terminal
part of submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia
brown intersected with white. Hind wing white, sometimes tinged
with ochreous ; a more or less prominent terminal series of black
points ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with black, a slight discoidal lunule.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the black markings replaced by pale
brown or grey.
Hah. Br. E. Africa, Machakos (Orawshay), 4 J , 2 $ , type,
Kikuyu {Crawshay), 2 c^ , Eb Urru (Betton), 7 c? , 1 2, Gwelil
{Betton), 1 c^ . Exp. 24-30 millim.
Sect. II. Antennas of male ciliated.
A. Tibia of male thickly fringed with long hair on both sides.
2011. Meliana rubripennis.
Leucania rubripennis, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p. 179, pi. '1.
f. 77 (1870) ; Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186.
<S . Head and thorax red-brown ; tegulae white at base, red-
brown at tips ; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous ; a
purplish-pink fascia from median uervure and vein 3 to submedian
fold from base to termen ; a wedge-shaped patch above vein 4
Fig. 164. — Meliana I'ubri-peniiis, J. \.
extending on termen to below apex, and with slight ochreous streak
on it above middle of vein 4 ; costal area tinged with purplish pink
towards apex. Hind wing ochreous. Underside tinged witli
brown.
Nab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 S type. Ex2). 40 millim.
B. Tibia; of male fringed with hair on outer side only.
a. (Meliana). Abdomen long and slender ; fore wing pro-
duced and acute at apex,
ff.'. Fore wing with the veins of costal area streaked with
white flammea.
b\ Fore wing with the veins of costal area not streaked
with white longipennix.
vol.. V.
2p
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2012, Meliana flammea.
Melm flammea, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. pi. 201 (1828) ; Stepb. 111. Brit. Eut.,
Haust. iv. p. 207; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 189.
S^mira duhiosa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 86 (1835).
Konagria aruniU7iicola, Doiibl. List Brit. Lep. p. 7 (1850).
Meliana stenoftera, Staud. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 474 (1892).
Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish ; palpi and legs
oehreous ; abdomen ochreous white slightly ivrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing flesh-colour, the costal and inner areas irrorated with
fuscous, a red-hrown shade from middle of cell to submcdian fold,
met beyond lower angle of cell by a wedge-shaped shade from
termen below apex ; the discal and submedinn folds tinged with
ochreous ; the veins white defined by fine brown streaks, the inter-
spaces of terminal area also streaked with brown ; a postmedial
Fig. 165. — Meliana jlammea, (^ . \.
series of black points nearly erect from costa to vein 4, then very
oblique, often almost obsolete ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing white, more or less completely tinged with pale reddish
brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a terminal
series of black points.
Ab. 1. stenojjtera. Smaller; fore wing narrower, the medial fascia
more distinct. — Amurland.
Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France ; Holland ; Denmark :
Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria; Hungary;
Amurland, Ussuri. Ex2^. 32-40 millim.
Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 129, pi. 200. f. 2; Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 66.
Eather light brown ; dorsal line pale, dark-edged; subdorsal line,
a triple lateral line, and the subspiracular line pale, the last greyish
ochreous ; head with dark reticulations. Food-plant, Phragmites.
8-9. The larva hides by day in the old reed-stems.
2013. Meliana longipennis, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 18.)
$ . Head and thorax pale reddish brown ; abdomen wliitish,
dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally tinged with rufous. Fore
wing ochreous browm, tinged with rufous except towards costa, and
irrorated with fuscous, especially on inner and terminal areas ; the
veins with fine pale streaks and on terminal half defined by fine
brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; some
slight points on termen. Hind wing white, the terminal area
sutlused with reddish brown from apex to vein 2 ; the underside
MELIANA. 579
with the costal aren tinged with ochreous, some terminal black
points from apex to vein 2.
Hah. Be. Cenxr. Africa, Chiromo {de Jersey), 1 § type. Exj).
42 millim.
b. (Neleucania). Abdomen shorter and stouter ; fore wing with
the apex less produced.
a^. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
«-. Fore wing with short black streak in end of cell in
discal fold.
a^. Fore wing with the basal black streak very broad
and extending to median nervure vaiia.
b^. Fore wing with the basal black streak narrow and
not extending to median nervure.
a*. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 defined by white streaks, atrlfera.
b*. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 not defined by white
streaks exsid.
A^. Fore wing without black streak in end uf cell in discal
fold.
a^. Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure
expanding into a spot at lower angle of cell vittata.
b^. Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure
slender.
a*. Fore wing with prominent dark streaks in the
interspaces of terminal area,
a'. Fore wing with fine black streak in cell above
median nervure sarca.
b^. Fore wing witliout black streak in cell above
median nervure.
a^. Fore wing with black point in cell above
origin of vein 2 scotti.
b^. Fore wing without black point in cell above
origin of vein 2.
a'. Fore wing witli dark streak in the cell in
discal fold curvUinea.
V. Fore wing without dark streak in the cell
in discal fold uniformis.
6*. Fore wing without or with very ill-defined dark
streaks in interspaces of terminal area.
a". Fore wing with whitish streak just above
median nervure.
a". Hind wing with the veins and terminal area
more or less tinged with brown alhilinea.
b^. Hind wing pure white sufficm.
b^. Fore wing with the median nervure prominently
streaked with white limitata.
i'. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a'-. Fore wmg with the veins streaked with white.
d\ Hind wing white, sometimes more or less tinged with
brown.
a^. Fore wing with the median nervure defined below
by a brown fascia sfolata.
b*. Fore wing with the median nervure defined above
by a brown fascia.
a*. Hind wing pure white patricia.
6'. Hind wing with some fuscous irroration bicoloraiu.
c*. Fore wing with the median nervure not defined by
a brown fascia.
a*. Fore wing with small black patch beyond lower
angle of cell bertha.
2p 2
580 noctuid-t;.
i'. Fore wing without black patch beyond lower
angle of cell rosea.
ifi. Hind wing wholly snffused with fuscous.
a*. Fore wing with the costal edge white niveicosta.
b^. Fore wing with the costal edge not white tenebra.
■b^. Fore wing with the veins not streaked wilh white.
o^. Hind wing uniformly sufi'used with fuscous citronella.
P. Hind wing white.
a*. Fore wing with pale fascite in discal and sub-
median folds, and postmedial series of black
pointp rubra.
■b*. Fore wing without markings preeffracilis.
2014. Meliana vana.
Agroth vana, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 453, pi. 27. f. 9 ; Hrapsn. Moths
Ind. ii. p. 271.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochrcons ; palpi black at sides ;
antennae blackish ; thorax dorsally black, with vinous-red doriial
ridge ; abdomen dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing })ale
ochreous brown, the veins whitish ; a black lascia below cell, narrow
at base, verj^ strong at middle, and tapering to extremity, followed
by a whitish fascia extending to termen ; a rather elliptical black
streak in cell towards extremitj' ; a black patch below end of cell
and another beyond its extremity ; a pale oblique fascia from apex
to vein 2, with some small dentate black marks on its outer edge,
the area beyond it suffused with tuscous ; a terminal series of black
points ; cilia pale purplish red, with a dark lino through them.
Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous
in female.
Hah. Bombay, 1 J , Poona (Su'inhoe), 1 c? , 2 5 , type. Ex^j.
30 millim.
2015. Meliana atrifera, n. sp. (Plate XCY. fig. 19.)
5 . Head and thorax ochreous whitish mixed with brown ;
abdomen ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochre-
ous whitish slightly irrorated with brown ; a black streak below
base of cell ; difi'used black and brown streaks in cell before middle
and at extremity and above and below vein 1 before middle ; a pale
oblique fascia from apex to vein 1 defined by the interspaces before
and beyond it being suflPused with brown, and with blackish streaks
in them, leaving the veins streaked with white. Hind wing ochreous
white tinged with brown, especially on terminal area ; the under-
side whitish slightly irrorated with brown.
Ilah. Chili, Valparaiso (J. J. Walker), 1 § type. Ea-j). 30
millim.
2016. Meliana exsul. (Plate XCV. fig. 20.)
Leucania crovl, Wlk. ix. 109 (18.56).
Leucania tencbrifcra, Wlk. i.\. 113 (1856).
c? . Head and thorax yellow-brown with a rufous tinge ; tegulae
MKLIAX.V. 581
with medial and terminal black lines ; abdomen ochreous tinged
with fuscous except anal tuft. Fore wing ochreous brown thickly
irrorated with dark brown ; a blackish streak below base of cell
on a dark brown diffused fascia in and below cell, and thence ex-
tending obliquely to termen below apex ; a small pale discoidal
spot with some black on each side of it ; a terminal series of
blackish points ; a dark line through cilia. Hind wing ochreous
irrorated with brown, especially on terminal area ; the veins brown ;
the cilia pale.
Hah. Tristan d'Accnha, 1 c? type; hab. ign. 1 J' type tenehrifera.
Exp. 38 millim.
2017. Meliana vittata.
Leiicania vittata, Hiupsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 69, pi. 144. i'. 4 (IS'Jl);
id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 271.
2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white with a slight
olive tinge ; sides of palpi and Irons blackish ; antenuaj blackish ;
tibise and tarsi tinged with black. Pore wing ochreous white with
a slight olive tinge ; a black streak below basal half of cell ; an
oblique black streak above inner margin before middle ; the cell
and area just below and beyond it suffused with olive-brown ;
a rather dentate white streak on extremity of median nervnre,
with slight black streaks above, below, and beyond it ; the veins of
terminal half whitish defined by slight olive-brown streaks, the inter-
spaces of terminal area also streaked with olive-brown ; an oblique
pale fascia from apex to vein 2, with slight black streaks beyond it
below vein 5, the area beyond it suffused with olive-brown ; a
terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with white.
Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area more or less tinged
with fuscous; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
tinged and irrorated with brown, some black points on apical half
of termen.
Ilah. Madras, Belgaum ( WaUoii), 2 2 , Nilgiris (Hcmpson), 2 $ ,
type ; Teavancore, Pirmad (3Irs. Imray), 1 § . Exp. 30-3S
millim.
2018. Meliana sarca. (Plate XCV. fig. 21.)
Leucania sarca, Hmpsii. Ann. S. Afr. Miis. ii. p. 272 (1902).
Head and thorax whitisli tinged with purplish pink and slightly
mixed with fuscous ; palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen ochreou.s
white, ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish tinged
with purplish pink and irrorated with fuscous ; a slight black
streak below base of cell ; median nervure with prominent white
streak defined above by a black streak in cell and with brownish
fasciae above and below it ; a black point in lower angle of cell and
a brown streak from lower angle to termen above vein 5 ; a brown
fascia from inner margin before middle to termen at vein 2 ; the
veins of terminal half white slightly defined by brown streaks, the
582 NocxuiDjj.
interspaces also streaked with brown ; a termioal series of black
points ; cilia chequered white and brown. Hind wing white, the
terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal
and terminal areas irrorated and suffused with fuscous, a terminal
series of black points.
Hah. Br. E, Africa, Machakos (Craivshay), 4 J , 1 ? , type, Eb
Urru (Betton), 2 S ; Uganda, Mulema (Dogf/eU), 1 $ ; Natal, Kar-
kloof {Marshall), 1 (^ ; Cape Colony, Trauskei (Miss F. Barrett),
1 2 • ^'Vp. 24-30 millim.
2019. Meliana scotti. (Plate XCV. fig. 22.)
Leiicania scottii. Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 391.
5 . Head and thorax white mixed with pale reddish brown ;
abdomen white. Fore wing ochreoua white tinged with brown-
pink ; the veins white, defined by fine brown-pink streaks, the
median nervure and vein 4 more prominently white ; the inter-
spaces of terminal half with brown-pink streaks ; a brown shade
below median nervure and slight black streak in base of submedian
fold ; a rather oblique fuscous streak from lower angle of cell to
termen above vein 5 ; black points above median nervure at origin of
vein 2 and in lower angle of cell ; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing white, the terminal area tiiiged with brown from apex
to vein 2 ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with
brown, some black points on termen from apex to vein 2.
Hah. Queensland, Rockhampton, 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millim,
2020. Meliana curvilinea.
Leucania curvilinea, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 67, pi. 144. f. 3 (1891);
id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.
Head and thorax grey strongly suffused with purplish red ; tegulaj
with two dark lines ; abdomen violaceous white, the ventral surface
irrorated with black. Fore wing violaceous white irrorated with
black ; the veins white defined by fine brown streaks ; a dark streak
in the cell in discal fold and the interspaces of terminal area
streaked with black ; a slight blackish streak below base of cell
and an oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; a black
point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of points bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a more or less
distinct oblique pale fascia from apex defined below by a triangular
brownish shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing white more or less tinged with brown ;
the underside ochreous white, the costal area slightly tinged wdth
violaceous.
Hah. Madras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 d , 4 $ , type, Palnis
(Campbell), Id; Ceylon, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 5, Maskelyia
(Pole), 1 2 ; Pbrak, Gopiiig (Kunstler), 1 d; Haixan, Five-Fingered
Mts. (Whitehead); 1 c? . H-rp. 32-34 millim.
583
2021. Meliana uniformis. (Plate XCV. fig. 23.)
Leucania uniformis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.
ii. p. 280.
$ . Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale pinkish brown ;
palpi and legs tinged with brown ; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged
with brown. Fore wing pale brownish suffused with pink, leaving
paler streaks below the cell, in end of cell, and as an oblique series
of streaks from beyond end of cell to apex ; the veins white defined
by fine very slight brown streaks, the interspaces of terminal half
also streaked with brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell ;
the antemedial line represented by a black point in submedian
fold ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of
black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and
termen tinged with ochreous, some black points on termen from
apex to vein 2.
Hah. N.W. Himalayas, 1 5 type, Dharmsala {Hoding), 1 J •
Exp. 34 millim.
2022. Meliana albilinea.
Noctua albilinea, Hiibn. Samuil. Ex. Scbmetfc. ii. p. 25, ff. 337, 338 (1827) ;
Eiley, 9ih Eep. Ins. Mo. p. 50, ff. 14, 15 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. ]86.
Lcacania diffusa, Wlk. is. 94 (1856).
Leucania moderata, Wlk. ix. 114 (185(5). "■
Leucania harveyi, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 9, pi. 1. f. 14
(1873).
Leucania chilensis, Biitl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 115.
Leucania obscurior. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 185 (1902); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 1H2.
Leucania tetera. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 187 (1902) ; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 1()2.
Leucania neptis. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 188 (1902) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.
Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; antennae with the shaft
Fig. 166. — Meliana albilinea, (^ . \.
white ; tegulce white except the tips which are brown, and with a
brown line near base often present ; abdomen brownish ochreous.
Fore wing ochreous ; the costal area purplish grey ; the veins
slightly streaked with brown ; a white streak just above median
nervure and some greyish and brown below it, with fine black
streaks below base and end of cell ; ciaviform very slightly defined
584 NocxriD.K.
by black ; a black point on angle of discocellulars ; the interspaces
of terminal area witli very slight brown streaks, rather stronger on
each side of vein 5 ; the termen tinged with purplish grey, with
some black points on its inner edge running obliquely to the termen
below apex and excurved at middle ; cilia ochreous with brown
lines through them. Hind wing ochreous white, suffused with
fuscous brown except towards base, the veins brown ; the under-
side whitish, with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown.
Ab. 1. ohscurior. Hind wing with the veins and terminal area
only suffused with fuscous.
Ab. 2. neptis. Hind wing with the veins only fuscous.
Ab. 3. tetra. Fore wing more ochreous, the costal area tinged
with pink towards apex ; a dark streak from discoidal point above
vein 5. — Arizona.
Hab. Canada, Eenfrew Co., 8 S , Nova Scotia {Redman), 1 S type
moderata,! $ type cZij^Msa, Manitoba, Cartwright(i/«(</t),l cJ ; U.S.A.,
East of Eocky Mts., 4 S type liarvtyi, Kansas, 1 S , Texas, Dallas
(Boll), 1 6 , Colorado, 1 $ , Durango {Oslar), 1 cS , 2 $ , New Mexico,
Roswell (Cocl-erell), 1 $, Arizona (i-'oZm^/), 1 $, Huachuca Mts.,
1 c? ; Mexico, Mexico City, 1 5 , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Chili,
Coquimbo (/. J. Walker) 2 J' , (Edmonds) 1 d , 2 $ , type chilensis,
Mulchen {Elwes), 4 J, 1 $ ; Argentina, Florcnzia {Wagner), 2 c? .
Kvj). 32-38 millim.
Larva. Head green with brown reticulations. Body uniform
green, dorsal line whitish, brown-edged ; subdorsal broad, straight,
whitish, diffusely brown-edged, a narrow white lateral line ; supra-
stigmatal space dark brown ; substigmatal line broad, while, straight,
slight brown shading subventrally. No shields. — H. G. D.
2023. Meliana suffusa. (Plate XCV. fig. 24.)
Leucania suffusa, Schaus, Traus. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 232 (1894).
c5' . Head, tegula), and outer edge of patagia black mixed with
some grey, the back of head and thorax reddish brown ; pectus and
legs black in front, grey-brown behind ; abdomen ochreous tinged
with fuscous except anal tuft. Fore wing ochreous, the costal area,
discal fold, and area below median nervui'e and terminal area suf-
fused with fuscous; the veins streaked with black; a black streak
below base of cell confluent with the upper edge of the elongate
black-defined claviform ; black points before and beyond discocel-
lulars and a slight black streak below extremity of cell ; the fuscous
in lower part of cell and discal fold expanding towards the terminal
fuscous band and ending obliquely below apex ; cilia ochreous, with
a fuscous line through them. Hind wing pure white ; the under-
side with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with
brown.
Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 J , type f d in Coll. Schaus.
E.rp. 32 millim.
o>io
*2024. Meliana limitata.
Lmcania limitata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mas. xxv. p. 187 (1902) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.
cJ . Very pale creamy yellow ; head tinged with rufous in front ;
teguliB white, greyish at base aud with black linear tips. Fore
wiug with the median nervure streaked with white, defined above
by a fuscous-brown streak coufluent with the triangular dark shade
from termen below apex ; the median nervure defined below by a
yellow-brown shade, the veins black-edged towards extremity ; a
slight black streak below base of cell conttueut with a very narrow
loop-like claviform stigma ; terminal area slightly darker. Hind
wing white, the costal area on underside slightly darker.
Uah. U.S.A., Texas. Exp. 33 millim. This species is unknown
to me.
2025. Meliana stolata. (Plate XCV. fig. 35.)
Leucania, stolata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 76, pi. v. f. 8 (I8S4) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.
$ . Head whitish, the vertex tinged with rufous ; tegula3 white
with grey tips ; thorax pale yellow, with some grey on vertex and
black scales on upper edge of patagia ; abdomen white, the anal
tuft tinged with ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with brown.
Pore wing pale yellow ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated
with black ; a slight oblique blackish streak above inner margin
before middle ; median nervure silvery white, defined below by a
rufous fascia ; the basal parts of veins 4, 3 white ; an ill-defined
fuscous fascia between veins 4 and 6 not reaching termen ; the
veins of terminal area slightly defined by brown streaks and slight
streaks also in the interspaces ; a black point in lower angle of cell
and postmedial points on veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of black
points; cilia grey. Hind wing pure white; the underside with
the costal area slightly tinged with ochreous and irrorated with
fuscous.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Durango (Oslar), 1 $ , Arizona. £!rj9.
40 millim.
*2026. Meliana patricia. (Plate XCV. fig. 26.)
HeUophila pafrkia, Grote, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. iii. p. 46 (1880);
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186.
$ . Head and thorax ochreous white, the head and tcgulaj
strongly tinged with brown ; abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous,
the costal edge and veins white ; a fuscous-brown streak in lower
part of cell and above vein 4 to termen ; the veins of terminal half
defined by fine fuscous streaks; cilia white. Hind wing white.
Underside of fore wing with slight brown streaks on the veins.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico, Hot Springs, 7000' {Hulst),
in Coll. J. B. Smith. Exp. 30 millim.
586 xocxuiD.K
2027. Meliana bicolorata. (Plate XCV. fig. 27.)
Heliophila bicolorata, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 154 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 185.
5 . Head and thorax ochreous with a brownish tinge ; abdomen
ochreous, dorsally tinged with pinkish. Eore wing ochreous : the
costal edge and median nervure whitish ; the veins slightly defined
by pinkish streaks ; pinkish fasciae above median nervure and
vein 5 and on inner area ; a curved postmedial series of black
points usually present, and sometimes an antemedial point on
vein 1 ; a terminal series of slight black points. Hind wing white,
with a slight pinkish tinge and some fuscous irroration, especially
on the veins ; the underside white irrorated with fuscous.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glcnwood Springs, 2 $ ; New Mexico,
Merino Valley, Arizona, Chiricahua Mts., Tucson ; Mexico, Orizaba,
1 5 . Exp. 32 millim.
2028. Meliana bertha.
Meliana bertha, Scbaus, Lep. Sierra Leone, p. 34, pi. 3. f. 3 (1893).
S . Head and thorax grey tinged with purplish and mixed with
some fuscous ; abdomen pale, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous,
some sublateral black points. Fore wing whitish, tinged with
purplish i)ink and rather thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins
defined by slight fuscous streaks, the interspaces of terminal area
also streaked with fuscous; a black pwint in lower angle of cell
and a rather conical black spot beyond the angle ; a slight oblique
fuscous shade from apex ; a curved postmedial series of black
points on the veins and a terminal series. Hind wing ochreous
white, the termen slightly tinged with brown ; the underside Avith
some fuscous irroration on costal area and a terminal series of black
points.
Hah. SiEEEA. Leone {Clements), 1 (S . Exp. 28 millim.
2029. Meliana rosea. (Plate XCV. fig. 28.)
Leucania phrag7)iitidicola, W\k. ix. 97 (1856), uec Giien.
Leucania rosea, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxx. p. 389 (1880).
Leucania solita, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 262 (part.), nee Wlk.
5 . Head and thorax whitish tinged with pink ; abdomen
ochreous white. Fore wing pale pink, with diffused yellowish
streaks in basal half of submedian fold and in discal fold beyond
the cell, then bent upwards to apex; the veins with slight white
streaks, more prominent on median nervure and vein 4 ; the costal
and inner areas with slight black irroration ; a black point at lower
angle of cell ; a curved postmedial series of slight black points and
a terminal series. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area
slightly tinged with pale brown; the cilia white; the underside
51ELIANA. 587
•with the costal area tinged with pink, a series of black points on
termen from apex to vein 2.
Bab. Mexico, Jalapa {TrvjiUo), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.;
Cuba; Haiti (Ihveedie), 2 $ ; Surinam. Exp. 34 millim.
2030. Meliana niveicosta. (Plate XCV. fig. 29.)
Nelcucania niveicosta, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 205 (1902) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Ain. p. 163.
$ . Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen ochreous, tinged
with rufous and irrorated with black. Fore wing rufous, with
a reddish tinge especially in cell and on inner area, and irrorated
with a few black scales on inner area ; the costal edge white ; the
veins pale defined by slightly darker streaks ; a slightly darker
streak in and beyond lower part of cell ; an obliquely-curved post-
medial series of black streaks on veins 6 to 1 ; a terminal series of
slight black points ; cilia somewhat pinker, with a slightly darker
line through them. Hind wing pale more or less suffused with
fuscous brown, the cilia whitish. Underside whitish thickly irro-
rated with large brown scales ; fore wing and costa of hind wing
tinged with pink ; the cell and veins of terminal half of fore wing
suffused with brown.
d . Hind wing pinkish, with ridges of ochreous hair below vein 6,
on vein 4, in submedian fold, and on vein 1.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 2 S , 1 ? • Exp..
34 millim.
2031. Meliana tenehra, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 30.)
cJ . Head and thorax ochreous brown with an olive tinge ; sides
of palpi and frons fuscous ; legs greyish, tinged with purplish pink ;
abdomen pale ochreous, suffused and irrorated with fuscous. Fore
wing greyish ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous; the veins,
streaked with white ; the cell and apical area tinged with rufous ;
a rufous fascia below cell, expanding triangularly beyond lower
angle to termen ; the median nervure slightly defined by black
extending to termen below apex as a curved diffused streak ; a
black and rufous fascia above' vein 1 from before middle to termen ;
a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing fuscous brown,
with some black striae on termen ; cilia white at tips ; the undei-
side whitish grey irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunulo and
terminal series of spots.
5 . Brownish ochreous without the rufous tinge ; the white
streaks on the veins obscured by fuscous streaks ; traces of a curved
postmedial series of points ; the terminal series of spots absent ;
underside of hind wing without discoidal lunule or terminal series
of points.
J/ab. Br. E. Africa, Eb Urru, 1 J type. Mile 478, Uganda Ry.,
1 2 • E.rp. 32 millim.
588
xocxriD.K.
2032. Meliana citronella. (Plate XCV. fig. 31.)
Ncleucania citronella. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 20(i (1902) ; D_var,
Oat. Lep. N. Am. p. 164.
$. Head and thorax pale ochreous ; antenna) white; abdomen
ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown and ventrally irrorated with
brown. Fore wing pale ochreous; the costal edge Avhite; a
slightly darker streak in and beyond lower part of cell ; au
obliquely-curved postmedial scries of black points on veins 6-1 ;
cilia white. Hind wing whitish uniformly suHused with fuscous
brown, the cilia white. Underside of fore wing ochreous, the sub-
costal and median nervures and veins beyond the cell suffused with
brown to near terraen ; hind wing white sparsely irrorated with
brown, a postmedial series of brown streaks on the veins.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 2 $ , Denver, in Coll.
J. B. Smith. Exp. 32 millim.
2033. Meliana rubra, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 32.)
Head and thorax pale brown-pink ; abdomen pale ochreous.
Pore wing pale brown-piuk, s])arsely irrorated with black and with
somewhat paler Streaks in submedian and discal folds, the latter
bent upwards to apex ; costal edge whitish ; a subbasal black point
in cell and antemedial black points on median nervure and vein 1 ;
an ill-detined blackish spot at lower angle of cell ; a postmedial
series of black points excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wdng semihyaline white,
the veins and margins tinged with ochreous ; the underside with
the costal area slightly irrorated with dark brown, some terminal
black points from costa to vein 2.
Hah. Brazil, Petropolis {Doer), 1 S type, Bio Janeiro, 1 cj , 1 $ .
Exp. 30 millim.
*2034. Meliana prsegracilis.
Heliophila prwgraciUs, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. iii.
p. 119 (1S77); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 185.
Slender ; head and thorax yellowish ; abdomen white. Eore
wing yellow-white, without markings. Hind wing white.
Hah. U.S.A., Idaho, ? Colorado, ?]SIew Mexico, ii'^y. 30 millim.
This species is unknown to me.
Genus ZOSTEROPODA.
Type.
Zosteropoda, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 67 (1874) hirtipes.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint oblique, fringed with
long hair in front, the 3rd joint porreet, rather long ; frons smooth ; eyes
large, rounded ; antennae of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with
ZOSTEROPODA.
589
hair only, without crests ; mid aud hind tibiae fringed witli very long hair on
outer side ; abdomen without crests and with lateral fringes of hair on basal
segments. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen nearly
straight ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 and (>, 7 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of diseocellulars ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base ; the costa lobed at base ; the male with
fringes of long hair on upperside below vein 6, on median nervure and vein 3,
in submedian fold, and on vein 1 to near termen.
2035. Zosteropoda hirtipes.
Zosteropoda hirtipes, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 68 (1874) ; id.
111. Essay, 56, pi. 2. f. 20; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 190.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous orange ; antenniT>
whitish. Fore wing fulvous orange slightly irrorated with red-
brown ; autemedial line red-brown, oblique from costa to cell,
Fig. 167. — Zosteropoda hirtipes, c?. \.
where it is angled, then inwardly oblique ; a fuscous discoidal
spot ; postmedial line red-brown, very oblique from costa to
vein 6, where it is very acutely angled, then inwardly oblique
and slightly excurved ; a terminal series of red-brown points.
Hind wing ochreous, with the fringes of long hair brownish ; the
underside irrorated with brown, a fuscous discoidal spot and post-
medial line angled at vein G.
5 with the postmedial line showing on upperside.
Hab. U.S.A., California, 2 J , 2 $ type, Grote Coll., ( Walslngham)
2 2 . Kvp. 30 millim.
Larva. Head lutcous, reticulate and dotted with brown. Body
light straw-brown, reddish reticulate on a pale ground, paler
dorsally. Dorsal lino pale anteriorly, edged by black clottings, which
obscure it on the posterior half of body and form a pronounced
powdery dark band, with the outlying tubercles i. and ii. black.
Sides wdth rows of light and dark dots arranged in lines. Sub-
stigmatal band broad, pale-edged, reddish filled, with a dark
border above which becomes heavy and distinct posteriorly. Feet
pale.— H. G. D.
590 NOCTUID.^.
Genus LEUCANIA.
Type.
Leucania, Ochs. Sehmett. Eur. iv. p. 81 (1(S1()), non descr. ;
Treit. Schniett. Eur. v. (II.) p. 289 (1825) paUens.
Donachlora, Sodoffsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moss. 18;i7, vi. p. 14 . palleiis.
IrhneuHca, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 13 (1887) ceraimias.
Heliophila, IBLViha.. T^nt. ined pallens.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint frinorfd with hair,
the 3rd short, porrect ; frons smooth; pyes large, rounded ; antenna of male
typically ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ;
tibiaj moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with rough hair at base but
without crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
Sect. I. (^Ichneutica). Antennae of male bipectinate, with long branches to
apex.
A. Fore wing with black fasciae below base of cell and above
inner margin before middle ceraunias.
B. Fore wing without black fasciae dione.
*2036. Leucania ceraunias.
Ichneutica cera.unim, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 13 (1887); Hudson,
N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 14, pi. iv. ff. 25, 26.
S . Head and thorax reddish ochreous ; palpi blackish at sides ;
abdomen ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged
with rufous, the costal area and cell pale ochreous. emitting dentate
marks along veins 6, 4, 3 to towards termen ; the area below sub-
median fold ochreous ; a fine black streak in submedian fold to
middle with a shorter streak below it ; an oblique streak above
inner margin before middle. Hind wing ochreous suffused with
fuscous brown ; the cilia pale at tips ; the underside ochreous, the
veins and inner half tinged with brown.
2 . Fore wing narrower, the colour dull brown instead of
rufous.
Hah. New Zealand, Mt. Arthur, ^bW {Hudson),m Coll. Druce.
Exp. 44 millim.
*2037. Leucania dione.
Ichneutica dione, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 14, pi. iv.
f. 27 (1898).
(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing fuscous
brown, the medial area rather darker ; an oblique whitish fascia from
median nervure before middle to vein 1 beyond middle ; reniform
whitish, angled outwards at upper extremity and inwards to a long
dentate mark on median nervure ; terminal area greyer, with series of
dentate brown marks representing the subterminal line and terminal
series of lunules. Hind wing pale grey.
Hah. New Zealand, Mt. Arthur, 4400'. ExpAQ millim. This
species is unknown to me.
LEUCAXIA. 591
Sect. 11. Antenna; of male bipeetinate with moderate branches, the apex
serrate.
A. Fore wing with the vpiiis fuscous,, not irrnrated with
pale scales toroneura.
B. Fore wing with tiie veins fuscous, irrorated with pale
scales.
a. Hind wing with the cilia ochreous unica.
b. Hind wing with the cilia white, tinged with ochreous at
base dttnedinends.
*2038. Leiicania toroneura. (Plate XCVI. fig. 1.)
Leucania toroneura, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 565.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous tinged with
fulvous, the last with the ventral surface irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing brownish ochreous with a slight fulvous tinge ; the veins
prominently streaked with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous suflTused
with fuscous ; cilia ochreous white ; the underside pale brownish
ochreous, the veins slightly streaked with fuscous.
Hah. New Zealand, Mt. Cook, typef c? in Coll.Meyrick. Ev2i.
34 millim. This may be a variety of L. unica.
2039. Leucania unica.
Leucania unica, Wlk. ix. 112 (1856); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths &
Butterflies, p. 12, pi. iv. f. 17.
Nonagria juncicolor, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 2 (1868).
Head and thorax brownish ochreous with a slight fulvous tinge ;
abdomen brownish ochreous, whitish at base. Fore wing brownish
Fig. 168. — Leucania unica, (j". \.
ochreous with a fulvous tinge ; the veins slightly streaked with
fuscous ; the anteniedial line represented by black points on sub-
costal and median nervures and vein 1 ; the postmodial line
represented by a series of black points on the veins excurved from
costa to vein 4, then oblique. Hind wing pale brownish more or
less strongly suffused with fuscous, the cilia ochreous ; the under-
side greyish ochreous irrorated with fuscous.
Hah. New Zealand, Marlborough (Skellon), 3 c?, 15, type.
Exp. 34 millim.
2040. Leucania dunedinensis. (Plate XCVI. fig. 2.)
Spislotis dunedinensis, Butl. ?ined.
cf . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous brown. Fore wing
ochreous brown ; the veins slightly darker and irrorated with while
592
NOCTUID^.
scales ; slight white points in and beyond lower angle of cell ; a
curved postmcdial series of white points on the veins. Hind wing
ochreous brown ; cilia white, tinged with ochreous at base. Under-
side of fore wing with the marginal areas suffused with whitish ;
hind wing whitish irrorated with brown.
Hah. New Zealand, Dunedin (Purdie), 1 6 type. E.%y. 36
millim.
Sect. III. Autennie of male minutely serrate and fasciculate.
A. Fore wing witb dark streak in base of submedian fold ... semivittata.
B. Fore wing without dark streak in base of submedian fold, hienheimensis.
2041. Leucania semivittata.
Leucania semivittata, Wlk. xxxii. 6'28 (1865):
Moths & Butterflies, p. 13, pi. iv. ff. 21, 22.
Hudson, New Zealand
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; spurs banded
with black ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing
Fig. 1G9. — Leucania semimttata, J. i.
ochreous ; a rufous fascia below the cell to below origin of vein 2,
faintly continued as a curved mark to vein 2 beyond the cell, and a
slight oblique streak above inner margin near base ; a subbasal
black point in cell and three antemedinl points on the veins ; three
points in upper part of outer half of cell and a slight streak in lower
part ; a rufous shade below median nervure continued beyond the
cell to meet a slight triangular shade from termen below a-pex ; a
black point just beyond lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of
points bent outwards below costa, oblique below vein 4; a terminal
series of points. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous; cilia
ochreous ; the underside ochreous, the costal area slightly tinged
with rufous, a discoidal point, some postmedial streaks on the veins,
and some stride on termen sometimes present.
ffah. New Zealand (J. J. Wall-er), 1 d" , 1 2 , Auckland (O.flcy),
1 J type, (Mathetv) 1 d , 1 ? . Krp. 42 millim.
*2042. Leucania hienheimensis. (Plate XCVI. fig. 3.)
Leucania hlenheimen&is, Fereday, Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. p. 196 (1882) ;
Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 13, pi. iv. f. 23.
S . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; sides of palpi
and frons blackish ; jiectus and fore legs in front fuscous ; fore tarsi
black ringed with ochreous ; abdomen ochrcoi^s with a slight rufous
LECCAXIA. 593
tinge, the ventral surface irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous
tinged with rufous, the veins whitish irrorated with fuscous ; the
antemedial line rejiresented b}f slight black points on the veins ; a
minute streak at lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of slight
points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; the
veins slightly streaked with fuscous at apex ; cilia fuscous. Hind
wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown, especiallj^ towards
termen ; cilia whitish with some brown at base ; the underside
ochreous whitish slightly irrorated with brown.
Hah. New Zealand, Blenheim, in Coll. Meyrick, Napier. Exii.
46 millim.
Sect. IV. Antennse of male ciliated.
A. Fore wing with the apex produced aud acute.
2043. Leucania sulcana.
Leucania sulcana, Fereday, Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii. p. 267, pi. ix. f. 3 (1880) ;
Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 13, pi. iv. ff. 19, 20.
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with olive-brown ; palpi red-
brown at sides ; a few black scales near upper edge of tegulse and
Fig. 170. — Leucania sulcana, (^ . \.
patagia ; abdomen black-brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface
ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, the costal edge fulvous ; the inner
area and the costal area towards apex with some dark irroration ;
the veins pale ; the interspaces of terminal area streaked with
reddish brown, a black streak in base of submedian fold followed
by rufous suffusion above the fold ; a diffused rufous fascia above
vein 4 ; a slight oblique streak above inner margin before middle ;
a subbasal black point in cell ; antemedial black points in cell and
on vein 1 ; a point beyond lower angle of cell and postmedial points
on veins 6, 3, 1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing deep
dark brown. Underside ochreous yellow suffused with fuscous
brown except costal and inner areas of both wings.
TegulBD somewhat produced to a dorsal ridge ; fore wing with the
apex produced and acute.
Ilab. New Zealand (,/. J. Wnlher), 1 (S , Akaroa, Dunedin
{Matheiv, Purdie), 1 J, 1 ? • Exj). 46 millim.
VOL. T. 2q,
594 NOCTUID^.
B. Fore wing with the apex not produced and acute.
a. Abdomen of male with slight blackish ventral tufts from base.
2044. Leucania littoralis.
Leucama littoralis. Curt. Brit. Ent. v. pi. 157 (1827); Steph. 111. Brit.
Ent., Haust. iii. p. 74 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous brown, the last -with
he ventral tufts of hair of male blackish. Fore wing pale ochreous
brown, the costal area rather paler ; the median nervuro M"ith
prominent white fascia slightly defined by fuscous, continued as
^^3 \W ^^
Fig. 171. — Leucania litioraUs, (^ . \.
slight streaks on base of veins 2, 3 and on vein 4 to terraen ; slight
white streaks on veins 6, 7, 8 towards termen ; the interspaces of
terminal area with slight brown streaks. Hind wing pure white.
Underside white slightly tinged with ochreous.
Hah. Britain, England {DouUeday), Zeller, Frey, and Leech
Colls., Ireland, Derry {Salvage), Leech Coll. ; France ; Belgium ;
Holland ; Denmark ; Germany ; Spain, Bilbao, Andalucia ; Italy
{Heyne), Leech Coll. Exj:). 40-44 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 1.57, pi. 204. f. 1.
Pale pinkish ochreous, grey, or greenish ; dorsal and subdorsal
lines white, dark-edged ; lateral line sometimes white ; spiracular
line pale or whitish ; head pale brown. Food-jjlant, Ammopliila
arundinacea. 8-5.
b. (Leucania). Abdomen of male without blackish ventral
tufts.
a'-. Fore wing without oblique white Aiscia from apex.
a^. Fore wing with fine dark streaks in interspaces of
terminal area,
a'. Hind wing uniformly tinged with fuscous.
a*. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with
white.
«'. Hind wing with the cilia ochreous favicolor.
¥. Hind wing witli the cilia white rubripallens.
b*. Fore wing with the veins streaked with white.
e'. Fore wing tinged with rufous fitliginosa.
6'. Fore wing not tinged with rufous oxygala.
b^. Hind wing white more or less suffused with
fuscous,
a*. Fore wing with fuscous shade below median
nervure.
a'. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 prominently
streaked with white albiradiosa.
595
h'\ Fore wing with veins 3, 4 not prominently
streaked with wiiite.
a^. Tegula; without dark lines minorata.
h'^. Tegiihv with two dark lines straminea.
b*. Fore wing without fuscous shade below median
nervure.
«■'. Fore wing with the streak on median nervure
not forming a white point at lower angle
of cell.
a^. Fore wing with black point in lower angle
of cell pallens.
h'^. Fore wing without black point in loiver
angle of cell iiiipunrfa.
Ifi. Fore wing with the streak on median nervure
forming a white point at lower angle of cell, ohsolefn.
?^. Fore wing without fine dark streaks in interspaces
of terminal area.
a^. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous pudoriiia.
P. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area
tinged with fuscous languida.
Fore wing with oblique white fascia from apex niveilinea.
2045. Leucania favicolor.
Leucania /ayico/or, Barrett, Ent. Month. Mag. 189fi, p. 100; id. Lep. Brit,
v. p. 141, pi. 201. f. 3 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.
Head and thorax pale olive-brown ; abdomen pale fuscou.s
brown, whitisb at base, the anal ttift of male ochreous, the ventral
surface irrorated with black. Fore wing pale olive-brown ; the
veins very indistinctly defined by slight brown streaks, the inter-
spaces also with indistinct streaks, more prominent on terminal
area ; traces of a minute black point in lower angle of cell ; traces
of a more or less complete postmedial series of black points, bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, often reduced to
points on veins 5 and 2. Hind wing whitish, almost uniformly
tinged with fuscous ; the cilia ochreous white ; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated with fuscous, a
postmedial series of slight dark streaks on the veins, some black
points on apical part of termen.
Ab. 1. Much yellower.
Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing bright rufous ; the abdomen
and hind wing slightly tinged with rufous.
Hah. Britain, Essex, Harwich (Matheiv), 1 S , 2 $ . E.vj-).
42 millim.
2046. Leucania rubripallens. (Plate XCVI. fig. 4.)
Leucania rubripallens, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xsv. p. 182 (1902);
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.
Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous ; abdomen ochreous
white irrorated with black. Fore wing pule rufous ; the veins
rufous defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked
with brown ; traces of postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 ; a
2q2
596 KOCTUIDJ..
terminal scries of black points. Hind ■wing pale, uniformly
suffused with fuscous ; the cilia white. Underside of fore Aving
fuscous, except marginal areas which are yellowish white irrorated
with bro'wn, as also the hiud wing ; both wings with terminal
series of black points.
Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (CocHe), 1 5; U.S.A.,
Colorado, Gleuwood Springs, 1 J . fcy. 34 millim.
2047. Leucania fuliginosa.
Noctua f'uliginosa, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 174 (1809).
Noctua 'punciina. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 174 (1809) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eut.,
Haust. iii. p. 75 ; Wood, Ind. Ent. f. 363.
Noctua impura, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Sclimetfc., Noct. f. 396 (1827) ; Bup.
Lep. Fr. \\\. p. 73, pi. 105. f. 3; SteiDh. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 75 ;
Herr.-SchiifF. Eur. ScLiuett., Noct. ff. 319-20 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 191.
Leucania duiujana, Alpli. Hor. See. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 83, i4. 3. f. 56
(1883).
Leucania transhaikaJensis. Stand. Iris, v. p. 367 (1^92).
LetKania amurenns, Staud. Iris, v. p. 367 (1892).
Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; antennae whitish at base ;
abdomen pale ochreous, ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore
wing ochreous ; the veins whiter, the median nervure more
prominently so, defined by fine red-brown streaks, the interspaces
also streaked with red-brown ; slight black irroration on costal and
inner areas ; a brown shade below median nervure with some black
irroration on it ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; post-
medial black points on veins 5 and 2. Hind wing yellowish white
nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ; the costal area
paler ; the cilia white ; the underside irrorated with dark brown,
some black points on apical part of termen.
Ab. 1. transhnikalensis. Pore wing irrorated with red-brown,
the dark streaks almost obsolete. — Dauria.
Ab. 2. dungana. Much browner or more fuscous ; fore wing
with the dark streaks indistinct; hind wing nearly uniform
fuscous. — W. and E. Turkestan, Tibet.
Ab. 3. amurensis. Darker ; fore wing Avith the \Ahitish veins
and dark streaks more distinct. — Amur.
Hah. Britain', England, Ireland, Leech Coll. ; Fkance ; Denmahk ;
Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; jST. Lialy; Swkden; Russia,
TJrals ; Asia Minor, Bythinia ; Syria ; W. Turkestan, Issyk Xul ;
E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 J , 1 $ , Kashgar ; Tibet, Kuku-noor ;
E. Siberia, Dauria, Amur ; Japan. Eorp. 3(5 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 71 ; Barrett, Lop. Brit. v. p. 137, pi. 201. f. 2.
Pale greyish ochreous, sometimes tinged with reddish ; dorsal,
subdorsal, and lateral lines whitish, edged with dark brown, the
subdorsal more strongly above ; spiracular line brown or dark
brown ; head pale brownish with darker markings. Food-plants,
Grasses. 9-5.
597
2048. Leucania oxygala. (Plate XCVI. fig. 5.)
Heliopkila oxi/gala, Grote, Can. EnL. xiii. p. 14 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 185.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous tinged with
brownish, the last with slight dark irroration. Pore wing pale
brownish ochreous ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown
streaks ; the interspaces with fine brown streaks except on costal
area ; a black point in lower angle of cell. Hind wing fuscons,
the cilia white ; the underside pale thickly irrorated with fuscous,
some black points on termcn.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, I S type. Exp. 36 millim.
*2049. Leucania albiradiosa. (Plate XCVI. fig. 6.)
Leucania albiradiusa, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 158; Herr.-Schaff. Neue
Schmett. f. 14; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with olive-brown ; abdomen
ochreous white slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous,
the veins streaked with white, the median nervure and veins 3, 4
more strongly so ; the veins defined by fine brown streaks, the
interspaces also streaked with brown, the discal fold from cell to
termcn with stronger streak, the median nervure defined below by
brown suffusion. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half
more or less tinged with fuscous brown ; the underside white, the
costal area irrorated with brown.
Hah. KussiA, Urals ; W. Siberia, .Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk
Kul ; E. TpekestaiV, Hi, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 38 millim.
2050. Leucania minorata. (Plate XCVI. fig. 7.)
Leucania minorata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 75, pi. v. f. 11
(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.
S . Head and thorax ochreous with an olive tinge ; abdomen,
white irrorated with black, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing
olive ochreous ; the veins defined by pale rufous streaks ; the
interspaces towards termen with fine rufous streaks ; some diffused
black scales below median nervure, sometimes a few on inner
margin and as streaks above veins 2, 3 ; a slight oblique streak
above inner margin before middle ; a black point in lower angle of
cell and postmedial points on veins 5 and 2 ; sometimes traces of a
postmcdial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique ; some black points on termen. Hind wing white,
tinged with brown and irrorated with black scales, except towards
base and costa ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
slightly irrorated with black, a small discoidal black spot, post-
medial series of short streaks on the veins and terminal series
of points.
Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 3 cJ, Br. Columbia^
Revclstoke (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 cJ , Kaslo (Cockh'), 4 c? , 3 9 , Vancouver
{Livingston), 1 J ; U.S.A., Oregon, California. Exp. 34 millim.
6y8
NOCTUID.T:.
2051. Leucania straminea.
Leuca7iia straminea, Treit. Sehinett. Eur. v. 2, p. 297 (1825) ; Dup. Lep.
Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 346, pi. 32. f. 2; Prr. Neu. Beitr. Schmett. ii. f. 123;
Herr.-Schafl'. Eur. Schmett., Noet. ff. 321-323; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 191.
Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; tegulse with two dark lines
defined by grey ; abdomen ochreous, whitish at base. Fore wing
pale ochreous irrorated with a few black scales ; the veins defined
by fine brown-pink streaks, the interspaces also streaked with
brown-pink ; the median nervure defined below by diffused brown-
pink ; a slight black point in lower angle of cell ; postmodial black
points on veins 5 and 2 and sometimes traces of a complete series
bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing white, the disk more or less
sufi^'used with fuscous and with some postmedial dark streaks on the
veins ; the underside sparsely irrorated with black, a discoidal
lunule and some points on termen.
Hub. Britain, Leech Coll. ; Feance ; Germany, Frey and Leech
Colls. ; EussiA, tlrals. JExp. 34-40 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 71 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 144, pi. 202. f. 2.
Brownish ochreous freckled with grey ; dorsal, subdorsal, and
lateral lines pale, edged with dark grey ; subspiracular line pale
ochreous ; head brownish ochreous. Food-plants : Phragmites and
Grasses. 9-5.
2052, Leucania pallens.
Noctua pallens, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 510 (1758) ; Clerck, Icon. pi. 4. f. 6 ;
Esp. Schmett. pi. 90. f. 1 ; Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. p. 234 ;
Dup. L6p. Fr. vii. p. 68, pi. 105. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust.
iii. p. 76; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 185.
Noctua ectypa, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 231 (1827).
HeliophUa pcrtracta, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 120 (1875) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186.
Leucania melania, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 48.
Leucania infumata, Alph. Rom. Mt§ra. v. p. 166 (1889).
Leucania luteopallens, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. .\xv. p. 180 (1902) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.
Head and thorax ochreous, slightly tinged with brown on head
Fig. 172. — Leucania pallens, ^. \.
and tegulae ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous, the
veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks ; the interspaces Avith
fine brown streaks ; a black point in lower angle of cell, sometimes
XEUCANIA. 599
almost obsolete ; postmedial black points On veins 5 and 2 some-
times present. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, especially
towards termen, the veins and terminal area sometimes tinged with
fuscous ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal lunule and sometimes some postmedial strise on the veins.
Ab. 1. ectypa. Fore wing tinged with rufous.
Ab. 2. melania. Hind wing grey ; fore wing fuscous below. —
"W. and E. Turkestan, Tihet.
Hob. Canada, Renfrew Co., 3 5, Hastings, 2 S; U.S.A., except
S. States, New Hampshire, 1 S > co-type luteopalhns, Massachusetts
(Pachard), 2^,4$, Newton Highlands, 1 cj' , New York, Trenton
Falls (Doubledai/), 1 d ,. California, 1 c? ; Britain, Forres (Salvage),
England, Leech Coll., Derry (Salvar/e) ; France, Sand Coll. ;
Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland ; N. Spain; Italy;
Scandinavia; Russia, Livouia, Zeller Coll.; Humelia ; Siberia;
"\V. Turkestan, Buchara, Ferghana, Issyk Kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ;
Mongolia, Uliassutai ; Tibet, Kuku-noor ; Amurland, Ussuri.
Kv2J. 30-38 millim.
Larva. Mevr. Brit. Lep. p. 71 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 140, pi. 202. f. 1.
Ochreous or greyish ochreous ; dorsal line whitish edged with
dark grey followed by a brownish shade ; subdorsal line whitish
edged above strongly with grey, below by brown ; lateral and sub-
spiracular lines pale ochreous ; spiracular line gi'ey ; head marked
with brown. Food-plant, Grasses. 9-5.
2053. Leucania impuncta. (Plate XCVI. fig. 8.)
Leucania impuncta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 83 (1852).
Leucania decolorata, Blanch. Gay's Chile, vii. p. 81, pi. 4. f. 9 (1854).
Head and thorax ochreous * abdomen ochreous white, dorsally
slightly tinged with fuscous towards extremity. Fore wing
ochreous ; the veins whitish defined by fine pale brown lines ; the
interspaces with fine pale brown lines ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen
slightly tinged with ochreous and fuscous.
Hah. Chili (Edmonds), 2 c? , 2 $ , Coquimbo (/. J^ Walker),.
2 c?, 1 ? , Chilian (Elwcs), 1 $ . Exp. 44 millim^
2054. Leucania obsoleta.
Noctua ohsoleia, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 233 (1827) ; Dup.
Ldp. Fr. vii. p. 77, pi. 105. f. 5 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., llaust. iii. p. 74 ;
Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 303-6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 191.
Head and thorax ochreous, usually tinged with rufous and
irrorated with fuscous ; fore tarsi black ringed with whitish ;
abdomen whitish, tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing ochreous, more or less tinged with rufous and irrorated
with black ; the veins whitish defined by more or less prominent
fine black or brown streaks ; the cell and interspaces of terminal
coo nocxuidj:.
half also with dark streaks ; a white point at lower angle of cell ;
a postmedial series of black points on the veins, oblique below
vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia with two brown
lines through them. Hind wing white ; the veins brown ; the
terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with black, a discoidal point, postmedial series of
short streaks on the veins, and terraiual series of points.
Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; Prance, Sand Coll. ; Germaxt, Zeller
and Frey Colls. ; Corsica ; Italy : Balkan States ; Scandinavia ;
EussiA, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; W. Tctrkestan, Issyk Kul ; Tibet,
Kuku-noor. Exp. 38-40 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 70; Barrett, Lep. Brit. 7. p. 147, pi. 203. f. 1.
Pale greyish ochreous, sometimes tinged with reddish or
greenish ; dorsal line pale, edged with green ; subdorsal line pale
or whitish with dark edges ; lateral line whitish ; spiracular line
darker or green : head marked with brown. Food-plant, Phrag-
mites, the larva hiding in the stems by day. 8-9.
2055. Leucania pudorina.
Noctua pudorina, SchifF. Wien. Verz. p. 85 (1775); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. ff. 401, 495; Dup. Lep. Fr. Tii. p. 75, pi. 105. f. 4; Steph. lU.
Brit. Eut., Haust. iii. p. 80 ; Herr.-Scbaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct.
ff. 329-331.
Noctua impudens, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 229 (1827); Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 191.
Leucania obscurata, Staud. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 474 (1892).
Head and thorax grey, tinged with purplish pink and irrorated
with fuscous ; abdomen more or less tinged with rufous, especially
in male. Fore wing grey, tinged with purplish pink and thickly
irrorated with fuscous ; the veins whitish ; a slight fuscous streak
above median nervure and vein 4 dilated into a wedge-shaped patch
towards tornus ; a wedge-shaped fuscous patch from upper angle of
cell to apex and diffused streaks in the interspaces of terminal area
between vein 4 and tornus. Hind wing pinkish white uniformly
suffused with fuscous, the cilia pinkish. Underside of fore wing
fuscous, the veins, costal and terminal areas pinkish ; hind wing
pinkish irrorated with fuscous.
Ab. 1. obscurata. Darker; fore wing with more and more
distinct dark streaks. — Ussuri.
Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and
Leech Colls. ; N. Italy ; Dalmatia ; Sweden ; Eussia, Urals, Zeller
Coll., Sarepta, Leech Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Bithynia ;
E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri. Exp. 38-44 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit, Lsp. p. 71 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 134, pi. 201. f. 1.
Pale ochreous brown ; dorsal line pale edged with blackish, and
with a dark line below it ; subdorsal line pale or whitish edged
with blackish, most strongly above ; lateral line dark-edged ;
spiracular line fuscous ; head pale brown with darker markings.
Food-plants : Phragmites and Grasses, 9-4.
LEUCANIA. GOl
2056. Leucauia langiiida. (Plate XCVI. fig. 9.)
LeiKonia languida, Stand. Iris, x. p. 284, pi. 9. f. 15 ; id. Cat. Lcp. pal.
p. 191.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochrcous, the last
whitish at base ; palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing brownish
ochreous, the veins slightlj' irrorated with fnscous ; traces of a
postmedial series of points bent outwards below costa and oblique
below vein 4. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area
tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area tinged
with ochreous.
Hab. Syria, 1 J . Exp. 34 millim.
*2057. Leucania niveilinea, (Plate XCVI. fig. 10.)
Chloridea niveilinea, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 239 (1894).
S . Head and thorax brownish ochreous and white ; abdomen
pale browni, whitish below. Fore wing golden fulvous ; a silvery
white subcostal fascia from base ending in a point bejond middle ;
a fascia on medial part of median nervure and base of vein 2, where
it is met by an oblique fascia from apex, emitting short streaks on
its outer side on veins 2, 3, 4, 5 ; a fascia on vein 1 from base to
beyond middle ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing pale brown ; the
cilia white at tips ; the underside white slightly tinged with
brown.
Hah. Mexico, Las Vigas, type f S in Coll. Schaus. Exp.
30 millim.
602 NOCTUIDJ!:,
ADDENDA and CORRIGENDA.
Page 34.
1168. Scotogramma peculiaris, add (Plate LXXIX. fig. 9.)
Page 45. *11S3 a. Anarta laerta.
Anarta laerta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 20 (1903).
Head and thorax black mixed with fuscous-brown hair and scales ;
tegute and patagia with pale tips ; abdomen black. Pore wing
fuscous brown, the cell rather paler ; subbasal line defined by pale
colour on inner side, dentate at the veins ; antemediul line single,
rather evenly excurved ; claviform moderate or small, deiined by
black and sometimes filled in with black ; orbicular round, variable
in size and defined by black or filled in with black ; reniforra large,
black-brown, sometimes constricted at middle ; a dark medial shade
approximated below the cell to the postmedial line, which is single,
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
slightly incurved ; subterminal line pale, sometimes interrupted,
defined on inner side by obscure spots and shades ; terminal area
darkening to an interrupted black tcTminal line ; cilia pale at tips.
Hind wing dirty white, the inner and terminal areas broadly black,
connected with the large black discoidal lunule ; the base blackish ;
cilia whitish ; the underside with large black discoidal lunule and
sometimes a diff'used whitish subterminal line.
Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Mt. Rainier, Utah, Silver Lake.
Exp. 22-27 millim. This species is unknown to me.
Page 46. 1186. Anarta mausi, Piing. Soc. Ent. xix. p. 130 (1904).
Page 48. *1189 a. Lasiestra albinuda.
Scofogramma albinuda, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 19 (1903).
$ . Dark ashen grey with a fuscous tinge. Fore wing with the
lines single, diffused, indistinct ; subbasal line very near base, in-
curved below costa ; antemedial line erect, irregular, strongly
excurved in submedian interspace ; orbicular moderate, round,
barelj' traceable ; reniform rather small, dark ; a medial shade
distinct towards costa, obsolescent below cell ; postmedial line
lunulate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then in-
curved ; subterminal line sometimes represented by some pale
scales, defined on inner side by a dark shade, distinct towards costa,
obsolescent towards inner margin ; a terminal series of dark lunules ;
cilia slightly intersected with white and with pale line through
them. Hind wang deep fuscous brown; a dark medial shade
followed by some diffused yellowish ; a large black discoidal spot ;
cilia pale ; the underside whitish or fuscous with darker irroration,
a large discoidal spot and postmedial shade.
Bab. Canada, Labrador, Kama. Exp. 32-33 millim. This
species is unknown to me.
ADDENDA AND COKRIGENDA. 603
Page 65. *1215. Polia navia, read (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 5.)
Page 65. *1215 a. Polia bilinea. (Plate XCVI. fig. 11.)
Hadena hilinea, Wilem. ined.
c? . Head and thorax purplish brown mixed with grey ; abdomen
grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purple-grey,
especially on basal inner area and medial area ; subbasal line
black, waved, from eostato submedian fold ; antemedial line strong,
black, slightly curved ; claviform moderate, incompletely defined by
black ; orbicular and reniform rather small, with pale brown
centres and blue-grey annuli defined by black, the former some-
times rather elongate and conjoined by a black streak to the latter,
which is somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial line strong,
black, incurved and slightly sinuous from vein 6 to inner margin ;
faint traces of an irregular grey subterminal line ; a terminal series
of small black lunules. Hind wing uniform reddish brown ; the
underside brown suffused with grey, a small discoidal lunule and
traces of postmedial line on costal area.
Hah. Japan, Tokio, type f S in Coll. Wiloman. Exp. 26-30
millim.
Page 89.
1252. Polia insolens, add (Plate LXXX. fig. 29.)
Page 132. *1303 a. Polia imitata.
Mamestra imitata, Mssn. Stiibel's Reise, p. 141, pi. vi. f. 31 (1890).
5 . Head and thorax greenish grey ; patagia edged with black ;
abdomen grey. Fore wing greenish grey suftused and irrorated
with fuscous ; subbasal lino represented by a pale striga below cell
defined on each side by black ; antemedial line oblique from costa
to median nervure, then strongly excurved ; claviform only defined
by a clavate white mark beyond it ; orbicular and reniform greenish
grey defined by black, the former rounded, the latter open above
and below and angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial lino
minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa, exctirved to
vein 4, then oblique, the area beyond it paler; subterminal lino
represented by a black striga from costa, then a white line dentate
on veins 4, 3 and wdth black beyond it. Hind wing white, the
terminal area tinged with fuscous.
Hah. Ecuador, CoUanes-am- Altar, 1100'. Exp. 44 millim.
This species is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by
Prof. Karsch.
Page 136. 1309. Polia pisi insert ab. saltdalens^s. Strand, Arch.
Xaturv. Christian, xsv. no. 9, p. 11 (1903).
XoRWAT, Saltdalen.
Page 147.
*1325 a. Polia albifluviata. (Plate XCIV. fig. 2.)
Mamestra albifluviata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905).
cf . Head white, palpi except end of 2nd joint, frons and band
604 KOCTUID.Ti;.
between antennae black ; antennae black, ringed with white at base ;
tegulae brownish white tipped with black ; thorax black n[iixed with
white, the pectus irrorated with white and the tarsi ringed with
white ; abdomen black, whitish at base, with sublateral tufts of
long white hair, the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore
wing dark purplish grey; subbasal line white, defined on each side
by black patches below costa and cell, waved, from costa to vein 1 ;
antemedial line white defined on each side by black, represented by
an oblique striga in cell, an angled mark in submedian interspace,
and a medial striga on inner margin ; claviform only defined by a
clavate white mark beyond it ; orbicular and reniform greenish
white, very large, extending to costa and connected by a streak
above median nervure, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with
its lower extremity connected with the greenish-white terminal
area, which is slightly irrorated with black and strongly angled
inwards above and below middle ; postmedial line white defined
by black, minutely waved, interrupted, oblique towards costa and
below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal
black patches on costa, at middle, and above tornus ; small white
patches on inner margin before antemedial and bej'ond postmedial
line ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white, the
costal and terminal areas fuscous brown, the latter narrowing to
tornus ; cilia intersected with white except towards apex ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with white, a black dis-
coidal spot.
Hah. Colombia, Honda, 1000' (^Wheeler), tj-pc in Coll. Druce.
Exp. 36 millim.
Page 147. *1325 h. Polia hieroglyphera,
Moma hlcroghjphcra, Mssn. Stiibel's Reise, p. 137, pi. t. f. 17 (1890).
Head and thorax bluish grey ; tegula3 with fuscous tips ; patagia
and thorax with fuscous patches ; abdomen grey suffused with
fuscous. Fore wing grey-white ; a small black spot at base and
subbasal spots on costa and inner margin ; an antemedial triangular
patch on costa and another below the cell ; claviform represented
by a triangular black patch with oblique mark below it on inner
margin ; orbicular and reniform only defined by a black spot before
them in cell, a triangular patch between them emitting two arms to
costa and a triangular patch beyond them ; postmedial line only
represented by a striga from costa, a triangular patch before it
below the cell, and a conical patch on inner margin ; a V-shaped
black mark on costa before apex with a black spot between its arms ;
an oblique subterminal black mark at middle and an oblong patch
above tornus ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white,
the apical area fuscous, narrowing to a point at vein 1. Underside
of fore wing fuscous with some whitish on disk ; hind wing white,
with the costal and apical areas fuscous.
Hah. EcuADOE,Antisana, 12,000'. ^^.r^^. 36 millim. This species
is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by Prof. Karsch.
ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 605
Page 160. *134S a. Polia canosticta. (Plate XCIV. fig. 1.)
Mamestra canosticta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) st. (April 1905).
5 . Head and thorax red-brown slightly irrorated with grey, the
dorsum of thorax mostly grey ; abdomen fuscous brown irrorated
with grey. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with grey ; subbasal
line defined by diffused grey on each side of it, from costa to sub-
median fold : antemedial line indistinct, waved, bent inwards in
cell, defined by difi'used grey patches before and beyond it, forming
a large patch on inner margin ; orbicular and reniform grey, their
centres defined by brown, the former round ; an indistinct medial
line somewhat oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial
line defined by patches of grey on outer side, minutely waved,
slightly bent outwards below costa, escurved to vein 4, then in-
curved ; subterminal line crenulate, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7 and escurved at middle, with prominent series of grey
patches beyond it, the apical one rather large ; a terminal series of
grey points ; cilia slightly irrorated with grey and with fine pale
line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous ; the
underside pale irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and
curved postmedial line.
Hah. Bolivia (Gccrlejyp), type f in Coll. Druce, B.rp. 42 millim.
Page 183. *1385 «. Polia ? lata.
Hecatera Iceta, Mssn. Stiibel's Eeise, p. 145, pi. vi. f. 29 (1890).
2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brownish ;
tegulae with black medial line. Fore wing white, largely suffused
with pale brown to the postmedial line ; subbasal line represented
by double black striae from costa and cell filled in with white ;
antemedial line double filled in with white, angled outwards below
costa, then oblique, slightly waved ; claviform only defined by a
slight white mark beyond it ; orbicular and reniform small, with
brownish centres and white annuli defined by black, the former
round, the latter ill-defined below ; postmedial line defined by
white on outer side, waved, bent outwards below costa and strongh^
incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line defined by somewhat
wedge-shaped black patches before it below apex, at middle, and
above inner margin ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia
chequered grey and black. Hind wing white, the veins and
terminal area tinged with fuscous.
Hah. Ecuador, Chaupi, 9500'. Exp. 28 millim. This species
is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by Prof.
Karsch.
Page 187. *1394 a. Polia lunolacta.
Mamestra lunolacta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 17 (1903).
5 . Head and thorax fuscous mixed with black and with some
■whitish or greenish scales, the head with some grey ; tegula3 with
GOG KOCTi'iDj;.
slight medial line, and black line before the tips which are grey ;
abdomen fuscous. Fore "wing fuscous mixed with black and with
some whitish or greenish scales; subbasal line double filled in with
creamy or greenish scales ; antemedial Mne double filled in with
greenish, obliquely excurved ; claviform small, incompletely defined
by black and yellowish or greenish scales ; orbicular small, narrow,
oblique, with slight pale annulus defined Vjy black ; reniform
narrow, with rather prominent white annulus defined by black ;
postmedial line double, the outer line incomplete, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line
whitish, defined by black scales or spots on inner side and a
lunulate white patch above vein 1, rather irregular ; a terminal
series of whitish lunules ; cilia yellowish at tips. Hind wing
fuscous, rather paler at base ; cilia whitish, with a fuscous line
through them ; the underside pale with dark irroration, a small
discoidal spot, postmedial line, and terminal shade.
Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Pullman, Idaho. E.rp. 27 millim.
This species is unknown to me.
Page 211.
*1426a. Hadenaelaeistis. (Plate XCIV. fig. 3.)
Hadena eleistis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905).
5 . Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with some black ;
palpi with the 3rd joint black at sides, whitish above ; frons with
blackish bar with some white above it ; tegulse with some black near
base and white medial line and tips ; patagia edged with white ;
prothoracic crest rufous tipped with white ; pectus whitish and
olive ; legs white and fuscous ; abdomen rufous, brown at base, the
ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing olive-
brown, the subcostal nervure, median nervure, and vein 4 to just
beyond postmedial line and vein 1 with purplish-white fascine ;
subbasal line represented by oblique white striae from costa and
cell, defined on each side by black, the black forming a streak in
submedian fold to antemedial line, which is represented by two
black points at costa and below the cell by a whitish line very
strongly angled outwards on vein 1, defined by black on both sides
in submedian interspace and on both sides below vein 1 ; claviform
very elongate, and acute at extremity, defined by black and with
oblique whitish streak above it ; orbicular and reniform narrow and
confluent below, with olive centres and yellowish-white annuli
defined at sides by black, the former oblique oblong ; traces of a
postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique
and placed on an oblique yellowish-white band from apex to vein 1,
some dentate black marks before and beyond it with yellowish
lunules on them representing the subterminal line ; a pinkish band
before termen ; cilia brown, with black line through them followed
by white. Hind wing whitish, the veins, inner and terminal areas
ADBENDA AND CORIiEGEXDA. GOT
suffused ■with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule.
Hub. N. PEPvU,Huancabamba, 9000', type tin Coll. Druce, Exp.
36 millim.
Page 211.
* 1426 6. Hadena cenistis. (Plate XCIV. fig. 4.)
Hadena cenistis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905).
2 • Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with black and
some grey ; patagia with white stripes edged with black; abdomen
red-brown slightly mixed with grey. Fore wing bright red-brown
suffused in parts with black ; the subcostal uervure and vein 1
streaked with purple- grey, the median nervure and base of vein 4
with white ; subbasal line represented by a slight pale striga from
costa and an oblique white striga below cell defined on each side
by black ; antemedial line pale defined on each side by brown,
angled outwards below costa, inwards on median nervure, and out-
wards above inner margin ; claviform an ill-defined black patch with
traces of pale streak above it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and
reniforra small, with rufous centres and white aunuli defined by
black, the former rounded, the latter oblique elliptical ; postmedial
line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein
4, then very oblique and ])laced on an oblique pinkish-white band
from apex to vein 1, a series of dentate black marks before and
beyond it interrupted by yellowish-white lunules representing the
subterminal line : some white points on costa towards apex ; a
purple-grey band just before termen, on which there is a fine waved
black line ; cilia chequered fuscous and brown. Hind wing
fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half paler ; cilia pinkish
with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish, the veins
costal and terminal areas suffused with purple-pink and irrorated
with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial
line.
Hab. N. Perf, Huancabamba, type f in Coll. Druce. E.ip. 40
millim.
Page 214. *1431 a. Hadena calographa.
Mamestra calographa, Mssn. Stiibel's Reise, p. 140, pi. vi. f. 8 (1890).
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous mixed with grey. Fore
wing blackish ; subbasal line represented by black stride from costa
and cell defined on each side by grey ; antemedial line represented
by two grey spots on costa, then by a black line defined on each
Bide by yellowish, angled outwards on vein 1 and strongly bent
iuAvards to inner margin ; claviform only defined by an oblique
yellowish streak above its extremity ; orbicular and reniform
yellowish, the former small, oblique elliptical, and conjoiued below to
G08
XOCTUID^.
the latter, which is angled inwards on median nervure and has its
centre defined by brown ; postmedial line strongly angled outwards
below costa and defined by greyish, then placed on an obhque
rather irregular yellowish band running from apex to inner margin
and connected with termen by a streak at vein 3 ; a series of pale
points just before termen ; cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing
white, the veins and termen tinged with fuscous.
Hab. Ecuador, Antisana, 12,000', Exp. 38 millim. This
species is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by Prof.
Karsch.
Page 248.
1479. Mamestra imj>ia, Piing. Soc. Ent, xix. p. 153 (1905).
Page 253.
*1486 a. Nephelistis conservulodes. (Plate XCIV. fig. 5.)
Nephelistis co7iservulodcs, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905).
2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown ; tegulae and
patagia edged with red-brown ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged
with brown, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing golden brown
irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa ; antemedial lino indistinct, grey, oblique, from costa to
vein 1 ; claviform only defined by an oblique yellow streak above
its extremity ; orbicular and reniform purplish grey irrorated with
fuscous, with yellow annuli defined by black, the former oblique,
open above and its lower part produced to an angle confluent with
the reniform, which is rather narrow and oblique ; postmedial line
grey and very obliquely excurved from below costa to a small
pink-tinged grey patch above vein 5 befoi'e the subtermiual line,
then hardly traceable, oblique and angled inwards on vein 1, some
pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellow, slightly
sinuous, the area beyond it purple-grey ; a terminal series of small
black lunules. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and terminal
area suffused with brown; cilia whitish, brown at base. Underside
of fore wing fuscous, the costal and terminal areas fiery red ; hind
wing whitish, the costal and terminal areas slightly tinged with red
and irrorated with brown, a brown discoidnl lunule.
Hab. Colombia ( Wheeler), type f in Coll. Druce. Exp. 40
millim.
Page 261.
1498 a. Chabuata chipeta. (Plate XCIV. fig. 12.)
Tricholita chipeta, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 202 (1904).
<S . Head and thorax whitish mixed with grey -brown ; abdomen
whitish slightly tinged with ochreous-broAvn. Fore wing whitish
thickly irrorated with grey-brown ; subbasal line represented by
some black scales below costa, the antemedial line by slight traces
ADnK.NDA AXn CURRIGKXDA. GOD
in cell ; claviform rather long and narrow, defined by black ;
orbicular small, defined bj^ black, its outer edge produced ; reniform
represented by a narrow white luiiule on discocellulars, a point at
lower angle of cell, and an irregular mark angled inwards on median
nervure, incompletely defined by diffused black ; no trace of post-
medial and subterminal lines ; the veins of terminal area with
slight dark streaks ; some white points on costa towards apex ; a
fine dark terminal line. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal
area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with brown, a discoidal point.
Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 1 cJ co-type.
E.vp. 34 millim.
Page 309.
*lo7S a. Eriopyga faliginosa. (Plate XCVI. fig. 14.)
Hyphilare fuliginosa, Wilem. ined.
<S . Head and thorax fuscous slightly mixed with grey ; base of
palpi and fringes on legs purplish pink ; abdomen purplish pink,
paler at base, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing fuscous irrorated
with grey ; a slight whitish mark on discocellulars; a fine pale lino
at base of cilia. Hind wing pale fuscous, the inner margin and
cilia purplish pink ; underside of both wings with the hair in cell
pink.
2 . Head and thorax tinged with fuscous ; fore wing irrorated
with fulvous.
Hah. Japax, Tezo, Toshima, tj'po f J $ in Coll. Wileman.
Exp., S 46, $ 56 millim.
Page 317.
1591 a. Eriopyga hueca. (Plate XCIV. fig. 13.)
Mamestra hueca, Barnes, Can. Eat. xxxvi. p. 198 (1904).
S . Head and thorax ochreous white and ferruginous ; abdomen
pale ferruginous. Fore wing ochreous wliitish mostly suffused with
blood-red ; subbasal line represented by white strite from costa
and cell, defined by deep red on outer side; antemcdial line hardly
traceable except from submedian fold to inner margin, where it is
white defined by deep red on inner side; orbicular and reniform blood-
red with white annuli, the former round, the latter constricted at
middle ; postmedial line white defined by deep red on outer side,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then slightly
incurved, approximated to the subterminal line, which is white
defined by deep red on each side, dentate ; the veins of terminal
area with deep red streaks ; a terminal series of small red lunules.
Hind wing pale ochreous, the veins slightly tinged with red.
Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 d", co-type. Exp. 34
millim.
VOL. V. 2 »
GIO noctuid.t;.
I'age 3l'2. 15iJ9. Eriopyqa hrarJiia, De Joan. Eull. Soc. Eiit. Yv.
lOui, p. 290.
Paj^e 348, 1G39. Eriopyga conar, insert (syn.) Himella infideJ'nt,
Dyar, Pr. U.S. Xat. Mas. xxvii. p. 8G8 (1904j,
iiou descr.
Page 350. 1643. Eriopyga f'^'«;Y//o, insert G'7-rtp7«y)7(0)-a communis,
])yar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvii. p. 8G8(19U4),
which has priority.
Page 359, for Polioses, Hmpsn. (nee Poths. Lep. 1903) read
Poliodestra.
Page 363.
1665. TrichopoJia serrata should be placed in Eriopyga, after
15GG. E. agrotiformis. S. Arizona (Polhuj), 1 § .
(Plate XCIV. fig. 11.)
Page 522. 1893. Cirphis diagramma, Beth. -Baker, A. M. N. H.
(7) XV. p. 324 (1905).
List of uxrecognized Species.
Ar/rotis saturnus, Streck. Lep. llhop. & Het. Suppl. 3, p. 31 (1900) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. X. Am. p. 166. ? Eriopt/;/a. Wisconsin.
Anarta fumida, Graes. Berl. cnt. Zeit. 1888, p. 365 ; Stand. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 218 Amurland.
„ lamuta, Herz, Ann. Mus. Zool. Pet. viii. p. 82 (1903).
N. Siberia.
Ceramica maryx, Guen. Noct. i. p. 344 (1852). 2 Fht/setlca.
Australia.
Bianthcecia capsiacoloides, Standf. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1 893, p. 360 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163. ? near Police hicntris.
Corsica.
„ incertu, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 258 (1896); id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 164 W. Turkestan.
„ suhmoesta, Moschl. Yei'h. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 294,
pi. xvi. f. 8 (1884) S. Africa.
Diaphone lamjira, Karsch, Ent. jSTachr. xx. p. 376 (1894); Bartel,
Iris, xvi. p. 198. ? = D. eumela E. Africa.
„ libertina, Bartel, Iris, xvi. p. 197 (1903). ? = £". eumeJa.
PI. Africa.
Hadena ahrupta, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1854, iii. p. 189, & 1856, ii. pi. 2.
f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. ?near Hadena
reticulata Kirghistan.
Leucunia acontistiti, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 9 (1887) ; Hudson,
N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 11, pi. iv. f. 14.
? near L. unica N. Zealand.
ADDEXDV AXD COHRIGEXDA. fill
Leucania alojia, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 10(1887); Hudson,
N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 12, pi. iv. f. 16.
? near L. blenheimensis N. Zealand.
„ angustipennis, Saalm. Le'p. Madag, p. 261, f. 252 (1891).
Type lost Madagascar.
„ aureola, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) iv. p. 1097 (1890).
Near Cirphis clecisissima Queensland.
, haziyce, Moschl, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 292,
pi. xvi. f. 5 (1884) C. Colony.
„ claudicans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 72 (1852) .... Abyssinia.
,, euthenna, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W, xxvi. p. 644(1901),
S. Australia.
e.varfins, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) viii. p. 141 (1893).
? near Meliana scotti Victoria.
„ imjmncta, Staud. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 475 (1892), nee Guen.;
id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191 Amurland.
„ internata, Moschl. Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 291,
pi. xvi. f. 3 (1884). Near Borolia rhahdopliora.
C. Colony.
„ miiUipunctata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. 1. p. 261,
pi. xxvi. f. 11 (1889). ?near Cii'iihis plUpalpis.
Panama.
„ ohumhrata, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. jST.S.W. (2) viii. p. 141
(1893). ?near Cirphis uda Victoria,
,, phcada, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 10 (1887) ; Hudson,
N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 11, pi. iv. f. 15.
? near L. blenheimensis N. Zealand.
„ purdii, Fereday, Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. p. 195 (1883);
Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 10, pi. iv.
f. 11. ?near L. sidoana N. Zealand.
„ umhrirjera, Saalm, Lep. Madag. p. 258 (1891).
Madagascar.
Mamcstra afra. Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 39, pi. i. f. 7 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. ? =Cardepia irrisor.
"Egypt.
cdha, Vallantin, Le Nat. 1893, p. 280 ; Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 158. ? near Polia consanguis Algeria.
„ catephioides, Wlk. xxxii. 665 (1865). Type lost.
S. Africa.
„ eZ«//io?-rt, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 197 (1004). Arizona.
„ feildeni, McLachlan, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 112 (1878).
? genus Aid Arctic America.
„ imviiscens, Wlk. Entoni. v. p. 127 (1870). Type lost.
Sit. Sinai.
„ intricaia, Saalm. Le'p. Madag. p. 269 (1891). Type lost.
Madagascar.
lui>a, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 91 (1893) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. l;">5 Persia.
2 k 2
612 NOCTUIDiE.
Mamesira mcndica. Stand. Iris, vii. p. 27-, pi. ix. f. 13 (18i)-l) ;
id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. ? near Ejjia silcnes.
Asia Minor,
„ jnnWto-ff, Wlk. Entom. V. p. 126 (1870). Type lost.
Mt. Sinai.
,, o*-f?/iifl?-?a, Wlk. xxxii. 664(1865). Type lost. S.Africa.
„ {Saragossa) sedioldl, Stand. Iris, xiii. p. 109 (1900) ; id.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160 Spain.
„ solicjena, Moschl. Abb. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 45, f. 18 (1886).
Jamaica.
„ tarara, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 566 (1893) . . Caraeroons.
„ tetrica, Grses. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 325 ; Stand. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 157 Amurland.
Melanchra alcyone, Hndson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 24,
pi. V. f. 14 (1898). ? Morrisonia near stipata.
N. Zealand.
„ asterope, Hndson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 24,
pi. V. f. 15 (1898). ? Morrisonia near dotata.
N. Zealand.
„ ccBleno, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 26,
pi. iv. f. 39 (1898). ? Morrisonia near lignana.
N. Zealand.
„ exquisita, Philpott, Tr. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. p. 246, pi. xxxii.
f. 2 (1903). ? near Polia pictula N. Zealand.
,, grandiosa, Philpott, Tr. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. p. 246, pi. xxxii.
f. 1 (1903). ? Morrisonia N. Zealand.
„ 7naya, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 17,
pi. iv. f. 31 (1898). ? Morrisonia near dotata.
N. Zealand,
„ merope, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 19,
pi. V. f. 2 (1898). ? Polia near pictula . . N. Zealand.
„ octans, Hndson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 25,
pi, V. f. 1 (1898). ? Xyhmania near naiahnsis.
N. Zealand.
„ ojnicron, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 22,
pi. V. f. 42 (1898). ? IJi/ssia near cucidlina.
N. Zealand,
„ umbra, Hudson, Tr. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. p. 243, pi. xxx.
ff. 7-9 (1903). ? Morrisonia N. Zealand.
MytJiimna imbeUis, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 28 ; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 194. ? Eriopygodes W. Turkestan.
„ luteomacidata, Brem. Faun. Nord. Chin. p. 17 (1853).
? = Ctrpliis Jiavostigma N. China.
Nephelodes ruholans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 130 (1852). Type lost.
Australia.
Noctua digramme, F. de W. Ent. i. p. 201, pi. 5. f. 5 (1820) ; Staud,
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. ? Eua-oa Enssia.
Orthodes calceolarius, Streck, Lep. Ehop. & Het. Suppl. iii. p. 33
(1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep, N. Am. j). 164. ? Eriopyga.
New York,
ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 613
Orlhodes iniora, Streck. Lep. llhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 8(1898);
Dyar, Cat. Lep. X. Am. p. 1G4. ''^. Erio_iuj(ja.
Wisconsin.
„ maJHscuIa, Herr.-Schiiff. Corresp.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver.
Ivegensb. 1868, p. 148 Cuba.
FoUa obvia, Ev. Eull. Mosc. 1856, ii. pi. 2. f. 7, & iii. p. 77 ; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. ? =Polia dentina. . . . Russia.
,, simplex, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 39 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 180 {Mamestra) ■, Tiing. Iris, 1902, p. 160, pi. v.
f. 10 W. & E. Turkestan.
Segetla hiundidata, Motsch. Et. Ent. 18G0, ix. p. 33 ; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 193. ? = Eriopyga c/randia .... Japan.
Tceniocampa alamosa, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 201 (1904).
Arizona.
cMHila, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 234(1878); id.
2nd Yarkand Mission, Lep. p. 11, pi. 1. f. 11, ?= Hadula
op)thna Yarkand.
,, styracis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 357 (1852) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 206 ; Abbot's figure is in the Boston
Society of Natural History U.S.A.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
[Synouyms are printed in italtes.'\
abbas {Mamcstra), 10l2.
abdomiiialis (Cirphis),
4b9, 525.
abdominalis (Leucania),
525.
abdominalis {Nonayriu ),
489.
aberrans (Bianthoecia),
229.
aberrans (Epia), 229.
abrupta (Hadena), GIO.
abrupLa (Neuria), (>iy.
abstracta {Axylia), 538.
acadiensis (Anarta), 42.
acalus (Eriopyga), 296.
acceptrix {Mamestra),
369.
arcipi/)-ina {Noctwi), 105.
Acerra, 403.
achates {Noctua), 96.
achat ioides {Hetero-
ckroma), 290.
achat ioides (Proteinania),
290.
aeonlislis (Leucania),
610.
acontosema (Dasygaster),
475.
acontosema {Leucania),
475.
aerapex (Borolia), 569.
actinolmlu {Hadena), 25.
acufipeunis {Mataestra),
144.
Adiipbacnura, 460.
addenda (Moniina), 422.
addenda {Tmniocampa),
422.
adjuncta {Chariptera),
117.
adjuncta (Cirphis), 489.
adjuncta {Leucania), 489.
adjuncta {Mamestra},
110.
adjuncta (Polia), 117.
adjuta {Heliophila), 532.
adiidranda {Diantha:cia),
229.
adunea (Eriopyga), 353.
adonea {Heliophila), 521.
adonea {Ferigea), 353.
ad'uliera {Leucania), 547.
adusta {Leucania), 518.
advena (Noctua), 110.
ad vena (Polia), 110.
cethiopis {Anarta), 43.
Mlhria, 60.
ati'urata (Eriopvga), 350,
610.
afra (Mamestra), 104,
611.
Aglossestra, 225.
ugnata {Dryobota), 332,
338.
agurastis ( Majnesfra),
371.
agorastis (Morrisonia),
371.
agrotit'orinis (Eriopyga),
302, 610.
agrutiform is ( Graphi-
phora), 302.
agrotifurniis {Hadena),
31.
agroliforniis (Scoto-
granuna), 31.
akalus {Orthodcs), 296.
alala (Ilydrceciudes),
255.
alala {Xanthia), 254.
alaiuosa (Treuiocauipa),
613.
alba (Mamestra), 611.
albiceps (Cerapteryx),
4()3.
albiceps {Hadena), 463.
albicolon {Xoctua), 238.
albicolon (Trichotlea),
238.
d.bicostn {Alc/ia), 267.
alliicosta {Axylia), 21.
albicosta (Cbabuata),3ti7.
albicosta (Cirphis), 507.
albicosta (Craterestra),
21.
albicosta {Leucania), 507.
alhidilinea {Noctua}, 12.
albifasciata (Cirphis),
525.
alhijiuviata {Mamestra),
603.
albiliuviata (Polia), 603.
alSifusa {Hadena), 29.
albilinea (Meliana), 583.
albilinea {Noctua), 583.
albimacula {Noctua), 200.
albimacula (Polia), 200.
albiniargo (Chabuata),
270.
albimargo { Orthodcs),
270.
alliina {Mamestra), 472.
(tlbineura {Heliophobus),
462.
albinuda (Lasiestra), 602.
ulblnuda {Scotoyramma),
602.
albipicta {Mamestra),
235.
albipuncta (Eriopyga),
336.
albipuncta {Noctua), 438.
albipuncta {Orthodes),
336.
albipuncta (Sideridis),
438.
albiiadiosa (Leucania),
597.
albirena (Chabuata), 271.
aibirena {Noctua), 43,
271.
albistigma (Cirphis),
543.
albistirjina { Leucania),
543"
6]G
ALniABETICAL ISDEX.
cdhivena {A.rylia), 486.
ulhivena {Leiicania), 537.
albivenata (Cirphis), 6U5.
albivenata (Leiicania),
605.
albivitta (Borolia), 559.
all)ivi(ta {Levrania), 559.
albivitta (Odontestra),
20(i.
albogntfulis {Maqusa),
191.
ulhoyutiaia {Mamcsfrd),
. ISB.
alhogultata (Polia), 186,
alhomart/hiata ( Celcena),
147.
alboinarginata (Polia),
147.
alboradiata (Cirpbis),
536.
alcjone (Melanchra),
612.
Alefia, 436.
algidu {Altar fa), 39.
alia (Moiiima), 430.
alia {T(eniocampa), 430.
aliena {Mamestra), 99.
aliena {Nod'ita), 100,
354.
aliena (Polia), 100.
alojia (Leiicania), 611.
alopecuri (Cirpliis), 538.
alo2Jeci(ri (Lcucaiiia),
538.
alpicola (Koctna), 45.
alpina (Anarfa), 42.
alpina {Noctva), 354.
altaica (DianiJioecia),
60 .
altaica [Hadena), 99.
altaica (Lasionjcta), 58.
alluica (Polia), 58, 99.
altemans {Bapalia), 400.
alternans (Xylouiaiiia),
400.
alfua (Ma7ve>-tra), 178.
alurina (Moninia), 430.
alurina ( 1 an iocavrpu ) ,
430.
Alysia, 278.
amaryllidis (Plialaiia),
459.
amhigiia (Xor/i'a), 420.
aniblycasis (Cirpbi.s),
495.
am hli/ca sis (Leucaiiia),
495
aniens (Borolia), 558.
omens {^Leiicania), 558.
amfricana {yiuronia),
217.
anicrjcana (Tliolera),
217.
amn icola (Lcucania ),
501.
amcrba (Chabuata), 269.
anipla (Chabuata), 272.
amurensis (Lcucania),
596.
aiii'icrensis (Mamestra),
100.
aviyqdaliiia {Hcliophila),
5(i6.
aiiarqyria (Lcucania),
43s".
Anai-ta, 37.
andalusica (Bianihaciu),
79.
andahisica (Mamcstra\
12.
andereggi (Cirphis), 536.
andcrcqqii (Lcucania),
536.' ■
avgolcnds (Diap/ione),
453.
avquina (Mamesira),
144.
angiiina (Polia), 144.
angulata (Perigonica),
■J 36.
anyul'ifera (Aletia), 266.
angulifera (Chabuata),
266.
cmyusta (Mamesira), 369.
angustipennis(Leucania),
611.
anc/usfus (Bomhyx), ^'11.
annidala (Bam/iy.v), 201.
annulimacula (AJoiiinia),
422.
annulimacula (Tanio-
campa), 422.
anterodara (Cirphis),
526.
uriicroclara (Leiicania),
526.
onthophila ( Ccla-na), 10.
anthophila (Tri(4iestra),
10.
anthracias (Hyssia), 284.
anthracias (Lcucania),
284.
antica (Levcaiiia), 547.
aniica (Trichoclea), 241.
antipocla (Mamesira),
388.
anydra (Mamesira), 238.
aperia (yvciua), 141.
Aplccta, 60.
apparata (Borolia), 557.
appara ia (Le uca n ia ),
557.
a ra ch n ias ( Ma me sir a),
376.
arh'uiicolcns (Celesna), 9.
arbuticolenri (Trichestra),
9.
arcupunctata (Cirphis),
549.
arcupunctaia [Leucan ia),
549.
arenaria (Discestra), 16.
a7-gcniina (JS'ocina), 111.
argillacea (JS'octua), 79.
argyrifis (Leucania), 438.
aria (Koctua), 93.
urida (Hadena), 238.
arietis (Lasionjcta), 58.
arieiis (Mamesira), 58.
armata (Mamestra), 25.
armata (Scoiograrama),
25.
armerice (Bianfhcecia),
202.
aroiis (Leucania), 387-
arschanica (Hadena),
61.
arschanica (Polin), 61.
ariesta (Mamesira), 237.
artesta (Trichoclea), 237.
arthrolita ( Graphiphoru),
425.
arthrolita (Monima),
425.
arun dinicola (Nonagria),
578.
asiatica (Anarta), 39.
asiuiica (Mamesira),
114.
asiatica (Monosiola),
356.
asiatica (Nephelodes),
356.
asJioldu (Aplecia), 114.
as/iolden s is ( Tati io-
caiiipa), 414.
aspeisa (Borolia), 566.
aspersa (Lcncania), 566.
Aspidifrontia, 460.
assimilis (Mamestra),
158.
assimilis (Polia), 158.
assini His ( Tan iocampa),
545.
asterope (Melanchra),
612.
Asiropetis, 60.
atalantica (Trichoclea),
239.
at a visiis (Aspidifroniia),
470.
atavistis (Graphauia),
470.
ALruAiurncAL indkx.
af Ian (tea (Maincsfrci),
133.
atlantica (Polia), 133.
atrifera (Meliana), 580.
atri macula (Cirphis),
543.
atrimacula {Leucania),
643.
atrinota (Cirpbis), 523.
atrirei\a (Polia), 158.
atristriga (Persectania),
388.
atristriga {Xylina), 388.
aulacias (LencanuC), 387.
aulacias (Persectania),
387.
aurari£e (Clavipalpnla),
433.
auntricB ( Twniocampa),
433.
aureola (Leucania), 611.
uuripicta {Neuria), 207.
avinmnalis {Agrotis),
218.
a versa {Leucania), 386.
axylides (Aspidif'rontia),
452.
axylides (Hadena), 452.
aya (Agrotis), 159.
aya (Polia), 159.
azteca {Hydracia), 256.
aztera (Hjdrceciocles),
256.
azucara (Eriopyga), 331.
azucara {Mamestra). 331.
Barathra, 11.
harrettii {Dian ihacia ),
79.
baruna (Eriopjga), 294.
Iiaruna (Mameatra), 294.
basilinea {Leucania),
564.
bazija? (Leucania), 611.
beani (Polia), 148.
hpanii {Mamestra), 148.
iiehejisis {Noctua), 194.
hehrensiana {GrapJii-
pJwra), 390.
bebreu.siana(Xj'loinania),
390.
1)ella (Mamestra), 155.
bella (Xylomania), 399.
hclla {A'y/owyges), 399.
bi-rtba (Meliana), 586.
hicoJorata {Hclioj^hilu),
586.
hicolorata {Mamestra),
170.
bicolorafa (Meliana), .''SG.
hicruris {rhalavo), 195.
bicruris (Polia), 195.
bifascia {A.vylia), 21.
bifascia (Craterestra), 21.
bifascia ta (Oirpliis), 523.
hifu6ciata {Leucania),
523.
bifida {Mamestra), 129.
bllinea {Hadeiia), 603.
bilinea (Polia), 603.
bilineata (Borolia), 575.
b im acu lat us {Bom hyx),
416.
bimacidosa {Xuctiia), 114.
bistriqata {Leucania),
504.
bisulca {Mamestra), 373.
biaulca (Morrisonia), 373.
biundulata (Segetia), 613.
blandiija { Caradrina),
351.
blenbeimensis (Leucania),
592.
blcnna {Noctua), 92.
ImhemaHni {Anarta), 192.
bobemanni (Polia), 192.
Ixyisduvali {Noctua), 540.
boltcri {Ma7nestra), 156.
bolteri (Polia), 156.
bombycina {Hadena), 203.
Borolia, 656.
bovina {Mamestra), 472.
brachia (Eriopyga), 322,
610,
bracbiola (Polia), 84.
bi-achiolum {Mamestra),
84.
brant.si (Cirphis), 553.
branisii {Leucania), 553.
brassica; (Barathra), 12.
brassicce {Noctva), 12.
breccifBJ'orm is {Noctua),
228.
Brilhys, 447.
broiiiias {Melanchra),
370.
brouiias (Morri.souia),
370.
brunneago {Noctna), 79.
bryoptei-a (Lasionycta),
;-)5.
bryoptcra {Mamestra),
56.
biilgeri (Hadena), 215.
hii/geri (Mamesfra), 215.
bys-sina (Horolia), 569.
byssina. {Leucania), 569.
raduca {Mamestra), 169.
ca^leno (Melanchra) 612.
rarulca (Agrotis), 445.
cscrulca (Pliy^ctica), 445.
ccesia {Noctua), 443.
caesia (Sideridis), 443.
calhc.rlai {Hadena), 152.
calberlai (Polia), 152.
calcatrippa {Noctua), 212.
calceolarius (Ortliodes),
612.
calgariana (Cirphis), 528.
calqariana {Leucania),
528.
californica {Dryobota),
390.
callida {HeKophila), 481.
calligra-pta {Netcria), 468.
calligrapta (Strigania),
468.
calographa (Hadena),
607.
calographa {Mamestra),
607.
cana {Apamca), 102.
cana {Hadena), 73.
cana den s is {Mamestra) ,
98.
canaraica {Leucania),
531.
candens { Orthodes), 333.
Candida (Xylomania),
396.
Candida {Xyhmiges), 396.
canescens {Mamestra),
29.
canities (Polia), 80.
canosticta {Mamestra),
605.
canosticta (Polia), 605.
cappa {Noctua), 168.
cappa (Polia), 168.
capisella {Tceniocavrpa),
298.
cap>sincola {Noctua), 195.
capsincoloides (Dian-
thfficia), 610.
capisophila { Dianthcecia),
195.
capsophoba {Bianthoecia),
195.
capsidaris {Dianthcecia),
229.
capsularis (Epia), 229.
carbonaria {Anarta), 43.
Oardepia, 234.
car ids {Leucania), ytAb.
caricis {Noctua), 492.
carniinata (Moninia),
423.
carwinafa { Taniocampa),
423.
carneago (Chabunta),
262.
carneago {Xauihia), 263.
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ALrHABKTIC.VL IXDKX.
cariieigera (Eriopvga),
;517.
carmigera {H//puiri.v),
317.
carnipennis (Moniuiii),
410.
carnipennis ( T<enio-
campa), 410.
carpophaga (Nucfiia),
iy.5.
carpophaga (Folia), 195.
castaneipenuis (Moiiima),
415.
castaneipennis ( Scmio-
phora), 415.
Catepliii)des, 3(5.
catepliioides (Maiuestra),
ail.
ccuda {HydroRcia), 25G.
cauta (Hjdrceciodes),
256.
Ciivemosa (Hyssia), 285.
cavernosa {Mamcstra),
285.
ceclica {Conservula), 253.
centeana (Lasiestra), 51.
Ceraiuica, 446.
Oerapteryx, 462.
ccrasi (Noctua), 419.
ceraunias (Ichneiitica),
590.
cerauTiias (Leucania),
690.
cervina (Mamestra), 63,
472.
cervina (Polia), 63.
cespitis {Noctua), 218.
cespitis (Tliolera), 218.
Chab.iata, 259.
chalcia (Polia), 154.
Chartias, 216.
chartaria (Discestra),
15.
chartaria (Mamestra),
15.
chenopodii {Noctua), 28.
chilensis {Leucania), 383.
cliilika (Tteiiiocampa),
613.
cliipc a (Cliabiiata), 60"^.
chipeta { Tric/iotita), 608.
ckloris {Apanica), 218.
choliea (Trichoolea), 239.
christophi (Dianth(ecia),
234.
cliristopbi (Epia), 234.
clirvsospila (Polytela),
4'.i8.
chri/t'o-ona {Noctua),
l(i9.
ciliata (Cirpliis), 54.5.
ciliata {Leucania), 515.
cincta {Bomfiijx), 401.
cinereicoUis (Cirpliis),
539.
cinereicoUis {Leucania),
539.
cinis {Leucania), 536.
ciniva {Mamestra), 185.
ciniva (Polia), 185.
cinnaharina {Mamestra),
176.
cinnamomea { Megasema),
432.
citinaJuome.i (Monima),
432.
circulus (Cirphis), 508.
circulus {Leucania), 508.
circumcincta {Mamest7-a),
176.
circit III da ta { Orthosta),
403.
circuindata (Perigrapha),
403.
circumvadis (Epia), 231.
circiiinvadis {Mamestra),
231.
Cirphis, 478.
citrinotata (Borolia),
563.
citronella (Meliana),
588.
citronella { Nele uca n ia),
588.
clara {Dianthjecia), 433.
clarescens (Cirphis), 519.
clarescens {Leucania),
519.
claripennis {Epia), 229.
clauda {Conservula), 251.
clauda (Nephelistis),
251.
claudicans (Leucania),
611.
Clavipalpula, 433.
clauiplena {Mamestra),
65.
cnivetti (Polia), 146.
Cocgtia, 447.
ccenosa {Leucania), 538.
cugiiata (Xylomania),
392.
cog 11 a ta {Xglomiges),
"392.
collecta {Leucania), 492.
colU'ti {Diuniho'cia), 131.
collinita {Noctua), 427,
431.
Columbia (Polia), 81.
Columbia { Tan ioca mpa),
81.
comis {Mamcs(ra), 178.
coiniua (Cirphis), 520.
(■(iiiuna (Noctua), 520.
coininoide.s (Cirphis),
482.
cominoid"s (Leucania),
482.
concmimis (Graphiphora),
610.
complicata (Leucania),
542.
composita ( CMoantha),
386.
compsias (Hyssia), 283.
compsias (Leucania), 283.
coiupt-a (Cirphis), 531.
compta (Leucania), 531.
compta (Noctua), 200,
202.
compta (Polia), 202.
conar (Agrotis), 348.
conar (Eriopyga), 348,
610.
concinna (Noctua), 200.
configurata (Barathra),
11.
configurata (Mamestra),
11.
confinis (Charaas), 218.
confluens (Eriopvga),
338.
coiifluens (Mamestra), 99.
confluens (TcBniocampa),
430.
confusa (Auckmis), 382.
Ciinfusa (Hccatera), 173.
conlusa (Morrisonia),
382.
coutusa (Polia), 173.
congener (Nocttui), 520.
congenitalis (JVephelistis),
250.
conc/ermana (Hadena),
442.
congermana (Sideridis),
442.
coogrua (Cirphis), 501.
congrua (Noctua), 501.
colli, era (Chabuata),
265.
conigera (Noctua), 265.
Conisania, 472.
conjugata (Lasionycta),
55.
conjugata (Scotogramma),
5.5.
consangtiis (Hadena), 102.
consanguis (Polia), 102.
conservulodes (Nephi-
lislis), 608.
('(ii/aimilis (Leucania),
547.
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01!)
cousopita (Eriupvga),
••505.
conso-pita ( Graphiphum),
305.
conspcrsa (Xocfua), 201.
coiispersa (Polia), 201.
con^picillaris (Xoctua),
398.
coDspicillai'is (Xylo-
mania), 398.
constipata {Pcrigea), 186.
contempta (Eriopyga),
295.
contempta ( TcBniocam2)a),
295.
contigua (Noctua), 93.
coutigua (Polia), 93.
coiitracta (Hadena), 190.
contrada {Noctua), 427.
contrahens {Gelcena), 347.
ccntrahens (Eriopyga),
347.
contrahens ( Graphiphora),
347.
contraria {Mythimna),
446.
contribidis (Noctua), 92.
convecta (Leiicania), 547.
Copimamestra, 11.
coi-digera (Anarta), 43.
cordigera {Noctiui), 43.
corghossi (Hadula), 244.
coiTiigata (Cirphis), 549.
corrui/ata {Leucania),
549.
corrupt a {Diantluxcia ),
234.
cortiica {Polia), 170.
costalis (Cirpliis), 479.
costalis {Leucania), 550.
costigera (Agrotis), 109.
costigera (Polia), 109.
Oraterestra, 17.
creniilata (Cirphis), .541).
crenulata (Dgsc/iurista),
320.
crenulata (Eriopyga),
320.
crini (BriLliys), 448.
crini {Noctua), 448.
crista (Eriopyga), 323.
crista. {Mamestra), 333.
cristifcra {Acronycta),
10(>.
cristifera (Polia), 106.
Crocigrapha, 436.
crocosticta (Eriopyga),
292.
crocosticta {Hivielki), 292.
crotch i (Polia), 71.
crotchii {Mamestra), 71.
crucialis {Xglomiges), 394.
crucifer {Mamestra), 212.
cruda (Monima), 420.
cruda. {Noctua), 420.
crucgeri (Borolia), 565.
cruegcri {Lf-ucania), 565.
crgdina {Mamcdra), 70.
cryptargyrea (CirjDhis),
499.
cryptarggrca { Leucania),
499.
cucubali (Noctu/i), 194.
cucubali (Polia), 194.
cucullina (Hyssia), 279.
cucullina {Xylocampa),
279.
culea (Eriopyga), 304.
ca.lca {Mesogona'), 304.
culta {Mamestra), 60.
culta (Polia), 60.
cuneata {Mamestra), 143.
cuneata (Polia), 143.
Cuphanoa, 409.
cupreata (Borolia), 575.
cupresceus (Polia), 163.
curialLs (Barathra), 12.
cwrialis ( Copimamestra),
12.
curialis (Xylomania), 395.
curialis {Xglomiges), 395.
curta {Leucania). 488.
curta {Mamestrci), 44.
curtica (Eriopyga), 296.
curtica { Taniocampa),
296.
curvata (Eriopyga), 308.
curvafa {Mgthimna), 308.
cur V ilin ea {Leuca n ici) ,
582.
curvilinea (Mpliana), 582.
curvirena (Eriopvga),
334.
curvirena {Orthodes), 334.
curimla (Leucania), 492.
cyniea (Eri(ipyga), 3o3.
cynica. (Orthodea), 319,
320. 333.
eg peri {Leucania), 537.
dacli/lidis {Leucan ice),
545.
Darqida, 208.
flasi'ita (Cirphis), 493.
Dasygaster, 473.
datis {Cehcna), 187.
datis (Polia), 187.
dace:ta {Mamcsti-a), 178.
deallnta {Dianiho'cia),
201.
dcliUis (lladcna), 369.
dcccpta (Tricbocica), 240.
dcceptu.ra {Xglina), 385.
decisissima (Cirphis),
499.
decisissima {Jjeucania),
499.
decUnans {Mamestra),
151.
decolor {Neuronia), 218.
decolorata (Leucania),
599.
decolorata (Mamestra),
12.
decreta (Lasianobia), 276,
dacreta (Mamestra), 276.
defessa (Mamestra), 33.
defessa (Scotogramina),
33.
definiens (Craterestra),
23.
definiens (Heliothis), 23.
deliciosa (Dianthoecia), 51.
deliciosa (Lasiestra), 51.
demissa (Apamea), 112.
demotica (Mamestra),
241.
demotica (Trichoclea),
241.
denotata I Leucania), 492.
densa (Polia), 165.
densa (Scotogranima),
165.
de)is-canis (Noctua), 99.
dentatella (Trichopolia),
362.
denticula (Cirphis), 649.
denficula (Leucania), 549.
dentigcra (Hadena), 25.
dentigera, ( Leucan ia), 386.
dcntiua (Noctua), 140.
dentina (Polia), 140.
dcpulsa (Hadena), 190.
deserticola (Aglossestra),
225.
deserticohj (Cirphis), .534.
di'scrt icola (Leuca n ia),
534.
designula { Leucania), 492.
desnuda (Mamestra), 329.
despcrala ( Mamestra),
132.
deter minata (Mamestra),
SI.
determinata (Polia), 81.
detracta (Hadena), 65.
detracMa (Folia). 65.
dharnia (Cirpliis), 51(5.
d harm a. {Leucania), 516.
dia (Cirphis), 522.
dia (HfUophilii), 522.
diagr;unin;i (Cirphis),
522, 610.
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ALrHABETICAL INDEX.
dlaqramma {Leucania),
522.
dianthi (Noctiia), 25.
dianthi (Scotognuuiiia),
25.
Dianthoecia, 60.
Diaphone, 45.'5.
Diaiaraxia, 60.
diatrecta (Cirphis), 488.
diatrecta {Leucania), 488.
dichroma {Noclua), 443.
diet y of a (Mamcstra), 151.
dictjota (Polia), 151.
diffcrens {Hadena), 252.
difFerens (Nephelistis),
2.52.'
diffusa (Leucania), 583.
digramme (Noctua),
612.
dUatata (Meanest ra), 118.
dilatata U'olia), 118.
dilecta (Hyssia), 287.
dilecta {Perigea), 287.
dimmocki (Mamcstra),
132.
dione {Ichneutica), 590.
dione (Leucania), 590.
diopis (Borolia), 573.
diiilograiniua (Eriopyga),
305.
diploqramma {Himclla),
305.
di pterigidia (Mamestra),
161.
dipterigidia (Polia), 161.
discalis (Mamcstra), 67.
discalis (Polia), 67.
Discestra, 14.
discolor (Mamestra), 133.
discolor (Polia^l, 80.
discolor (Scotngramma),
80.
disjiingens (Grapliania),
469.
disjungens (Hcliophohus),
469.
disparilis (Mythimna),
354.
dissecta (Hadena), 212.
dissect us (Heliopkobus),
212.
dJssimilis (Xoctua), 99.
disticha (Caradrina), 287.
disticha (Hyssia), 287.
distinct a (Achatia), 77.
distincta (Aletid), 263.
distincta (Cbabuata),
263.
distincta (Mamestra),
247.
distincta (Polia), 77.
distincta (Scotochrosta),
220.
distincta (Tbargelia), 220.
distributa (Mamestra), ^Vd.
ditissima (lCriopyga),328.
ditissiiua (Gortyna), 328.
divergens (Eriopyga),
308.
divergens (Mythimna),
308.
dives (Phalcena), 95.
dodgei (Mamestra), 178.
dodi (Polia), 1.50.
dodii (Mamesinc), 150.
doira (Mamestra), 167.
doira (Polia), 167.
dolens (Acpsia), 315, 324.
dolosa (Xylomania),
396.
dolosa (Xylomiges), 396.
dominica (Noctua), 448.
Bonachlora, 590.
dorsalis (Leucania), 530.
dotctta (Dasypolia), 380.
dot at a (Mamestra), 330.
dotata (Morrisonia), 380.
d.ouhledayi (Dianthoecia),
443.
dovrensis (Anarta), 39.
dovrensis (Diantho'cia),
50.
dovrensis (Lasiestra), 50.
duhiosa, (Symira), 578.
ducinfieldi (Perigrapha),
408.
dukinficldi (Perigrapha),
408.
dulcinea ( Caradrina),
270.
dulcinea (Chabnata), 270.
dunedinensis (Leucania),
591.
dunedinensLs (Sj)celotis),
591.
dungana (Leucania), 596.
duplicata (Cirphis), 506.
dnplicata (Leucania), 506.
dyschoroides (Eriopyga),
■337.
dyschoroides (Hadena),
337.
dt/sodca (Noctiia), 169.
dysodea (Polia), 169.
carina (T(S7iiocampa), 86.
eboriosa (Cirphis), 479.
eboriosa (Leucania), 479.
cchii (Noctua), 228.
ectrapela (Epia), 230.
ectrapi'la (Mamestra),
230.
ectypa (Mamestra), 155.
ectypa (Noctua), 598.
ectypa (Polia), 155.
edwardsi (Tricboclea),
242.
edwardsii (Trichoclea),
242.
egena (Hadena), 238.
elseistis (Hadena), 606.
elegans (Bombyx), 453.
ella (TcBniocampa), 431.
elsiuora( Mamestra), 611.
elvesi (Lasiestra) 51.
elwesi (Hadena), 51.
emmedonia (Nepnelodes),
358.
emmedonia (Noctua), 358.
encausta (Brithys), 449.
encausta (Noctua), 449.
enervis (Orthodcs), 344.
engadinensis (Agrotis),
536.
Epia, 226.
Epinetironia, 216.
epundoides (Dasygaster),
477.
Erana, 7.
erect a (Anthopkila), 186.
erecta (Celcena), 186.
erecta (Polia), 186.
eremistis (Discestra), 16.
eremistis (Mamestra), 16.
Eriopyga, 291.
Eriopygodes, 353.
eriza (Monima), 410.
cri;a (Semiophora), 410.
eros (Dianthoecia), 290.
e ryth rolifa (G raph i-
phora), 390.
erythrolita (Xylomania),
390.
csopis ( Ccltena), 192.
esopis (Polia), 192.
etacta (Anarta), 41.
euclidias (Eriopygodes),
3.^5.
euclidias (Leucania), 355.
eugrapha (Dasygaster),
473.
eumela (Diaphone), 453.
cumcla (Noctua), 453.
Eupsephopactes, 208.
Eurypsyche, 556.
curyte (Apamea), 305.
euryte (Eriopyga), 305.
eutherma (Leucania),
611.
cvanida (Tcsniorampa),
427.
fversmanni (Mamestra),
128.
ALl'll Alii:TICAL INDEX.
0L>1
eversmanni (Polia), 12S.
euicia (Cloantha), 374.
evicta (Morrisonia), 374.
evidens {Chelonia), 453.
evidcns (Xoct/ia), 441.
evidens (Sideridis), 441.
evingi (Perseetania), 3S(i.
ewiiKjii {X//loplia.-fia), ."'86.
exanthemata, {Aletia),
2()3.
exarans (Leucania), Oil.
excavata (Eriopyga), 3l"2.
exempta {Leucania)^ 650.
eximia (Bianthcecia), 444.
eximia (Sideridis), 444.
exoul {Leucania), 580.
expansa (G-rajihipIwra),
358.
exquisita (Melanchra),
612.
exsangtiis {Leucania),
492.
exsul (Meliana), 580.
extensa {Noctua), 73.
extenuata {Leucania),
530.
exterior {Leucania), 492.
extincta (Borolia), 570.
extincta {Leucania), 527,
529,533,642,554,670.
extincta {Mamestra), 99.
extranea {Leucania), 547.
exusia {Ceramica), 446.
facilis {Graj^hijihora),
476.
falclandica (Cirphis),
554.
falklandica {Leucania),
654.
fallovi {Apamea), 34.
farcta (Cirphis), 484.
farcta {Heliophila), 484.
farkasii {Hadena), 141.
farkasii {Noctua), 29.
farnhami {Mamestra),
130.
farnhami (Polia), 130.
fasciata {Axylia), 485.
fasciata (Borolia), 572.
fasciata (Cirphis), 485.
fasciata (Hecatcra), 189.
fasciata (Hyssia). 288.
fa.sciala (Polia), 1'9.
fasciata { Ulolonche), 288.
fasciculata {Hadena),
413.
fasciculata (Moniuia),
413.
faiista (Monirna), 421.
f'austa{Orthosia), 421.
favic'olor (Leucania), 595.
fea (Eriopvga), 293.
fea {Merisks), 293, 295.
foildeni ( Mamestra), 611.
ferrea {Mamestra), 176.
ferrealis {Mamestra),
■ 177.
ferrealis (PoHa), 177.
ferrigera (Moniina), 418.
ferriqera { Tceniocampa),
418.
ferrilinea (Borolia), 573.
ferrilinea {Leucania),
573.
fcrr is pa rsa {Hadena),
109.
ferrisparsa (Polia), 109.
ferrosticta (Mouima),
415.
ferrosticta {Semiophora),
415,
ferruqinea { Xeuron ia),
218.
ficita {Hadena), 190.
fidelis {Hiinella), 335.
filigramma {Xoctaa), 198.
filigramma (Polia), 198.
fir ma {Noctua), 428.
fissilis {Scotochrosta), 221.
tissilis (Thargelia), 221.
fistula (Chabuata), 261.
fistula {Tricholita), 261.
flabilis (Borolia), 571.
flahilis {Heliophila), 571.
flammea {Melia), 378.
flainmea (Meliana), 678.
flammea {Noctua), 461.
flammea (Panolis), 461.
flaviannula (Monima),
422.
flaviantiHla {Twnio-
campa), 422.
flavicincta 7ninor{Nocfuu),
169.
fla videntnla { Mamestra),
360.
flavidentula (Poliodes),
360.
ilavigera (Eriopvga), 315.
finviyera {Ht/potrix), 315.
fiavivihica {Noctua). 198.
flavostigma (Cirphis),
509.
flavostigma, var. inornata
{Leucania), 510.
flavostigma {Xanthia),
509.
flecki {Jjeucania), 438.
fletcheri {Xylomiges), 400.
fioccida {Noctua), 265.
florida (Discestra), 15.
fiurida {Mamestra), 15.
florifera {Polyfela), 455,
florit'era (Polytelodes),
455.
florigera (Polytela), 458.
florinda (Perigea), 18.
folia {Mamestra), 171.
formosana {Aletia), 518.
formosana (Cirphis), 518.
fornax {Agrotis), 324.
fragilis (Cirphis), .546.
frag it is {Spcelotis), 546.
fraterna {Aletia), 268,
fraterna (Oliabuata), 268.
friburgensis (liriopyga),
316.
fri/iurgensis { Orthodes),
31(>'.
fiiHginosa (Eriopyga),
609.
fuliginosa {Hyphilare),
609.
fidiginosa (Leucania),
.596.
fuliginosa {Noctua), 596.
fulminans (Perigonica),
434.
fulminea {Bomhyx), 203.
fulva {Xanthia.), 262.
fulvida (Eriopyga), 316.
fumida (Anarta), 610.
furca {Mamestra), 131.
furca (Polia), 131.
furca fa {Leucania), 472.
furcifera. {Borolia), bl2.
furcula {Mamestra), 127.
fiircula (Polia). 127.
furfiirata (Eriopyga),
3.50.
furfurata {Himella), 350.
furva {Conscrvula), 252.
furva (Nephelistis), 252.
furvilinea {Mamestra),
164.
fui'vilinea (Polia), 16)4.
fuscatus {Boin.hyx), 427.
fuscibarbata (Eriopyga),
310.
fuscilinea {Leucania),
537.
fiiscirufa (Polia), 103.
fuscolutea { Ma mestra),
2.39.
fuscolutea (Trichoclea),
2.39.
fusculenta {Mamestra),
71.
garmani { Graphiphora),
426.
garmani (Monima), 426),
iy2-2
ALPiivinrncAL ivtif.x.
gasiva (Atnailici^), 142.
gasiva (Polia), 142.
gavisa {Mamestra), 1.53.
gavisa (Polia), 153.
gemina {Nncfiia), 1)6, 416.
gemiiiatus (Uovibi/.v), 416.
genhtcB {Noefuci), 1)5.
gigantea (Eriopvga), 315.
gigantea (Hii)/c/la), 315.
glaciafa {Maincstra), 119.
glaciata (Polia), 1 1!).
glauca {Noctua), 141.
glauca (Polia), 141.
glaucescens (Aspidi-
frontia), 451.
glaucistis (Eriopyga),
331.
glaucopis (Polia), 106.
gluucovaria {Apanieu),
29.
gloriosm (Bomhgx), 457.
gloriosas (Poljtela), 457.
Glottula, 447.
gnata {Mamestrci), 86.
"gnata (Polia), 86.
goliath (Bichona), 116.
goliath (Polia), 116.
goniophora {Ma)nestni),
191.
goniophora (Polia), 191.
goniosigma (Cirpliis),
515.
goniostigma (Eriopyga),
335.
goniostigma (Ui/tiella),
335.
gnodelH (Mamestra). 153.
goodelli (Polia), 153.
gothica (Monima), 413.
gothica {Noctiui), 413.
gothicina (Ort/iosia), 414.
gracilis (Mouiiua), 431.
gracilis (JS'oc/i/u), 431.
gracilis (Or/kosia), 417.
greeseri (Haderonia),
243.
graminea (Dargida), 209.
gramiiiea (Hadena), 209.
graminis (^Bomhijx), 462.
graminis (Cerapteryx),
462.
graminis {Nocfua), 216.
graminivora (Hadena),
210.
graminivora [Dargida),
210.
graminosa (Erana), 8.
grandiosa (Melaiichra),
612.
grandirena (^Agrotis),
258.
grandis (Eriopyga), 307.
grandis {Hadena), 94.
grandis {Mijthimna),
307.
grandis (Xoc(iia), 1 14.
grandis (Polia\ 94.
Grraphania, 468.
Graphiphora, 409.
grisea (A/gssia), 277.
grisea (Manobia), 277.
grisea (Uli/lhi/iina), 438.
griscata [Mamestra), 74.
griseata (Polia), 74.
griseipeniii.s (Hyssia),
278.
griseipen n is ( Ma mestra ) ,
278.
griseocincta ( OrtJwdes),
314.
grisea fasciaia ( Leucania),
486.
grisenvariegata (Koctiia),
461.
giienei {DiantJiax-ia),
203.
guenei (Polia), 203.
guisata (Hyssia), 282.
gussata {Mamestra), 282.
Hadena, 208.
hadcnifortuis {Mamestra),
30.
hadeniformis (Scoto-
graunna), 30.
Hadeninae, ].
Haderonia, 60.
Hadula, 243.
hamara {CelcBna), 178.
haiuifera (Cii-phis), 498.
Jmmifera {Leucania),
498.
hamifera { Orthosia),
408.
Harmodia, 00.
harveyi {Leucania), 583.
Heeatera, 60.
Hdiophila, 590.
hepafica {Noctua), 111.
herhimacula {Celcsna),
176.
herrichi (Cirpliis\ 540.
herrichii {Leucania),
540.
heterodoxa {Leucania),
621.
hctldandica {Dianthmcia),
201.
li ihem icus { Cerapteryx),
4()2.
hihisci {Tceniocampa),
430.
hietnalis (Xylouiania),
390.
hiemn lis {Xglom iqes),
390.
}/ie7-acii {Noctua), 170.
iiicroiilyphera {Moma),
(■)0'4.
hieroglyphera (Polia),
004.
hilaris {Epineuronia),
216.
hilaris {Noctua), 140.
Himella,-1Q\.
Lirtijjes (Zosteropoda),
589.
hispanica {Jjeucania),
487.
hodeva {Heeatera), 185.
liudeva (Polmj, 185.
lioUaiidiae (Da^ygaster),
476.
homopterana {Leucania),
566.
homoscia {Mamestra),
378.
homoscia (Morrison ia),
378.
hoplites (Craterestra),
20.
hoplites {Mamestra), 20.
hordei {Noctua), 218.
howra {Leucania), 564.
hueca (Eriopyga), 609.
hueca {Mamestra). 609.
humeralis {Noctua), 96,
humidicola (Cirphis),
530.
hum idicola { Leucan ia ),
530.
hum/lis {Mamestra), 202.
hyalophora {Euplexia), 7.
hyalopliora (Thyrestra),
7.
Hydroeciodes, 253.
Hyphilare, 4116.
Hypobarathra, 221.
hypophoja (Cirphis), 553.
hyposcota (Eriopyga),
349.
Hgpotrix, 291.
Hyssia, 278.
Ichnentica, 590.
I-cincta (Perigrapha),
•104.
L-cinctum {Noctua), 404.
icterias (Hypobarathra),
222.
icterias {A'f/lina), 222.
ignescens (Eriopvga),
343.
AIl'ITAniTlCAL INDKX.
i',2-A
if/nescevs (Hi)neUa), 343.
ignita (Cirphis), 517.
illahe facta {Mamesfra),
150.
illcnulahilis {Mamcxtra),
181.
illoha (ylqrotis), 151.
illoba (Pi.lia), 151.
iiiibecilla ( Illriopygodes),
35+.
■iinhecilhi (Xocfua), 354.
iiiibellis (M}tliiiiiiui),612.
i'liibrifera {Aplccta), G8.
imbrifeia (Polia), (iS.
imitata {Mame^tra), 603.
imitata (Polia), 603.
immaculaia {Tcenio-
canipa), 416.
inimiscens (Mamestra),
611.
imora (Orthodes), 613.
irapar (Eriopjgodes),
355.
impar {Mythimna). 355.
imperfecta (Cirphis),
519.
imperfecta (Leucania),
519.
impia (Kadula), 248.
impia {Mamestra), 248,
608.
inipingens (Anarta), 44.
implexa {Noctua), 34.
iinplexa (Scotograuima),
34.
iwjioJita {Mamestra), 30.
irnpolita (Scotogramma),
30.
impressa {Noctua), 195.
impudens {Nocttia), 600.
impuncta (Leucania),
599,611.
impura {Heca/ara), 102.
impura {Noctua), 596.
inaiiis (Cliabuata), 268.
inanis {Leticaniu), 268.
incana {Mamestra), 203.
inceptura {Xylina), 385.
incerta (Dianthoccia),
610.
incei-ta (Moniina), 427.
incerta {Noctua), 427.
incincta (Eriopyga), 297.
inciivcta {Mamestra),
297.
incisa {Neuria), 207.
inclyta {Volytela), 458.
incomuioda (Iladula),
249.
i iiconirnoda ( Ma mcstra) ,
249.
iueoneimia (Lasionycta),
54.
inconcinna {Scoto-
yramma), 54.
iuconspicua (Chabuata),
261.
inconspiciia (Cirphis),
554.
incoiis'plcua {Leucania),
.554.
inconspicua { Tricholifa),
261.
inc( installs (Hyssia),
279.
171 CO list a MS ( Spcelot is ) ,
•279.
inculla {Hadena), 190.
incurva {Mamestra), 184.
incurva (Polia), 184.
indicans {Hapcdia), 181.
indlstlncia {Leucania),
.")44.
indurata (Xyloiiiania),
395.
inclurata {Xylomigcs),
395.
ineana (Borolia). 568.
ineama {Leucania), 568.
in fans {Monostulu), 357.
iufana (Nephelodes),
357.
ivfccta {Cdcena), 176.
infensa (Morrisonia),
376.
infensa {Orthosia), 376.
inferior {Perigrapha),
365.
inferior (Stretchia), 365.
infer iialis {Mamestra),
323.
infidelis {Himella). 610.
infidelis (Morri.sonia),
375.
infima {I^eucania), 567.
iiifirma (Eriopyga), 340.
infirma {Orthodes), 297,
320, 335, 340.
infraiiiicans (Cirjihis),
497.
inframicans {L^eucan ia),
"497.
infrargvrea (Cirphi.s),
502. '
ivfrargyrea { Leucaiua),
502.
infructuosa {Xylina),
382.
ivfmnata {Jjcucania),
598.
infuscaia {Scotogramma),
49.
incjra vis {Mamestra ).
'108.
ingravis (Polia), 108.
innexa {Perigrapha),
186.
innocens {Mamestra),
169.
inornata (Cirphis), 510.
inquieta, {Apamea), 29.
insciens {Orthoda), 430.
insecuta (Cirphis), 534.
iiisec'Uta {Leucania), 534.
insignis {Euplexia), 368.
insignis (Morrisonia),
368.
insolens {Dianthoecia),
89.
insolens (Polia), 89, 603,
insolita(Hadula;, 248.
instabilis {Noctua), 427.
instcdrilis { Orthodes),
430.
insueta (Cirphis), 521.
ins'ueta {Leucania), 521.
insularis (Cirphis), 486.
insularis {Leucania),
486.
insulicola (Cirphis), 531.
insulicola {Leucania),
531,. 541.
intentata {Mamestra),
184.
intentata (Polia), 184.
interciliata (Borolia),
557.
interciliata. {Leucania),
5.57.
in termed ia ( Hecatera ),
170.
intermedia { Orfhosia),
417.
intermissa {Hadena), 29.
inter missa {Leucan ia),
534.
internata (Leucania),
611.
intractata (Eriopyga),
335.
intractata, { Ta-7iiocampa),
335.
intricata (Mamestra),
611.
invalida {Mamestra), 96.
invalida (Polia), 9().
iole (l<>iopvga), 343.
i(de { Orthodes), 343.
irregularis (Cirphis),
538.
irregularis (Epia). 228.
irregularis {Noctua),
228.
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AM'UAliETrrAL IN'DKX.
irrec/vlaris (Xoiutgria),
6-68.
irrisor (Cardepia), 235.
■irrisor {Maimstra), "iSS.
irrorala (Aj-i/li.a), 486.
irrorata (Eriopyga),
341.
irrorata (Leucanin), 48(5.
irrorata {Orthodcs), 341.
isoloma (Mamcstra), 27.
isoloma (Scotogramiiia),
27.
italo-qalUca (Leucania),
438.
jaliscana (Clrpliis), 528.
jaliscana {Leumnia),
528.
jamaicensis (Eriopvga),
321.
janeira (Eriopyga), 329.
janeira (Mamestra),
329.
jocosa (Valleria), 174.
jordana (Cirphis), 537.
jordana {Lencania), 537.
juncicola (Cirpliis), .532.
juncicola (Leucania),
532.
juncicolor {Nonagrui),
591.
jimcimacula {Mamestra),
69.
juncimacula (Polia), 09.
junctus {Bombyx), 4 19.
kola {Hadena), 104.
kenteana {Biantha'cla),
51.
knyvetfi {Hadena), 146.
kcechlini {Hcratera), 169.
korghossi {Mamestra),
244.
laheculis {Leucania),
489.
lacri7nosa {Mamestra),
249.
laerta (Anarta), 602.
/«;■« {Hecatera), 605.
Iteta (Polia), 605.
1-albuiu (Cirphis), 504.
l-alhum {Nuct^ia), 504.
lama {Mamestra), 114.
lampra (Diapiione), 610.
lamptera {Agrotis), 313.
lamptera (Eriojivga),
313.
lamuta (Anarta), 610.
lanaris {Uuschorisia),
319.
Lilians (Eriopyga), 319.
lanceata {Leucania), 499.
Janguida {Hadena), 102.
langnida (Leucania),
601.
lang%dda {Mamestra), 69.
languida (Polia), 69.
laniata (Cirphis), 496.
laniata. {Leucania), 496.
lanuginosa {Anarta), 39.
lapidaria {Heliophila),
482.
lappo {Noctua), 141.
larissa {Mamestra), 144.
Lasianobia, 274.
Lasiestra, 47.
lasiomera (Cirphis), 491.
Lasiouycta, 53.
latenai {Hadena), 140.
latex {Apt ecta), 112.
latex (Polia), 112.
latifasciaia. {Apamea), 19.
latinscula (Cirphis), 542.
lafiiiscula {Leucania),
542.
la u.dahilis { Hecatera),
181.
laudabilis (Polia), 181.
lauta (Lasianobia), 275.
laiita {Mamestra), 275.
lebruni {Apamea), 165.
lebruni (Polia), 165.
legitima {Apamea), 149.
legitiina (Polia). 149.
leineri (Conisania), 472.
leineri {Koctmi), 472.
lepida {Noctua), 431.
lepidula {Mamestra),
77.
lepidula (Polia), 77.
Leucania, 590.
leucnnioides {Dusi/gaster),
476.
leucocycla (Anart.a), 40.
leucogranima (Borolia),
5.-)9.
leucnqramma {Dianthoe-
cia). 82.
leueograinina (Hydroe-
ciodes), 257.
leucogranima (Polia), 82.
leucographa, {Noctiia), 99.
leuconota {Polia), 170.
leucopera (Eriopj'ga),
345.
leucopera {Himclla),34:i'>.
leucopheea {Noctua), 203.
leucophwa (Pachefi'a),
203.
leucopis (Hydrfipciodes),
257.
leicospbenia (Cirpliis),
490.
leucosphenia {Leucania),
490.
leucosta (Cirphis), 490.
leucosta^ {Leucania), 490.
leucosticha (Cirphis),
541.
leucostigtna (Borolia),
572.
leucosiigma {Leucania),
572.
leucostigma {Noctua),
140.
levin i (Borolia), 556.
lewinii {Leucania), 556.
libera {XglopJuisia), 94.
libertina (Diaphoue), 610.
ligata {Heliophila), 570.
ligata {Hydny.cia), 178.
lignana {Hadena), 383.
lignana (Morrisonia),oS3.
lignifusca {Hadena), 369.
lignipleua (Dasyeaster),
474.
ligniplena {Xi/lina), 47.
lignisecta {Xi/liiia), 377.
lilacina {Maniestra), 150.
lilacina (Polia), 150.
limbata {Apamea), 437.
limbata {Mgthimna), 306.
limbata (Sideridis), 437.
limitata {Leucania), 5S5.
liniitata (Meliana), 585.
lindigi (Eriopyga), 325.
Uyidigi {Leucania), 325.
linearis {Leucania), 567.
lineata (Cirphi.s), 536.
lineata {Leucania), 536.
lineatipes (Cirpliis). 525.
lineatipes {Leucania),
525.
linita (Borolia), 566.
linita {Leucania), 566.
liquid^! {Mamestra), 132.
liquida (Polia), 132.
litcrata {Cucullia), 78.
literata (Polia), 78.
lithargijria, {Noctua). 437.
lithargvria (Sideridis),
437."
lithias {Mamestra), 378.
lithias (Morrisonia), 378.
lithophilus { Helicphobus),
466.
lithophilus (Strigania),
466.
littoralis (Leucania), 594,
lizetta (Monima;), 416.
lizetta {Orthosia), 416.
lobata (Eriopyga), 332.
AI.rilAltKTlCAI. IXDEX.
Gl^l
lodebar (Eriopyga), ol7.
lodehar {Orthodes), '6il,
318, 320.
lolii (Bumbi/x), 216.
longiclava {Mamestra),
167.
lougiclava (Polia), 167.
iongicornis (Hadula), 246.
lo ng worn is (Ma mcsira ) ,
246.
longipennis (Meliana),
578.
lorea (Hj/droecia), 178.
lorea (Polia), 178.
loreji (Cirphis), 492.
loreyi (Noctua), 492.
lota {Noctun), 416.
licbens {Mamestra), 106.
lueina (Oraterestra), 18.
liicina {Mamestra), 178.
lueina (S/ibfera), 18.
lunolacta {Mamestra),
605.
lunolacta (Polia), 605.
lupa (Mamestra), 611.
Inridu {Dianthcecia), 56.
lurida (Lasionycta), 56.
luslralis (Diantkaecia),
64.
Iwstralis (Polia), 64.
luteacjo (Nocfiia), 79.
liitcMgo (Polia), 79.
lutconincta {Dianthoecia),
198.
Inteola (Anarta), 43.
luteola {Scotogramma),
49.
luteoinaculata (Mythim-
r.a), 612.
lufeojjallens {Leucan ia),
598.
lulina, {Leiicania). 267.
hjpra {Dianthoecia), l'J6.
I'ypra (Pulia), 196.
macrolepia (Eriopvga),
314.
macrosaris (Cirphis),
494.
ma/rosaria (Leucan ia),
494.
maderes (Mamestra), 170.
maderae (Polia), 170.
nuiqdalene (Mamestra),
233.
Magellava, 37.
nutgellana (Diantkaecia),
164.
magellana (Polia). 164.
■inaqnolii { Dirt ii tlufcin ),
197.
vnr.. V.
magnolii (Polia), 197.
Maguza, 60.
mxja (Gra.phinhora),
2T2.
major (Chabuata), 272.
major (Noctna), 2T2.
niajuscula (Orthodes),
613.
Mamestra, 60.
mamestrina (Epunda),
107.
mauiestrina (Polia), 107.
manan ii (Dianthoecia),
443.
mandarina (Dianthwria ),
194.
iiiania (Mamestra). 156.
mania (Polia), 156.
Manobia, 276.
maori (Mamestra), 386.
mareu (Mamestra), 172.
marea (Polia). 172.
margiaua (Odoiite'.ia),
219.
margiaua ( Thargclia),
219.
raarginalis (Eriopyga),
346.
mnrginalis (Himella),
346.
mxirginosa (Noctua), 212.
marinitincfa (Mamestra),
188.
marinitincta (Polia), 188.
marmica (Hecatera),
182.
marmica (Polia), 182.
inarmorosa (Koctua), 26.
maryx (Ceramica), 610.
mausi (Anarta), 46, 602.
maya (Melanclira), 612.
media (Craterestra), 19.
'media (Hadena), 1 9.
mediana (Brijophila),
189.
mediana (Polia)i 189.
medio fasca (Leucania),
510.
mediolugeus ( Tan io-
campa), 428.
mediorufa (Eriopvga),
295.
mcdiorvfa (Himella),
295. ■
meditata (Dianthcecia),
82.
meditata (Polia), 82.
megadia (Leucania/), 522.
meqara (iscotogrammu),
165.
mega la (Charaa^), 462.
niegiiproclis (C'irpliis),
532.
mec/arena (Mamestra),
178.
melaleuca (Noctua), 398.
Melanchra., 60.
melania (Leucania), 598.
melanochroa (Dlanthoi-
cia), 198.
melanogaster (Eriopyga),
312.
melanogaster { Orthodes),
312.
raelanopa (Anarta), 45.
mekinopa [Noctna), 45.
melanopasta (Borolia),
574.
melanopasta. (Leucania),
574.
melanopis (Eriopyga),
299.
melanosticta (Eriopyga),
326.
melanostrota (Borolia),
564.
Media, 576.
Meliana, 576.
melianoides (Borolia),
562.
melianoides (Leucania),
562.
meinbrosa (Anarta), 41.
mendax (Epia), 232.
mendax (Hadena), 232.
mendica (Mamestra),
612.
mendosica (SL-oto-
gramrna), 35.
meridiunalis (Hadena),
211.
merope (Mehinchra), 612.
mesoqla iwa ( Ma mestra),
162.
mesoglauca (Polia), 162.
mesomelana (Agrotis),
163.
mesomelana (Polia), 163.
mesostrigata ( Erioj)yga),
333.
mesoirosta (Cirphis),
547.
mcsotrosta (Leucan ia ),
547.
metaphaja (Cirphis), 552.
Meierana, t.O.
Mctopiora, 4.52.
micacea (Cirphis), .508.
micacea. (Leucania), 508.
■michcelseyii (Agrotis), 465.
micha'lseni (Script ania),
164, 465.
G2()
ALI'HAHIXII U. IMtlX.
iiiicrasfa (Lmcrmia), 44fi.
iiiicrasta (Physetica), 446.
microdoH {Hadena), -6.
microgonia (Cirpliis),f'33.
inicrupis (Borolia), r)74.
luicrosticha (Cirpliis),
529.
mimica {Leticania), 521.
mi inula (Anarta), 46.
iiiiiiuili (Anarta), 44.
riiiiiiir/is {Ne2jhelodcs),
37)8.
miniosa (Moniina), 418.
miniom (Noc/ua), 418.
miuorata (Epia), 230.
niinorata (Leucania), 597.
iiiinomta (Mumesira),
230.
niinuscula(Aclapb8enura),
4()0.
iimruscida (Dctj^hcsmtnt),
460.
'>}iisfa {Mamesira), 147.
mista (Polia), 147.
■ndi-ieca {Leucania), 542.
mifis {Agrotis), 280.
mixtura (Maraestra), 612.
iiiocoides (Cirpliis), 554.
viocoides (Leucania), 554.
•nwderata {Agrotis), 280.
rnoderata ( Cymatophora),
319.
modorata (Eriopj-ga),
319.
moderata (Hjssia), 280.
moderata {Leucan ia ) ,
583.
niodesta (Cirpliis), 531.
Qiiodesta {Bianthoecia),
28(5.
modesta (Hyssia), 286.
modesia {Leucania), 551.
modifica ( Taniocccmpa),
804.
onoei ens ( Caradrina), 157.
iiioerens (Polia), 157.
ma&chlcrl (Anarta), .38.
iiicesta (Eriopyga), 324.
moesta (Ncsaia), 314, 324.
tnohosa (Hecaicra), 83.
Tiiohosa (Polia), 83.
MOiifjo/ica {Jjianihtxcta),
51.
moiigolica (Mamesira),
HO.
TOcngolica (Polia), 110.
monilis (Eriopyga), 3^0.
muuHia (Hadcnu), 3;^0.
Moiiima, 409.
Munosca. 356.
MoHostola, 356.
)iioiitana (fjasie-stra), 48.
montana {Polia), 48.
moniicola, {Mamesira),
170.
montium (Leuoania), 545.
utoorci {Leucania), 52.").
morosa (Morrisonia),
384.
morosa. (Xylophasia), 384.
Morrisonia. 36(i.
mortua (Manicstra). 104.
morliia (Polia), 104.
mossamhicensis {JJicc-
phone), 453.
miicens (Morrisonia),
371.
mucevs (Sept is), 371.
mulina (EriopygM), 293.
muJina ( Taniocampa),
293.
multifaria (Xylina), 371.
multilinea (Cirpbis), 482.
mu It ilin ea {L eucan ia ),
482.
niullipujictata (Leu-
cania). 611.
munda (Mouiina), 416.
munda (Koeitca), 416.
muricina (Acerra), 3(53.
miiriciua (Stretchia),
363.
m uscuUna {Bianthacia),
289.
musculina (TTyssia), 289.
musicalis (IS'octua), 398.
mutans ( Hadena), 369.
mil tans (Morrisonia), 369.
mutdata (Mamestra), 148.
luutilata (Polia), 148.
mutina (Apamea), 26 1 .
lautina (Cbabuata), 261.
myrtilli (Anarta), 42.
myrtilli (Noctua), 42.
niys (Moninia), 423.
7nys (SlretcJiia), 423.
vrysiica {Mamesira), 115.
niystica (Polia), 115.
iW««, 291.
navia (Mamesira), 65.
nrevia (Polia), 65, 603.
nagaensis (Hadena), 108.
nagaensis (Polia), 108.
nainica (Cirpbis), 486.
naAnica (Leucania), 486.
nana (Noctua), 201.
nana {I'halcana), 26.
nana (Scotograrama), 26.
nanus (Buvdiyx), 4"_0.
nareda (Leucania), 499.
natalensis (A2J«niea), 4.01.
natalensis (Xvlomania),
401.
nebulosa (Cirpbis), .'500.
neindosa (Leucania), .'iOO.
nebulosa (Koctua), 114.
nebulosa (Polia), 114.
ncJndosns (Bomliyx), 427.
nefiibta (Lmcania), 531.
negussa (Mamestra), 86.
JS'eleucania, 576.
neoterica (Mamesira), (56.
ueoterica (Polia), ^ij.
Nepbelislis, 2.'i0.
nepbelistis (Dasygaster),
475.
Neplielodes, 356.
ncpos (Leucania), 264.
ncptis (Iieiicania), .583.
ncrvata (Hadena), 469.
nervina (Apamea), 1(50.
nervina (Polia), 160.
Neuria, 208.
Neuron ia. 216.
nevadce (Mamesira), 98.
nevad-Tj (Polia), 98.
ne.va (Myfkimna), 354.
nigerrima (Mamestra),
104.
nigrescens (Biantheecia'^,
443.
nigrtlinea (Leucania),
485.
niqrilineosa (Letican ia),
"607.
nigripars (Eriopyga), 327.
nigripars (Himella ), 327.
nigrisparsa (Borolia),
570.
nigrisjKcrsa (Leucania),
570.
nigrofasciata (Lciican ia ),
520.
nigro-lunata (Anarta),
45.
nigropuncia (Cel^na), 9.
nigropuncta (Ti-ic-bestra),
9.
oiigrovcnalis (Leucania),
425.
nigrovenalis (Monima),
425.
nimbosa (Aplecta) 115.
ninibosa (Polia), 115.
nimia (Orthodes), 3.33.
niphadopa (Hyssia), 283.
niphadopa (Leucania),
2f3.
nisus (Biantkeecia), 195.
nisus (Epia), 231.
nisus (Nociua), 231.
nitens (Noctiia), 111.
ALPHABETICAL TNDEX.
627
nitena {Orfhodes^, 34-1.
nivarla {Anarta), 44:.
niveico-ta (Aleliana), 5S7.
niueicosia [Ncleucaiiia),
587.
niveiguttata (Hyssia),
288.
niveigutfata (Mamestra),
288.
niveilinea (Leucania),
BUI.
niveilinea ( Chloridea),
601.
niveipuncta (Eriopvga),
325.
niveipuncta ( Mamestra),
325.
niveopicta (Cratere.stra),
18.
niveopicta (JPerigea), 18.
NontuidaSi 1.
noctiiit'ormis (Chabuata),
274.
noctiiiformis ( Orthodes),
274.
nordehscjoldi [Mamestra),
465.
nordeiiscjoldi (Scrip-
tonia), 4r>5.
norma (Dianthxcia), 401.
norma (Xvlomania), 401.
normalis {Accrra), 405.
normalis (Perigrnplia),
405.
normani {Pcrigrapha),
441.
norinani (Sideridis). 441.
notata (Cliabuata); 259.
notata ( Trwholita). 259.
nova (Cardepia), 235.
nova [Trickoc/ea), 235.
noverca (Mamestra), 155.
noverca (Polia). 155.
nvgatis (Mamestra), 68.
nu-atis (Polia), 68.
nidlifera (Ayrotis), 281.
nullifera (Hyssia), 281.
nummosa (Miselia), 197.
nun-atrum (Noctua), 414.
oaxacana ( Lencania), 571.
ohliqica (Bomhyv), 419.
olmigra (Mamestra), 178.
ohscura (Aletia), 2(54.
obseura i Chabuata), 264.
obscura (Mamestra), 157,
170
obscura (Polia), 157.
ohscurata (Lnccania), 600.
ohscurata (Mamestra),
111.
ohscurior (Letwania), 583.
obsciirior (Mamestra),
178.
obscnrus ( igrotis), 333.
obsoleta (L-3iicania), .599.
ohsuleta (Noctua), 599.
ODtiisa (Eriopyga), 300.
obt iisa ( Tce/i iocampa),
300.
obumbrata (Leucania),
611.
obusta (Cirpbis), 479.
obiista (Lcuvaiii'i), 479.
obvia (Pulia), 613.
occidenta ( Copimamcstra),
11.
ocbracea (Lasionjcta),
59.
ochracea (Noctua), 195.
ochracca, (Xijlomiges), 59.
ochrea (Dianthtecia), 2l)l.
och'oleuca (Noctua), 4(51.
ochrostigma (Hadcna), 73.
ocliro'a (Eriopvga). 300.
ochrotn (Himella), 300.
och^histis (Mamestra),
380.
oclithistis (Morrisonia),
380.
ociosa (Celcena), 269.
ociosa (Chabuata), 2(59.
oct.ius (Melanchra), 612.
ocularis (Nortua), 417.
odiosa (Af/rotis), 424.
odiosa (Mamestra). 238.
odiosa (Moniina), 424.
Odontelia, 219.
Odoutestra, 205.
odontites (Noctua), 26.
cenistis (Hadena), (507.
olbiena (Noctua), 79.
okracea (Noctua), 135.
olera-^ea (Polia), 135.
olivacea (Mamestra), 178.
olivacea (Polia), 178.
olivocincia (Hecatera),
171.
olivociticta (Polia), 171.
oiiiierou (Melanchra),
612.
omoplaca {^Mamestra),
382.
omoplaca (Morrisonia),
382.
Oiiychestra, 223.
opaca ^Cirphis), 546.
opaca (Leucania). 546.
operosa (Borolia), 563.
opcrosa (Leucania), 5(53.
opiina (Moniina), 428.
opima (Noctua), 428.
optima (Haderonia), 245.
optima (Hadula), 245.
orbica (Kria]iyga), 318.
orbiculata (Hyssia), 289.
orbiculata (Mamestra),
289.
ordinaria (Mamestra),
612.
oregona (Cirphis), 526.
oregoiia (Leucania), ,526.
orrgonica (Mamestra), 29.
or /da (Mamestra), 33.
orida (Scotogramina), 33.
ori".ntalis (JJianthuecia),
75.
or/entalis (Glottula), 456.
orientalis (Polia). 75.
orientalis(Polytela), 456.
ori:;a (Celcena), 7;:.
oriza (Leucania), 571.
oriza (Polia), 75.
Orizaba (Leucania), -542.
orisahena (Hadena), 83.
orizibena (Polia), 83.
ornala (Mamestra), 285.
oroha (Agrotis), 351.
oroba (Eriopj-ga), 351.
orobia (Eriopyga), 299.
orohia (Mamestrc(), 299.
orophila (Agrotis), 333.
orthosioides (Palponiraa),
432.
ortkosoioides (Se/Jiio-
pJiora), 432.
oviduca (Eriopyga), 298.
oviduca ( T(B)i iiivampa),
297, 298. 343.
oxi/qala (Heliophila),
597.
oxygala (Leucania), 597.
Paohetra, 20.S.
pacifira. (Grapkiphora),
151.
pacifica (Monima), 429.
paci/ica ( Taniocampa),
429.
palilis (Dianthaecia), 166.
pal i lis (Polia), 166.
jjallens (Leucania), 598.
pallcns (Mamestra), 136.
pallens (Noctua), 598.
pallescens (Eriopyga),
309.
pallescens (Himella), 309.
fuUida (DiaJithueeia),
196.
pallida (Noctm), 419.
judlida, (Ortliosi((), 431.
pallida (Tceniocampa),
427.
628
ALI'IIAIJKTICAL INDEX.
paUidicosIa {Leucaii ia),
267.
paUidior ( T(X)noca mpa),
427, 431.
pallidior (Xylomania),
301.
pallidior {Xylom it/ en),
391.
palliseca (Cirphis), 529.
palliseca {Leucania), 529.
PalponitTia, 432.
pampa {Leucania), 527.
pancratii (Brithys), 447.
pancratii {Nodva), 447.
pannosa (Apamea), 160.
pannosa (Polia), 160.
Panolis, 461.
paracausta {Mainesfra),
370.
paracausta (Morrisonia),
370.
paran ica (Mamesfra),
142.
paraniea (Polia), 142.
paromcea (Moniiua), 429.
parvula {Mamcntra), 63.
parvula (Polia), 63.
pasm (Mamesfra), 101.
passa (Polia), 101.
pastea (Cirphis), 550.
Pastona, 60.
patalis (Xylomania), 400.
patalix {.Y///oi///i/e!<), 400.
pairicia {Hclinphila), .585.
patricia (Meliaiia), 585.
paupera (Perigea), 240,
297.
pavida {Hadena), 99.
pectiiiata (Meliana), .576.
peclinata {Mythiiuna),
357.
pectinata (Nephelodes),
358.
pei-tinata (Perigrapha),
407.
pectinata ( Taniocampa),
407.
pectinatus {Nephelodes),
358.
peculiar is {Mamesfra). 34.
pefiiliaris(Sootogramina),
34, 602.
pclistis {Mamesfra), 384.
penicillata {Leucania),
504.
pennitarsis {Hadena),
119.
liennitarsis (Polia), 119.
pensilis { Diantha'cia),
Ub.
pensilis (Pulia), 145.
peracuta {Morrison ia),
386.
perbrnnnea (Eriopj-ga),
348.
perbninnea {Graphi-
phora), 348.
percisa {Leucania.), 525.
percussa (Borolia), 564.
percussa {Leucania), 5(54.
perdenfata {Hadena), 129.
perdentata (Polia), 129.
peredia {Tceniocampa),
350.
peregrin a {Hadena), 92.
peregrina (Polia), 92.
perforata (Eriopyga),
302.
perforata { Taniocamjxt),
302.
I^erfusca (Eriopyga), 297.
Perigoniea, 434.
Perigrapha, 403.
peritalis (Xylomania),
392.
peritalis {Xi/lomiyes),
392.
perliibens (Xylomania),
397.
perlithcns {Xylinniges),
397.
permiAta {Noctua), 99.
]ierplexa (Lasiestra), 52.
■pcrplexa {^ociua), 195.
perplcxa {Scut oy ramma),
52.
perpura {Ortkosia), 44.
persa (Lasiestra), 52.
persa {Mamestra), 52.
persec'ta (Borolia), 574.
Persectania, ."86.
pcrsicaria> {Nuctua), 105.
persicariae (Polia), 105.
2)erta {Cela-na), 11.
pertracfa {Heliophila),
598.
peterseni {Bhi:oyramrna),
14.
peterseni (Trichorbiza),
14.
2)cfita {Mamestra). 1 78.
]ic.va {Hydrcecia), 254.
pexa (Hydrocciodes), 254,
phsea (Anarta), 45.
phtea (Cirphis), .541.
pthaa {Leucania), 541.
pha?ochroa (Borolia),
572.
?haula (Leucania), 611.
'hilock>-ysa, 458.
phlebitis (Cirphis), 537.
phlebitis {Leucania), 537-
phoca {Dianthaecia), 48.
phoca (Lasiestra), 48.
phragmitidicola (Cir-
phis), 483.
jikragmitidicola {Leu-
cania), 586.
pkricias {Mamestra). 385.
phricias (Morrisonia),
385.
Physetica, 444.
picta (Ceramica), 446.
picta {Mamestra), 446.
jnctula {Diantkcecia), 174.
pictula (Polia), 174.
])icfurafa {Dian tka>cia),
227.
picturata (Epia), 227.
pilipalpis (Cirphis), 480.
pifipalpis {LLeliojihila),
480.
2nni {Noctua), 461.
pinijjerda {Noctua),
461.
pinna {Leucania), 567.
pisi {Noctua), 136.
pisi (Polia), 136, 603.
placida (Cirphis), 552.
pilacida {Mythimna),
■ 552.
placida {Noctua), 170.
plagiata {Agrotis), 258.
plagiata (Tiracola), 2n8.
pldi/ijcra (Agrotis), 258.
plana (Leucania). 558.
planalis {Agrotis), 301.
planalis (Eriopyga), 301.
plehda {Noctua), 1 14,
140.-
plena {Krana), 367.
plena (Morrisonia), 367.
plicafa {Mamestra), 86.
plicata (Polia), 86.
plusifeibrinis (Stretchia),
364.
poleniusa (Cirphis), .524.
pulcmusa {Leucania), 524.
Polia, 63.
poliastis {Mamestra),
181.
poliastis (Polia), 181.
Poliodes, 359, 610.
Poliodestra, 610.
poliostigma {Hadena),
141.
poliotis (Eriopyga), 352.
polycltroa {Mamesfra),
368.
polygoua (Tmetolo-
pliota), 471.
poly mi fa {Nor tun) 198
Poly mid- is 60.
ALI'IIAHETICAL INDEX.
6l>9
polijodon {Manirs/m), 88.
polyrabda (Cirpbis),
Ml.
polysticlia (Cirphis), 527.
'polif^tkkci {Leiicania),
b-Ii.
polystrota (Cirphis), 529.
Poljtela, 45(5.
Polytelodes, 454.
pomerana ( Mame^ira),
472.
jioijulcris {Boiiihy.r), 2lfi.
popularis (Tholera), 215.
■populeti {Boinhyx), 417.
populeti (Monima), 417.
porosa (Moniina), 412.
2wrosa (Orfkonia), 412.
postica (Cirphis), 535.
posfica (Leucatiia), 5'5.5.
postica (Trichoclea), 241.
potaiiini {Mamesfra),
207. _
potanini (Odontestra),
207.
prfficipua (Hadula), 246.
prcecipua {Ma/nestra),
246.
prisclara (Lcucania), 565.
prcsdiia (Nocfua), 126.
praedita (Polia), 126.
prceqracilis {Heliophilin),
58S.
pr;Bo;raciHs (Meliann),
588.
prjEses (Perigrapha), 407.
2}r<£termism {Diunthacia),
190.
prima (Perigrapha), 404.
prioiuxfis (^Mumestra),
384.
prionistis (Morrisonia),
384.
procincta (Hadena), 209.
procinctus [Eupsejjho-
factes), 209.
prodcni fa ?-?n is ( Ma mex-
tra)'\-ll.
prodenilorinis (Polia),
127.
prodenus {Cerastis). 344.
j)roleucn {Lcucania), 21.
prominens (Cirphis),
487.
prominens {Lcucajiia),
487, 506.
promiilsa (Lasiestra), 49.
promulsa {Mamcutra), 49.
Pronotestra, 224.
propria {Lcucania), 471.
propria (Tmetolopiiota),
471.
propnha {Raphia). 229.
pniti-adis {Mumcstra),
•Mb.
Proteinania, 290.
proxima (Cirpliis), .504.
prnxima. {Lcucania), 504.
pro.vima (Xoctiw), 73,
140.
proxima (Polia), 73.
pryeri (Cirjjhis), 481.
prycri [Lcucania), 498.
pseudargyria (Cirphis),
481.
pseudargyria {Lcucania),
481.
Pseudorfhudes, 291.
psiitacus {Mamesfra),
174.
psittacus (Polia), 174.
ptilodonfa (Scotogram-
ma), 28.
pfilodonta ( Trichopolia),
28.
ptochica {Mamesfra), 101.
ptochica (Polia), 101.
ptyonophora (Cirphis),
491.
pudorina (Leucania),
600.
pudorina {Nooftia), 600.
puerilis (Eriopyga), 344.
jmcrilis {Mana/stra). 3-14.
puyna.v {Nucfua), 29.
pulchella {Graphiphiira),
406.
pulchella (Perigrapha),
40().
puk'helJa (Xjlomania),
399.
pulchella {Xi/lomigcs),
399.
pulchra {Lcucania), 499.
jjulrerulenfa {Mamcslra),
1.58.
pulverulenta {yac/ua),
420.
pumila. {Dianthoecia), 199.
piiinila (Polia), 199.
punctifera {Leucania),
542.
puncfina {Xocfua), 596.
punriivena {Dasygastcr),
477.
punctosa {Cera si is), 264.
pmictosa (Chabuata), 264.
punctosa (Cir|ihis), 539.
punctcsa {Lcucania), 491.
puncfosa {Siaiyra), 539.
punctula(Kri'ipyga), 329.
puiicfu/ata {SjM-lotis),
517.
punctulum {Eriopyga),
329.
pnrdii (Leucania). 611.
purpurigera (Eriopyga),
327.
purpurigera {Hypoiri.r),
327.
purpurissafa {Eurois), 70.
pnrpurissata (Polia), 70.
pusilla {Nocfua), 420.
pusilla (Polia), 88.
pusilla {Thargelia), 88.
putrescens (Cirphis), 540,
putresccns {Nocfua), 540.
putrida (Cirphis), 544.
pufrida {Leticania), 544.
pyrastis (Cirphis) 518.
pyrena ica {Facketra),
203.
pyropis (Eriopyga), 342.
pyrrhias (Cirpliis), 494.
pyrrhias {Leucania), 494.
quadrannulata (Cirphis),
555.
quadra?) mi lata {Mames-
fra), 555.
quadra ta {Ma mesfra ),
1.38.
quad rat a (Polia), 138.
quad rilineafa { C'elcen a),
187.
quadrilin ca fa { Ma mest ra),
183.
quadrilineata (Polia),
183.
quadrilunata (Anarta),
40.
qiiadriposifa {Hadena),
141.
quadristigma {Himella),
348.
radiata (Aspidifrontia),
450.
radiata (Borolia), 566.
radiata {Leucauin), 566.
radi.v {Aqrotis), 132.
radix (Pulia), 132.
rainieri (Lasionycta), 54.
rainierii {Mamesfra), 54.
ranunculina {Ncctua),
169.
ravida {Xoctua), 203.
rectilinea (Chabuata),
273.
recfilinea {Mamesfra),
178.
recfilinea {Nocfua), 95.
regnafrix {riiilocftry.<a),
459.
630
ALPHAUETICAL INDPIX.
reliqiia (Eriopyga), 303.
rdlqaa ( Tceutoeampa),
303.
remota (Cirpliis), 5.55.
rcmofa (Leuomia), 555.
renati (Epia), 233.
renati {Mamedra), 233.
renigera {Ceheiui), 17(5.
renigera (Polia), 17fi.
renmyna (Ce/cena), 190.
renisigna (Polia), 190.
repaiida [Opif^ena), 195.
repentina {Mamesira),
33.
repeutina (Scotogram-
ma), 33.
repetita (Hypobarathra),
222.
repetita {Xylophasia),
222.
reticulata (Hadena), 212.
reticulata (Noctua), 212.
reversa (Atetia), 477.
reversa (Dasygaster),
477.
revicta (Monima), 426.
revicta {Tcsniocainpa),
426.
rbabdopbora (Borolia),
558.
rhabdophora {Lcucania),
558.
rhadata (Eriopyga), 322.
rhadata (Mamedra), 322.
rlwdiiia. (Mamedra). 247.
rhodocomvia (Lcucama),
520.
rhodoplcura (Mamcstra),
174.
rhodoptera (Borolia),
571.
rbodotricbia (Eriopyga),
309.
ricbardsoni (Anarta), 39.
richardsoni {Hadena), 39.
rileyana (Morrisonia),
372.
rimosa (Heliophila), 571.
riparia (Cirpbis), 533.
riparia {Lcucania), 533.
rivoruin (Cirpbis), 527.
rivorum (Leucania), 527.
rivosa (Noctua), 194.
rivularis {Noctua), 194.
rohsoni {Aplecta), 114.
rohusfa (M/jthi/iiiia.), 489.
rogc7ihoferi {Mamestra),
113.
rogenboferi (Polia), 113.
ropilla{Ccl(jBna), 341.
ropilla (Eriopyg 1^, 311.
rorida (Monima), 410.
rorida (Orthopia). 410.
rosea (Leucania), 586.
rosea (Manvstra), 440.
rosea (Meliana), 58!).
rosea (Sideridis), 440.
roseilinea (Cirpbis), 523.
roseilinea (L",ucaiiia),
523.
roseola (Cirpbis), 484.
roseola (Leucauia,), 484.
roseosuffusa ( Mamedra),
189.
roseosuffusa (Polia), 189.
rube facta (^Ccramica),
442.
rubefacta (Sideridis), 442.
ruhcns (Celeena), 71).
rubens (Polia). 76.
rubeolans (Nepbelodes),
612.
rubescens (Morrisonia),
376.
rubescens (Xylophasia),
376.
rubor (Eriopyga), 345.
rubor ( Or/kodes), 345.
rubra (Meliana), 588.
rubrescens (Apamea), 420.
riibrescens (Borolia), 563.
rubrescens (Moniiua),
420.
rubrica (Graphipkora),
393.
rubrica (Xylotnania),393.
rubrioosa (Bombyx), 418.
rubrifusa (Polia), 85.
rubripallens (Leucania),
595.
ruhripennis (Leucania),
577.
rubripeunis (Meliana),
577.
rubripuncta (Eriopyga),
338.
rubripuncta (Himella),
338.
rubrisecti (Cirpbis), 553.
rudis (Aletia), 264.
rudis (Pastona), 191.
rudis (Polia), 191.
rufannulata (Noctua),
419.
rufescens (Aspidifrontia),
452.
rufescens (Leucania) 516.
rufescens (Tceniocampa),
*431.
rufipennis (Cbabuatji),
2i)8.
rufipeuuis (Cir])bis), 506.
rufipennis (Leucania),
506.
rufipennis (Mythimna),
268
rufistrigosa (Cirpbis),
516.
rufistriyosa (Leucania),
516
rufufa (Dianfhrjpcia), 303.
rufula (Eriopyga), 308.
rufuki (Leucania), 606.
rufula (Mamesfra), 106.
rugosa (Ma.mestra), 188.
ru'gosa (Polia), 188.
rukavaarte (Mamestra),
136.
rupestralis (Pyralis), 45.
rupestris (Noctua), 45.
rupicapra (Leucania),
5.31).
rupt il-inca, (Dianthxcia),
2i.3.
ruptilinea (Hadena),
215.
sabulorum (Hadula),
247.
sabulorum (Mamestra),
247.
soccharivora (Leucania),
Oil.
sadales (Mamesfra), 154.
sadales (Polia), 154.
salebrosa (Cirpbis), 517.
silehrosa (Leucania), 517»
533.
salsolcs (Hadena), 92.
saltdalensis (Folia), 603.
sancta (Dianthaecia),
231.
sani/uinata ( Char idea),
453.
sanguinata (Metopiora),
453.
saponarice (Noctua), 212.
sarca (Leucania), 581.
sarea (Meliana), 581.
sarcistis (Cirpbis), 527.
sarcopbaja (Cirpbis),
528.
sarcostriga (Borolia),
670.
satanella (Mamestra),
138.
satanella (Polia), 138.
satellitioides (Cbabuata),
274.
satellitioides ( Orthodes),
274.
saturnns (Agrotis), 611.
saucia (Noctua), 29.
ALrnABETRAL INDEX.
G31
saxea (Stretcliia), 860.
mxea {XiiUna), ;^6(>.
schiieideri {Mamesfra ),
129.
solineideri (Folia), 129.
scirpi (Cirphis), 545.
scirpi (Li'ucania), 545,
573.
scirpioola (Leiiccaiia),
5(i6.
scottii (Lcucania). 582.
scotti (Meliana), 582.
scotochlora (Polia), 116.
scotochroma {Ma niesf.ru),
12.
Scotograraraa, 24.
scr.'eliiigia (Lasionycta),
56.
Scriptania, 464.
scripta (Ma nil's/ ra), 467.
scripta (Sti'igania), 4()7.
secedens (Eriopjga),
312.
secedens (Himella), 312.
secede ns (F/iOiin), 193.
secedens (Polia), 193.
secta (Cirphis), 524.
secfc( (Leuc(mia), 524.
sectilis (Mori'isonia),
372.
sectilis {Xylophasici),
372.
sedilis (Lasionyct.a), 57.
sedilis {Hcotogramma),
57.
seeboldi (Mamestra),
612.
segreqata {Mamestra),
146.
segregata (Polia). 146.
sejuncta {Dianthueciu),
233.
selama {Mamestm), 87.
selatna (Polia). 87.
semiaperta (Hgdrcecirt),
260.
son icnna (Leueanin),
518.
semicircula {Leucania),
268.
semil'usca (Craterestra),
22.
scmivaria ( Mamestra),
187.
fiemidphora, 409.
semipallida (Aspidi- ■
fronlia), 451.
seiiiiusta (Cirphis), 551.
semiusta {Leucani'i), 551.
seinivittata (Leucania),
592.
senatoria (Hyssia), 28l.
sen at or ia (Mamestra),
281.
sencsceiis (Leucania),
542.
sepai'ata (Leucania), 547.
&e2}fentrionis (Anarta),
39.
sepulchralis (Leucania),
538.
Serena (Polia), 170.
serena (Noctua), 170.
serrata (Trichopolia),
363, 610.
serratilinea (Mamestra),
88.
serratilinea (Polia). 88.
serviiis (Hadena), 190.
sesaniiodes (Borolia),
575.
siccanorum (Mamestra),
223.
siccanorum (Onychestra),
223.
sichima (Polia), 161.
sicula (Cirphis), 537.
sicula (Leucania), 537.
Sideridis, 436.
sieversi (Tceniocampa),
410.
signata (Chabnata), 260.
signata (Nephelvdes),
260.
silenes (Epia), 233.
silenes (Noctua), 233.
silenides (Mcancstra),
224.
silenides (Pronotestra),
224.
similis (Euri/psgrke),
556.
sim illima (Leucania),
523.
sim illima (Xeuria), 206.
sitnillinia (Odontestra),
206.
simplaria (Leucania),
531.
simplex (Acronycta),
394.
simplex (Cirphis), 503.
simplex (L-jCucania). 503.
simplex (Polia), 613.
simplex (Xylomania),
394.
singularis (Leucania),
5(J9.
sinnosa (Cirphis), 53.5.
si/iuosa (Leucania), 53.5.
sist.''ns (Fjumichtis), 280.
s/celloni (Hadena), 368.
sJcrmlinqia ( Phlogophora),
56._ ■
sminthistis (Hvssia\
280.
sociaMlis (Mamestra),
240.
sociabilis (Trichoclea),
210.
soda (Hadena). 32.
sodae (Scotogramnia),
32.
softa (Mamestra). 139.
softa (Polia), 139.
soligcna (JVIamestra),
612.
solita. (Leucania), 482,
629, 530, 539, 544,
586.
spalax (Mamestra), 89.
spalax (Polia), 89.
spo'-sus (liomhyx), 431.
spartii (Noctua), 95.
specifica (Alysia), 281.
spectabilis (Agrotis),
258.
speyeri (Polia), 162.
spei/eri (TrigonopJiora),
i62.
spliaqnea (Mamestra),
367.
sjjicidusa (Mamestra),
175.
spiculosa (Polia), 175.
sjjinacicB (Noctua), 135,
169.
splendens (Mainestra),
136.
splendens (Noctua), 134.
splendens (Polia), 134.
spoliata (A'ylina), 371.
sjrreta (lioinhyx), 461.
sptircata (Xylina), 369.
spurcilinea (Eriopyga),
335.
sfcabilis (Monima), 419.
stahilis (Noctua), 419.
stah His ( Semiojihora ) ,
429.
staiulingeri (Anarta). 38.
stellata (Borolia), .565.
stellata (Leucania). 565.
8teni))tera (Borolia),
569.
stcnoqrapha (Leucania),
488.
stcnoptera (Meliana),
578.
stenoptera (Monima\
420.
stenoptera ( Twniocampa),
420.
G32
Ai.rii.uiKTrcAi, ]ndt:x.
stenotis (rolia), 16S.
sf.erojjc/s/ia {Min/ic.-ifra),
388.
steropastis (Persectaniu),
388.
sfevensii {Folia), llfi.
stigmosa {Mamestra), 31.
stigmoBa (Scotogramma),
31.
stipata (Morrisonia),
379.
sflpata {Xylina), 379.
stolata (Leiicania), 585.
st.olata (Meliana), 585.
stolidn {Hrideim). 10 J.
stramen (Leucaiiia), 531.
straminea (Leucania),
598.
s/raminea ( Mamcatra),
12.
Stretchia, 3r>3.
stretchia (Polia), lOG.
sfretchii {Scutoyramma),
16«.
striata {Leucania). 534.
strict a {Hadena). 176.
stricta (Folia), 176.
Strigaaiia, 46().
striqicollis {Hecaicra),
181.
styracis (lajniocampa),
613.
suasa {Xucliia). 99.
suasa (Polia\ 99.
sttavis {Mamestra), 131.
suavis (Polia), 131.
subapicalis {Mamestra),
397.
suharschanica {Hadeua),
62.
subarschaiiica (Polia),
62.
sid)contigua { Ma luestra),
93.
svhdita {Diantha'cia),
48.
subdita (Lasiestra), 48.
suhdoletis { Gra2Jhij)hora),
359.
suhfusctila {Avarta), 57.
suhfiiscula (Lasiouycta),
57.
suhjecta {Hadeva). 173.
subjecta (Polia), 173.
suhju7icta {Had en a), 97.
subjuncta (Polia), 97.
suhmarginalis [Helio-
phobus), 207.
subiuarginalis (Odontcs-
tra), 207.
submarina (Anarta), 35.
subinarina (8foto-
graiiuiia), 35.
submedianata (Scoto-
gramma), 27.
submcEsta (Dianthoecia),
610.
siibnitens {Lciwania),
498.
subnotata {Monnsca),
359.
subolivacea (Eriopyga),
325.
subpicta {Mamestra),
180.
subpicta (Polia), 180.
subplumbea {Bombi/.v),
417.
subpunctata {Heliophila),
.542.
subsefaceiis {Bombi/.r),
427.
subsigiiata (Cirpliis),
502.
subsif/7Kda {Leucania),
502.
subsocia (Cbabuata),
270.
subsocia {Ttpniocampa),
270.
substituta {Leucaji ia),
562.
subterminata (Crater-
estra), 22.
subterminata { Ta-v io-
campa), 426.
subvelata {Ajjamca), 23.
subvelata (Craterestra),
23.
suhviolacea {Hadena), 60.
suffusa {Anarta), 43.
suffusa {Lettcania), 584.
suffnsa (Meliana), 584.
suffusa {Tceniocampa),
*64.
sulcana (Leucania), 593.
sutrina {Mamestra), 139.
sutrina (Polia), 139.
sylviana {Noctua), 453.
syvcjenesicB {Nuctua),
228.
syrissa {Trichnlita). 259.
syzjgid (Scriptania),
464.
tahdata {Xylomiges).
400.
faccma {Mamestra), 137.
tacoma (Polia). 137.
taciina (Borolia), ,562.
tacuna {Leucania), 562.
T<pniocampa, 409.
Twniopyya, 453.
t.mcrei (Hadula), 243.
tancrrd {Mamestra), 243.
tangala (Cirpbis), 510.
tangala [Leucania), 510.
tarara (Mamestra), 612.
tartaraa {Graphiphora),
381.
tartaraea (Morrisonia),
381.
taunensis {Mamestra),
141.
tayaudi {Leucania), 530.
te'ota {Orthosia), 333.
telifera {Noctua), 461.
ieligera {Mamestra),
144.
tcmperata {BrynpJiila),
385.
temperata (Morrisonia),
385.
tenebra (Meliana), 587.
tenebra (Polia), 87.
ienebrifera {Leucania),
680.
teprca {Hadena), 157.
tepJiroleuca {Bianthoecid),
199.
tepbroleuca (Polia), 199.
terminata (Perigrapba),
406.
tcrininata { Tceniocampa),
40(>.
terranea (Craterestra),
19.
terranea {Perigea), 19.
tersa (Eriopyga), 294.
tcrsa {Perigea), 294.
tertia (Perigouica), 435.
tertialis (Nephelodes),
357.
tertulia (Eriopyga), 353.
tcrtidia (Perigea), 353.
tetera {Leucania), 583.
tetrica (Mamestra), 612.
texana {Heliophila), 570.
texturata (Hadena), 213.
texturata {Mamestra),
213.
thalassina {Noctua), 96.
tbalassina (Polia), 96.
tl/apsi {Noctua), 114.
Thargelia, 220.
ihecata {Mamestra),
347.
thermistis (Eriopyga),
351.
Tholera, 216.
thoracica {Leucania^,
492.
Tliyrcstra, 6.
ALPHABT}TICAL INDEX.
C33
timais {Vhalana), 459.
liniais (Ximthopastis),
455).
tiiicta (Boi'olia), 568.
t'lncta {Leitcaiiia), 5()S.
tincfa (XiA'/ua), 111.
tiiicta (Tolia). 111.
t/?iila (Leitcnnia), 542.
Tiracola, 257.
Tinetolophota, 470.
togata {Apamea), 344.
toronoui-a (Lcucaiiia),
591.
torrentium (Borolia),
567.
torrentium {Leucania),
567.
transhdilMlensis {Leu-
cania), 596.
ti'ansparens(Perigraplia),
40iS.
trcifschkci (Kocfua), 29.
trcitschkii (Hadena), 29.
tremulcti ( Tmuocampu),
417.
Trichestra, 8.
Triclioclea, 236.
TrichoUta, 259.
Trichopolia, 361.
Tricborliiza, 13.
tricuspid {Bombi/x), 462.
trifascia (Eriopyga),
304.
trifascia ( TcEtiiocampa),
304.
trifoUi {Leucania), 547.
trifolii {Noctua), 28.
trifolii {Scotogramma),
28.
trigutla {Noctua), 427.
trimaculosa {Noctua),
111.
trimenda {Noctua), 92.
trinidadensis {Mdia), 36.
trisema (Aiiai'ta), 37.
tristis {Noctua), 45.
tritonia (Cirphis), 542.
trocas {Mamcstra), 330.
turbida {Namesfra), 169.
turhida {Noctua), 520.
turbida {Xylina), 368.
turca (Eriopyga), 30().
iwrca {Noctua), 306.
turcc//a {Leucania), 306.
turpis (Hadula), 245.
turpii {Pkcebophilus),
245.
typbludes (Cirphis), 495.
fijphlodcs {Leucania),
' 495.
typica {Noctua), 212.
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ucla (Cirphis). 488.
«r;?« {Leucania), 488.
Ulolonche, 278.
umbra (Melanchra), 612.
umbrigera (Leucania),
611.
umbrosa (Polia), 85.
umhrosa { Scotogramma),
85.
imcifera (Hadena), 214.
uncifera. {Frodenia), 214.
uiidiciliff' {Apamea). 102.
u>?ica. {Hadena), 249.
unica (Hadula), 249.
unica (Leucania), 591.
unicolor {Mamestra),
105. 212.
unicolor {Noctua), 111.
unicolora {Agrotis), 352.
uuicolora (Eriopyga),
3.72.
uniformis (DiantJmcia),
75.
uniformis (Eriopj'ga),
349.
uniformis (Lasiestra), 50.
uniformis {Leucania,),
683.
uniformis (Meliana), .583.
tt niform in { Scotograinma),
50.
uniformis { Tenniocampa),
349.
unipuucta (Cirphis),
547.
unipuncta {Noctua), 547.
ursina {Lathosea), 362.
ursina (Trichopolia),
362.
U-scripta {Mamestra),
237.
U-scripta (Trichoclea),
237.
usta (Cirphis), 501.
usta {Leucania), 501.
ustistriga (Morrisonia),
377.
ustistriga {Xglina), 377.
utahensis (Eriopyga),
300.
utahensis { Tceniocampa),
300.
valcsicola {Leucania^ ,
536.
v-alhuni {Leucania), 402.
v-albiim (Xylomaiiia),
402.
vana {Agrotis), 580.
vana (Meliana), 580.
variabilis (Stretchia),
365.
variegata {Mamestra),
135.
variolata {Mamestra),
118.
variolata (Polia), 118.
vau-media {Mamestra),
180.
Tau-niedia (Polia), 180.
vau-orbicularis {Mames-
tra), 102.
vau-orbicularis (Polia),
102.
vecors (Eriopyga), 344.
vecors {Orthodes), 344.
velata {Celcena), 344.
vellerea (Nephelistis),
253.
vellerea {Tmniocampa),
250, 251.
velutina (Cluibuata), 267.
velutina (Cirphis), 520.
velutina {Leucania), 267.
520.
venalba (Borolia), 567.
vcnalba {Leucania), 567.
venata (Polia), 104.
venata, {Tcenioca?npa),
420.
verna {Noctua), 28.
vestigialis {Bombyx), 203.
vexata {Xglina), 369.
vicina {Mamestra), 144.
vicina (Polia), 144.
vidua {Mamestra), 134.
vidua {Noctua), 45.
Tidua (Polia), 134.
vigas {Hadeiui), 187.
vigasia {Chloridea), 291.
vigasia (Proteinania),
291.
vigens {Erana), 8.
vindemialis { Ceramica),
445.
vindemialis {Mamestra),
442.
vindemialis (Physetica),
445.
vinobarbata (Eriop3'ga),
311.
viola (Poliodes), 361.
violans {Ncphelodes), 358.
violascens (Eriopyga),
340.
violascens {Himclla), 340.
violascens (Jlyssia), 286.
violascens (Poliodes),
361.
violascens {Xglina), 3(!L
vireaccns {Chera), 278.
634
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
virgula (Eriopyga), 342.
virqnla (T(snioca/)qja),
342.
viriata (Apamea), 19.
viridis {Dianihoecia),
367.
viriditincta ( Ma mestra),
173.
viscariw (Dian thcecia),
202.
vitelliiia (Noctua), 440.
■vitellina (Sideridis), 440.
vitiosa (Apamea), 375.
vitiosa (Morrisonia), 375.
vitis (Dico2ns), 77.
vittata {Leucania), 581.
vittata (Meliana), 581.
vittigera (Mamestra),
205.
vittigera (Odoiitestra),
205.
vitttda {Mamestra), 183.
vittula (Polia), 183.
vmda ( Celerena), 352.
viuda (Eriopyga), 352.
volupia {Vlialana), 306.
vomerina ( Cloantha), 374.
wistromi (Anarta), 45.
w-lafinum (Hadena), 133.
iv-lntinum (Nocfua), 95,
99.
w-latinum (Polia), 95.
Xanihalia, 60.
Xanthia, 60.
xantliina (Hydroeeiodes),
254.
xanthocosma {Mamestra'),
161.
xantliocosuia (Polia),
161.
xa nthocya nea ( Noctua ) ,
198.
xanthofiisca ( Diantkoecia),
198.
Xantliopastis, 458.
xena (Maiiobia), 276.
xyloqra m ma. ( Meliana),
556.
Xylomania, 389.
yacima (Craterestra), 21.
yakima (Matnestra), 21.
yu (Cirphis), 650.
yw {Leucania), 550.
zachii {Mame$tra), 102.
zere (Cirphis), 544.
zees {Nocf'ua), 544.
zemblica (Anarta), 47.
cubira {Mametitra), 159.
Zosteropoda, 588.
zuelana (Catephiodes),
36.
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Notes on Antarctic Seals ... ,, E. A. Wilson, M.B.
Extracts from the " Diary " )
of the late Nicolai Hanson. )
Aves ,, Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe.
Pisces „ G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S.
Tunicata ,, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S.
Mollusca , B. A. Smith.
Echinoderma „ Prof. F. J. Bell.
Insecta „ G. H. Carpenter and Hon. N. C.
Rothschild.
Arachnida „ Dr. E. L. Trouessart.
Crustacea „ T. V. Hodgson.
Polychffita „ Dr. A. Willey.
Gephyrea „ A. E. Shipley.
Nematoda
Cestoda
Dr. von Linstow.
F&Ta ::: ;;; t ■• «. Kirkpatnck.
Anthozoa ,, Dr. L. Roule and S. J. Hickson,
F.R.S.
Actiniae „ J. A. Clubb.
Hydrozoa „ E. T. Browne
Cryptogamia ... ... „ A. Gepp, V. H. Blackman, and
Miss E. S. Barton.
Rock Specimens „ G. T. Prior.
First Report on Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,
M.A., &c. [With an Introduction, containing a Classifica-
tion of Animals from the point of view of Economic
Zoology, by Prof. E. Ray Lankester, LL.D., F.R.S.]
Pp. xxxiv., 192. 18 Woodcuts. 1903, Roy. Svo. 6s.
Second Report on Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,
M.A., &c. Pp. X., L97. 29 Illustrations. 1904, Roy. 8vo.
6s.
MAMMALS.
Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Collection of the
British Museum. By Edward Gerrard. Pp. iv.,* 296.
1862, Svo. 5s.
Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats in
the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.
Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 137. 21 Woodcuts. 1870,
Svo. 4s.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 3
Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate
Mammalia in the British Museum. By John Edward
Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. vii., 398. 47 Woodcuts. 1869.
8vo. 6s. 6fZ.
Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. By
John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c. 2nd Edition. Pp. vii.,
402. 101 Woodcuts. 1866, 8vo. 8s.
Supplement. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c.,
Pp. vi., 103. 11 Woodcuts. 1871, 8vo. 2s. M.
List of the Specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Depart-
ment of the British Museum. By William Henry Flower,
LL.D., F.K.S., &c. [With Systematic and Alphabetical
Indexes.] Pp. iv., 36. 1885, 8vo. Is. M.
Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia {Pecora, Linnaeus) in the
British Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c.
Pp. viii., 102. 4 Plates. 1872, 8vo. 3s. 6d
Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the
Collection of the British Museum. By Oldfield Thomas.
Pp. xiii., 401. 4 Coloured and 24 plain Plates.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1888,
8vo. U. 8s.
BIRDS.
Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum : —
Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Cichlomorphce : Part III., containing the first portion
of the family Timeliida3 (Babbling Thrushes). By
R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 420. Woodcuts and
18 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1881, 8vo. 11.
Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Cichlomoiyhce : Part IV., containing the concluding
portion of the family Timeliidse (Babbling Thrushes).
By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xvi., 698. Woodcuts and
15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. 1/. 6s.
Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Cichlomorp1i(C : Part V., containing the families
Paridae and Laniidae (Titmice and Shrikes) ; and
Certhiomorphce (Creepers and Nuthatches). By Hans
Gadow, M.A., Ph.D. Pp. xiii., 386. Woodcuts and
9 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. 17s.
17801 A 2
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Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum — continued.
Vol. IX, Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Oinnyrimorjihce, containing the families Nectariniidae
and Meliphagidae (Sun Birds and Honey-eaters). By
Hans Gadow, M.A., Ph.D. Pp. xii., 310. Woodcuts
and 7 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1884, 8vo. 14s.
Vol. X. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Fringilliformes : Part L, containing the families
Dicasidas, Hirundinidae, Ampelidfe, Mniotiltidae, and
Motacillidae. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 682.
Woodcuts and 12 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 1^. 2s.
Vol. XI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum,
FringilUfonnes : Part II., containing the families
Coerebidge, Tanagridas, and Icteridae. By Philip Lutley
Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 431. Woodcuts and
IS coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1886, 8vo. 1^.
Vol. XII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
FringiUifof'mes : Part III., containing the family
Fringillidae. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xv,, 871.
Woodcuts and 16 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1888, Svo. 1^. 8s.
Vol. XIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Sturnifornies, containing the families Artamidas,
Sturnidae, Ploceidas, and Alaudidse. Also the families
Atrichiidae and Menuridae. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.
Pp. xvi,, 701. Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates,
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890,
8vo. 1/. 8s.
Vol. XIV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Oligonii/odce, or the families Tyrannidae, Oxyrham-
phidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae, Phytotomidae, Philepittidae,
Pittidfe, Xenicidae, and Eurylasmidte. By Philip
Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xix., 494. Woodcuts
and 26 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1888, 8vo. 1/. 4s.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 5
Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum — continued.
Vol. XV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Tracheo'phonce, or the families Dendrocolaptidae,
Formicariidte, Conopophagid^, and Pteroptochidae.
By Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 371.
Woodcuts and 20 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. 11.
Vol. XVI. Catalogue of the Picariae in the Collection of
the British Museum. Upiipce and Trochili, by Osbert
Salvin. Coracke, of the families Cypselidas, Capri-
mulgidse, Podargidae, and Steatornithidse, by Ernst
Hartert. Pp. xvi., 703. Woodcuts and 14 coloured
Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.!
1892, 8vo, II. 16s.
Vol. XVII. Catalogue of the Picaria3 in the Collection
of the British Museum. Coracke (contin.) and
Haley 07ies,y^\i\\ the families Leptosomatidas, Coraciidte,
Meropidae, Alcedinidae, Momotid?e, Totidae and Coliidae,
by R, Bowdler Sharpe. Bucerotes and Trogones^ by
W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Pp. xi., 522. Woodcuts and 17
coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical
Indexes.] 1892, 8vo. II. 10s.
Vol. XVIII. Catalogue of the Picariae in the Collection
of the British Museum. Scansores, containing the
family Picidas. By Edward Hargitt. Pp. xv., 597.
Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. 1/. &s.
Vol. XIX, Catalogue of the Picariae in the Collection of
the British Museum. Scansores and Coccyges : con-
taining the families Rhamphastidae, Galbulidae, and
Bucconidae, by P. L. Sclater ; and the families Indi-
catoridae, Capitonidae, Cuculidae, and Musopha.aidae, by
G. E. Shelley. Pp. xii., 484 : 13 coloured^ Plates.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891,
8vo. 11. 5s.
Vol. XX. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in the
Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadori.
Pp. xvii., 658. Woodcuts and 18 coloured Plates.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891,
8vo. 11. 10s.
Vol. XXI. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons, in
the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadori.
Pp. xvii., 676. 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 11. 10s.
Vol. XXII. Catalogue of the Game Birds {Pterocletes,
Gallinoi, Oinslhocomi^Hemipodii) in the Collection of
the British Museum. By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.
Pp. xvi., 585. 8 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 1/. &s.
6 LIST OP PUBLICATIONS OlP THE
Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum — continued.
Vol. XXIII. Catalogue of the Fulicarige (RallidaB and
Heliornithidae) and Alectorides (Aramidae, Eurypy-
gidse, Mesitidse, Rhinochetida^, Gruidae, Psophiidae,
and Otididfe) in the Collection of the British Museum.
By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 353. 9 coloured
Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.]
1894, 8vo. 20s.
Yol. XXIV. Catalogue of the Limicolas in the Collection
of the British Museum. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.
Pp. xii., 794. Woodcuts and 7 coloured Plates. [With
Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo.
11. 5s.
Vol. XXV. Catalogue of the Gavias and Tubinares in
the Collection of the British Museum. Gaviae (Terns,
Gulls, and Skuas), by Howard Saunders. Tubinares
(Petrels and Albatrosses), by Osbert Salvin. Pp. xv.,
475. Woodcuts and 8 coloured Plates. [With Syste-
matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo. 1^. Is.
Vol. XXVI. Catalogue of the Plataleae, Herodiones,
Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcae, and Impennes in the
Collection of the British Museum. Plataleae (Ibises
and Spoonbills) and Herodiones (Herons and Storks),
by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Steganopodes (Cormorants,
Gannets, Frigate-birds, Tropic -birds, and Pelicans),
Pygopodes (Divers and Grebes), Alcfe (Auks), and Im-
pennes (Penguins), by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. Pp. xvii.,
687. Woodcuts and 14 coloured Plates. [With Sys-
tematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898, 8vo. 1/. 5.s-,
Vol. XXVII. Catalogue of the Chenoraorphae (Pala-
medeae, Phoenicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, and Ratitae
in the Collection of the British Museum. By T.
Salvadori. Pp. xv., 636. 19 coloured Plates. [With
Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo.
11. 12s.
A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. [Nomen-
clator Avium tum Fossilium turn Viventium.] By R.
Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. : —
Vol. I. Pp. xxi., 303. [With Systematic Index.]
1899, 8vo. 10s.
Vol. II. Pp. XV., 312. [With Systematic Index, and
an Alphabetical Index to Vols. I. and II.] 1900,
8vo. 10s.
Vol. III. Pp. xii., 367. [With Systematic and Alpha-
Detical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 10s.
Vol. IV. Pp. xii., 391. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1903, Svo. 10s.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 7
List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the
British Museum, By George Robert Gray :—
Part III., Section I. Ramphastidse. Pp. 16. [With
Index.] 1855, 12mo. M.
Parf, III.. Section 11. Psittacidse. Pp. 110. [With
Index.] 1859, 12mo. 2s.
Part III., Sections III. and IV. Capitonidse and Picidae.
Pp. 137. [With Index.] 1868, 12mo. Is. U.
Part lY. Columbse. Pp. 73. [With Index.] 1856,
12mo. Is. M.
Part V. Gallinae. Pp. iv., 120. [With an Alphabetical
Index.] 1867, 12mo. Is. 6d.
Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific
Ocean in the Collection of the British Museum. By
George Robert Gray, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 72. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 8vo. Is. 6rf.
Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British
Museum (Natural History) : —
Vol. I. Ratitffi. CarinataB (Tinamiformes — Lariformes).
By Eugene W. Gates. Pp. xxiii., 252, 18 Coloured
Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical lndexes.1
1901, 8vo. 30s.
Vol. II, Carinatae (Charadriiformes — Strigiformes). By
Eugene W. Gates, Pp. xx., 400. 15 Coloured Plates,
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1902,
8vo. 30s.
Vol, III. Carinatae (Psittaciformes — Passeriformes).
By Eugene W. Gates and Capt. Savile G. Reid.
Pp. xxiii., 319. 10 Coloured Plates. [With Syste-
matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo, 25s.
REPTILES.
Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbsenians
in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.
Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 80. [With an Alphabetical
Index.] 1841, 12mo. Is.
Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British
Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., Act-
Appendix. Pp. 28. 1872. 4to, 2s. &d.
Part II. Emydosaurians,Rhynchocephalia,and Amphis-
bsenians. Pp. vi., 41. 25 Woodcuts. 1872, 4to.
3s. 6d,
Hand-List of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the
British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.
Pp. iv., 124. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1873,
8vo. 4s.
^ LIST OP PUBLICATIONS OF THfi
Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and
Crocodilea in the British Museum (Natural History).
New Edition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. x., 311.
73 Woodcuts and 6 Plates. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.] 1889, 8vo. 15.s.
Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural His-
tory). Second Edition. By George Albert Boulenger : —
Vol. I. Geckonidse, Eublepharidse, Uroplatidae, Pygo-
podidse, Agamidae. Pp. xii., 436. 32 Plates. [With
Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 20s.
Vol. II. Iguanidas, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae,
Anniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidao, Xantusiidse,
Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Pp. xiii., -497. 24 Plates.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885
8vo. 20s.
Vol. III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytro-
pidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Pp. xii., 575. 40
Plates, [With a Systematic Index and an Alphabetical
Index to the three volumes.] 1887, 8vo. 1/. 6s.
Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural
History). By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S., &c. : —
Vol. I., containing the families Typhlopidae, Glauconiidae,
Boidae, Ilysiidae, XJropeltidae, Xenopeltidae, and Colu-
bridae aglyphae (part). Pp. xiii., 448 : 26 Woodcuts
and 28 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical
Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 11. Is.
Vol. II., containing the conclusion of the Colubridae
aglyphae. Pp. xi., 382 : 25 Woodcuts and 20 Plates.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1894.
8vo. 17s. 6rf.
Vol. III., containing the Colubridae (Opisthoglyphae and
Proteroglyphae), Amblycephalidae, and Viperidae.
Pp. xiv., 727 : 37 Woodcuts and 25 Plates. [With
Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index to the 3
volumes.] 1896, 8vo. 11. Qs.
Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the
BTitish Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 281.
[With Geographic, Systematic, and Alphabetical Indexes.]
1858, 12mo. 4s.
BATRACHIANS.
Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the
British Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 160.
12 Plates. [With Systematic, Geographic, and Alphabetical
Indexes.] 1858, 8vo. 6s.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY).
FISHES.
Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Second
edition. Vol. I. Catalogue of the Perciforni Fishes in the
British Museum. Vol. I. Containing the Centrarchidae,
Pereidae, and Serranidag (part). By George Albert
Boulenger, F.R.S. Pp. xix., 394. Woodcuts and 15 Plates.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo.
15s.
Catalogue of Fish collected and described by Laurence
Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. Pp. vii.,
196. [With a Systematic Index.] 1854, 12mo. 3s. 6d.
Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish in the Collection of the
British Museum. By J. J. Kaup, Ph.D., &c. Pp. iv., 80.
4 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856, 12mo. 2s.
MOLLUSCA .
Guide to the Systematic Distribution of Mollusca in the
British Museum. Part I. By John Edward Gray, Ph.D.,
F.R.S., &c. Pp. xii., 230. 121 Woodcuts. 1857,' 8vo. 5s.
List of the Shells of the Canaries in the Collection of the
British Museum, collected by MM. Webb and Berthelot.
Described and figured by Prof. Alcide D'Orbigny in the
" Histoire Naturelle des lies Canaries." Pp. 32. 1854,
12mo. Is.
J^ist of the Shells of Cuba in the Collection of the British
Museum collected by M. Ramon de la Sagra. Described
by Prof. Alcide d'Orbigny in the " Histoire de I'llle de
Cuba." Pp. 48. 1854, 12mo. Is.
List of the Shells of South America in the Collection of the
British Museum. Collected and described by M. Alcide
D'Orbigny in the "Voyage dans I'Amerique Meridionale."
Pp. 89. 1854, 12mo. 2s.
Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British
Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen. Described by
Philip P. Carpenter. Pp. xvi., 552. 1857, 12mo. 8s.
List of Mollusca and Shells in the Collection of the British
Museum, collected and described by MM. Eydoux and
Souleyet in the "Voyage autour du Monde, execute
"pendant les annees 1836 et 1837, sur la Corvette 'La
" Bonite,' " and in the " Histoire naturelle des Mollusques
" Pteropodes." Par MM. P. C. A. L. Rang et Souleyet.
Pp. iv., 27. 1855, 12mo. Sd.
10 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE
Catalogue of the Phaneropneumona, or Terrestrial Operculated
Mollusca, in the Collection of the British Museum. By
Dr. L. Pfeiffer. Pp. 324. [With an Alphabetical Index.]
1852, 12mo. 5s.
Catalogue of Pulmonata, or Air Breathing Mollusca, in the
Collection of the British Museum. Part I. By Dr. Louis
Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., ]92. Woodcuts. 1855, 12mo. 2s. Gc/.
Catalogue of the Auriculidae, Proserpinidae, and Truncatellidae
in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Louis
Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 150. Woodcuts. 1857, 12mo. Is. dd.
List of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum.
By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c.
Part II. Olividffi. Pp. 41. 1865, 12mo. Is.
Catalogue of the Conchifera, or Bivalve Shells, in the
Collection of the British Museum. By M. Deshayes : —
Part I. Veneridae, Cyprinidje, Glauconomidae, and
Petricoladae. Pp. iv., 216. 1853, 12mo. 3s.
Part IT. Petricoladae (concluded) ; Corbiculadae. Pp.
217-292. [With an Alphabetical Index to the two
parts.] 1854, 12mo. 6d.
BRACHIOPODA.
Catalogue of Brachiopoda Ancjdopoda or Lamp Shells in the
Collection of the British Museum. \^Issiied as " Catalogue
of the Mollusca, Part IV."] Pp. iv., 128. 25 Woodcuts.
[With an Alphabetical Index.] 1853, 12mo. 3s.
POLYZOA.
Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa in the Collection of the British
Museum. Part III. Cyclostomata. By George Busk,
F.R.S. Pp. viii., 39. 38 Plates. [With a Systematic
Index.] 1875, 8vo. 5s.
CRUSTACEA.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in
the Collection of the British Museum. By C. Spence Bate,
F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 399. 58 Plates. [With an Alpha-
betical Index.] 1862, 8vo. 11. 5s.
ARACHNIDA.
Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon
the Collection made by Eugene W. Gates and preserved in
the British Museum.* By T. Thorell. Pp. xxxvi., 406.
[With Systematic List and Alphabetical Index.] 1895,
8vo. 10s. ed.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) 11
INSECTS.
Coleopterous Insects.
Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of
the British Museum : —
Part VI. Passalidae. By Frederick Smith. Pp. iv., 23.
1 Plate. [With Index.] 1852, 12mo. 8d
Part VII. Longicornia, I. By Adam White. Pp. iv.,
174. 4 Plates. 1853, 12mo. 2s. 6d
Part VIII. Longicornia, II. By Adam White. Pp. 237.
6 Plates. 1855, 12mo. 3s, 6d
Part IX. Cassididae. By Charles H. Boheman, Professor
of Natural History, Stockholm. Pp. 225. [With
Index.] 1856, 12mo. 3s.
Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera in the
Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Lycidae. By
Charles Owen Waterhouse. Pp. x., 83. 18 Coloured
Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.]
1879, 8vo. 16s.
Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of Madeira in the
Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon
Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. xvi., 234 : 1 Plate. [With
a Topographical Catalogue and an Alphabetical Index.]
1857, 8vo. 3s.
Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries in the
Collection of the British Museum, By T. Vernon
Wollaston, M.A„ F,L.S, Pp, xiii,, 648, [With Topo-
graphical and Alphabetical Indexes,] 1864, 8vo, 10s. Qd.
Catalogue of Halticidse in the Collection of the British
Museum. By the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S.
Physapodes and CEdipodes. Part I. Pp. xii., 301.
Frontispiece and 9 Plates. 1860, 8vo. 7s.
Catalogue of Hispidae in the Collection of the British
Museum. By Joseph S. Baly, M.E.S,, &c. Part I. Pp. x.,
172. 9 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858,
8vo. &s.
Hymenopterous Insects.
Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the
British Museum. By Frederick Smith. 12mo. : —
Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. Pp. 197. 6 Plates.
1853, 2s. 6d.
Part II. Apidse. Pp. 199-465. 6 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1854. 6s.
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Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the British
Museum — continued.
Part III. Mutillidse and Pompilida?. Pp. 206. 6 Plates.
1855. ^s.
Part IV. Sphegidse, Larrida^, and Crabronidse. Pp. 207-
497. 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856.
6s.
Part V. Vespidae. Pp. 147. 6 Plates. [With an Alpha-
betical Index.] 1857. 6s.
Part VI. Formicidfse. Pp. 216. 14 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1858. ^s.
Part VII. Dorylidse and Thynnidse. Pp. 76. 3 Plates.
[With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859. 2s.
List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the
Typical Specimens in the British Museum. • Vol. I.,
Tenthredinidae and Siricidfe. By W. F. Kirby.
Pp. xxviii., 450. 16 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882, 8vo. \l. 18s.
Dipterous Insects.
List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection
of the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S.
Part VII. Supplement III. Asilidse. Pp. ii., 507-775.
1855, 12mo. 3s. 6d
A Monograph of the Culicidffi, or Mosquitoes. Mainly com-
piled from the Collections received at the British Museum
from various parts of the world in connection with the
Investigation into the cause of Malaria conducted by the
Colonial Office and the Royal Society. By Fred. V.
Theobald, M.A., &c. :—
Vols. I., II. (pp. xviii., 424 ; viii., 391 : 318 woodcuts), and
Atlas of 37 coloured and 5 collotype plates (pp. viii.,
with explanations of plates). 1901, 8vo. 3^. 3s.
Vol. III. Pp. xvii., 359 : 17 plates, 1 diagram, and 193
illustrations in text. 1903, 8vo. 1^. Is.
A Monograph of the Tsetse-Flies (Genus Glossina, Westwood),
based on the Collection in the British Museum. By
Ernest Edward Austen. With a chapter on Mouth-parts
by H. J. Hansen, Phil. Doc. Pp. ix., 319 : 9 plates
(7 coloured), 16 woodcuts, 1 map. 1903, Roy. 8vo. 15s.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY.) 13
Lepidopterous Insects.
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaense in the British
Museum. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. : —
Vol. I. Catalogue of the Syntomidae in the Collection
of the British Museum. Pp. xxi,, 559 : 285 Woodcuts.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898,
8vo. 15s.
Atlas of 17 Coloured Plates, 8vo. 15s.
Vol. II. Catalogue of the Arctiadse (Nolinae, Litho-
sianse) in the Collection of the British Museum.
Pp. XX., 589 : 411 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.] 1900, 8vo. 18s.
Atlas of 18 Coloured Plates (xviii.-xxxv.), 8vo. 15s.
Vol. III. Catalogue of the Arctiadse (Arctianse) and
Agaristidae in the Collection of the British Museum.
Pp. xix., 690 : 294 woodcuts. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 15s.
Atlas of 19 Coloured Plates (xxxvi-liv.), 8vo. 16s.
Vol. IV. Catalogue of the Noctuidae. Pp. xx., 689 :
125 woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical
Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 15s.
Atlas of 23 Coloured Plates (Iv. — Ixxvii), 8vo. 16s.
Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera
in the Collection of the British Museum : —
Part V. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xii., 74.
78-100 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index.]
1881, 4to. n. 10s.
Part VI. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xv., 89.
101-120 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index.]
1886, 4to. 21. 4s.
Part VII. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. iv., 124.
121-138 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List.]
1889, 4to. n.
Part VIII. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri
District, By George Francis Hampson. Pp. iv., 144.
139-156 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List.]
1891, 4to. 2/.
Part IX. The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon.
By George Francis Hampson. Pp. v., 182. 157-176
Coloured Plates. [With a General Systematic List of
Species collected in, or recorded from, Ceylon.] 1893.
4to. 21. 2s.
Catalogue of the Collection of Paliearctic Butterflies formed
by the late John Henry Leech, and presented to the
Trustees of the British Museum by his Mother, Mrs. Eliza
Leech. By Richard South, F.E.S. Pp. vi., 228. 2 Coloured
Plates. With a Portrait and Biographical Memoir of Mr.
Leech. 1902, 4to. 1/.
14 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THB
Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in
the Collection of the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner
Butler, F.L.S., &c. Pp. i\., 303. 3 Plates. 1869, 8vo. 7s. 6d.
Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycsenidae in the British Museum.
By W. C. Hewitson. Pp. 15. 8 Coloured Plates. 1862,
4to. 1/. Is.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the
Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker.
12mo. : —
Part XXII. Geometrites. Pp. 499-755. 1861, 3s. 6d.
Part XXIII. Pp. 756-1020. 1861, 3s. 6d.
Part XXIV. Pp. 1021-1280. 1862, 3s. 6d.
Part XXV. Pp. 1281-1477. 1862, 3s.
Part XXVI. Pp. 1478-1796. [With an
Alphabetical Index to Parts XX.-XXVI.] 1862, 4s. 6d
Part XXVII. Crambites and Tortricites. Pp. 1-286.
1863, 4s.
Part XXVIII. Tortricites and Tineites. Pp. 287-561.
1863, 4s.
Part XXIX. Tineites. Pp. 562-835. 1864, 4s.
Part XXX. Pp. 836-1096. [With an Alpha-
betical Index to Parts XXVI I. -XXX.] 1864, 4s.
Part XXXI. Supplement. Pp. 1-321. 1864, 5s.
Part XXXII. Part 2. Pp. 322-706.
1865, 5s.
Part XXXIII. Part 3. Pp. 707-1120.
1865, 6s.
Part XXXIV. Part 4. Pp. 1121-1533.
1865, 5s. 6d.
Part XXXV. Part 5. Pp. 1534-2040.
[With an Alphabetical Index to Parts XXXI.-
XXXV.] 1866, 7s.
Neu7^opterous Insects.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the
Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker.
12mo. :—
Part II. Sialidae— Nemopterides. Pp. ii., 193-476.
1853, 3s. M..
Part III. Termitidae— Ephemeridse. Pp. ii., 477-585.
1853, Is. &d.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the
Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. H. Hagen.
Part I. Termitina. Pp. 34. 1858, 12mo. 6d.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NA.TURA.L HISTORY). 15
Orthopterous Insects.
Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the
British Museum. Part I. Phasmiclae. By John Obadiah
Westwood, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 195. 48 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] L859, 4to. 'M.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattarise in the Collection of
the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c.
Pp. 239. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo. 5^. &d.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the
Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,
F.L.S., &c. :—
Part II. Locustidffi (continued). Pp. 225-423. [With
an Alphabetical Index.] 1869, 8vo. 4s. Qd.
Part III. Locustidiae (continued). — Acrididae. Pp. 425-
604. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 4s.
Part IV. Acridida3 (continued). Pp. 605-809. [With
an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 6s.
Part V. Tettigidse. — Supplement to the Catalogue of
Blattariae. — Supplement to the Catalogue of Dermaptera
Saltatoria (with remarks on the Geographical Distri-
bution of Dermaptera). Pp. 811-850 ; 43 ; 116.
[With Alphabetical Indexes.] 1870, 8vo. 'os.
Hemipterous Insects.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in
the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,
F.L.S., &c. 8vo. :—
Part I. Scutata. Pp. 240. 1867. 5s.
Part II. Scutata (continued). Pp. 241-417. 1867. 4s.
Part III. Pp. 418-599. [With an Alphabetical Index to
Parts I., II., III., and a Summary of Geographical
Distribution of the Species mentioned.] 1868. 4s. 6rf.
Part IV. Pp. 211. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1871. &s.
Part V. Pp. 202. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1872. 5s.
Part VI. Pp. 210. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 5s.
Part VII. Pp.213. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. &s.
Part VIII. Pp.220. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873.
l<os. M.
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VERMES.
Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal Worms,
contained in the Collection of the British Museum. By
Dr. Baird. Pp. iv., 132. 2 Plates. [With an Index of
the Animals in which the Entozoa mentioned in the
Catalogue are found, and an Index of Genera and
Species.] 1853, 12mo. 2s.
ANTHOZOA.
Catalogue of Sea-pens or Pennatulariidse in the Collection of
the British Museum. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv.,
40. 2 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. Is. 6d.
Catalogue of Lithophytes or Stony Corals in the Collection
of the British Museum. By "j. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c.
Pp. iv., 51. 14 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. 3s.
Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British
Museum (Natural History) : —
Vol. T. The Genus Madrepora. By George Brook.
Pp. xi., 212. 35 Collotype Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes, and Explanation of the
Plates.] 1893, 4to. 11. 4s.
Vol.11. The Genus Turbinaria ; the Genus Astra^opora.
By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Cantab., F.L.S., F.Z.S.
Pp. iv., 106. 30 Collotype and 3 Lithographic Plates.
[With Index of Generic and Specific Names, and
Explanation of the Plates.] 1896, 4to. 18s.
Vol. III. The Genus Montipora ; the Genus Anacro-
pora. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Pp. vii., 192.
30 Collotype and 4 Lithographic Plates. [With Syste-
matic Index, Index of Generic and Specific Names,
and Explanation of the Plates.] 1897, 4to. 11. 4s.
Vol. IV. The Family Poritidae. I. — The Genus
Goniopora. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Pp. viii.,
206. 12 Collotype and 4 Lithographic Plates. [With
Index of Generic and Specific Names, and Explanation
of the Plates.] 1903, 4to. 11.
BRITISH ANIMALS.
Catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British
Museum. By George Robert Gray, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c.
Pp. xii., 248. ' [With a List of Species.] 1863, 8vo. 3s. 6d.
Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the
British Museum. Second edition. Part I. Andrenidse
and Apidffi. By Frederick Smith, M.E.S. New Issue.
Pp. xi., 236. 11 Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical'indexes.] 1891, 8vo. 6s.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 17
Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera, Formicidae, and
Vespidse in the Collection of the British Museum. By
Frederick Smith, V.P.E.S. Pp. 236. 6 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1858, 12mo. 6s.
A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the
Collection of the British Museum. By George Johnston,
M.D., Edin., F.R.C.L., Ed., Ll.D., Marischal Coll., Aber-
deen, &c. Pp. 365. Woodcuts and 24 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 18G5, 8vo. 7s.
Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum
(Natural History). By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A. Pp. xvii., 202.
Woodcuts and 16 Plates (2 Coloured). [With Table of
Contents, Tables of Distribution, Alphabetical Index,
Description of the Plates, &c.] 1892, 8vo. 12s. <6d.
List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection
of the British Museum : with Synonyma and References
to figures. 12mo. : —
Part V. Lepidoptera. By J. F. Stephens. 2nd Edition.
Revised by H. T. Stainton and E. Shepherd. Pp. iv.,
224. 1856. Is. dd.
Part VI. Hymenoptera. By F. Smith. Pp.134. 1851. 2s.
Part VII. Mollusca, Acephala and Brachiopoda. By
Dr. J. E. Gray. Pp. iv., 167. 1851. 3s. 6d.
Part VIII. Fish. By Adam White. Pp. xxiii., 164.
(With Index and List of Donors.) 1851. 3s. 6d.
Part IX. Eggs of British Birds. By George Robert
Gray. Pp.^143. 1852. 2s. 6d
Part XI. Anoplura, or Parasitic Insects. By H. Denny.
Pp. iv., 51. 1852. Is.
Part XII. Lepidoptera (continued). By James F.
Stephens. Pp. iv., 54. 1852. 9d.
Part XIII. Nomenclature of Hymenoptera. By
Frederick Smith. Pp. iv., 74. 1853. Is. M.
Part XIV. Nomenclature of Neuroptera. By Adam
White. Pp. iv., 16. 1853. 6d.
Part XV. Nomenclature of Diptera, I. By Adam
White. Pp. iv., 42. 1853. Is.
Part XVI. Lepidoptera (completed). By H. T. Stainton.
■' Pp. 199. [With an Index.] 1854. 3s.
Part XVII. Nomenclature of Anoplura, Euplexoptera,
and Orthoptera. By Adam White. Pp. iv., 17,
1855. 6d.
17801 B
18 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OP THE
PLANTS.
Illustrations of the Botany of Captain Cook's Voyage Round
the World in H.M.S. " Endeavour " in 1768-71. By the
Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., P.R.S., and
Dr. Daniel Solander, F.R.S. With Determinations by
James Britten, F.L.S., Senior Assistant, Department of
Botany, British Museum : —
Part I. — Australian Plants. 101 Copper-plates [after
paintings by F. P. Nodder], with 31 pages of descrip-
tive text. 1900, fol. 25s.
Part 11. — Australian Plants, Pt. II. 142 Copper-plates
(pis. 101-243) [after paintings by F. P. Nodder, James
Miller, J. F. Miller, and John Cleveley], with 41
pages of descriptive text (pp. 35-75). 1901, fol. 35s.
Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich
Welwitsch in 1.S53-61 :—
Vol. I. Dicotyledons. By William Philip Hiern, M.A.,
F.L.S., &Q. :—
Part I. [Ranunculacese to Rhizophoracese.] Pp.
xxvi., 336. [With Portrait of Dr. Welwitsch.
Introduction, Bibliography, and Index of Genera.]
1896, 8vo. 7s. 6d.
Part II. Combretacese to Rubiaceae. Pp. 337-510.
[With Index of Genera.] 1898, Svo. 4s.
Part III. Dipsaceae to Scrophalariaceae. Pp. 511-
784. [With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 5s.
Part IV. Lentibulariaceffi to Ceratophylleae. Pp. 785-
1035. [With Index.] 1900, Svo. 5s.
Vol. II. Monocotyledons, Gymnosperms, and Crypto-
gams : —
Part I. Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms. By
Alfred Barton Rendle, M.A., D.Sc. F.L.S., Assis-
tant, Department of Botany. Pp. 260. [With
Index of Genera.] 1899, 8vo. 6s.
Part II. Cryptogamia. Pp. 261-566. [With Table
of Errata, and General Index to the whole work.]
1901, 8vo. es.
Vascular Cryptogams
... By
William Carruthers, F.R.S.
Mosses
,,
Antony Gepp, M.A., F.L.S.
Hepatics
))
F. Stephani.
Marine Algae
))
Ethel S. Barton.
Freshwater Algse ...
W. AVest, F.L.S., and Gf. S.
West, B.A.
Diatomacese
„
Thomas Comber, F.L.S.
Lichenes
E. A. Wainio.
Fungi
,,
Annie Lorrain Smith,
Mycetozoa
))
Arthur Lister, F.R.S.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 19
A Monograph of Lichens found in Britain : being a Descrip-
tive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the
British Museum. By the Rev. James M. Crombie, M.A.,
F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. Part I. Pp. viii., 519 : 74 Woodcuts.
[Witli Glossary, Synopsis, Tabular Conspectus, and Index.]
1894, 8vo. 16s.
A Monograph of the Mycetozoa : being a Descriptive Catalogue
of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum.
By Arthur Lister, F.L.S. Pp. 224. 78 Plates and 51
Woodcuts. [With Synopsis of Genera and List of Species,
and Index.] 1894, 8vo. 15s.
List of British Diatomaceas in the Collection of the British
Museum. By the Rev. W. Smith, F.L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 55.
1859. 12mo. Is.
FOSSILS.
Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum
(Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S. :—
Part I. Containing the Orders Primates, Chiroptera,
Insectivora, Carnivora, and Rodentia. Pp. xxx., 268.
33 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical
Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 5s.
Part II. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder
Artiodactyla. Pp. xxii., 324. 39 Woodcuts. [With
Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 6s.
Part III. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborders
PerisBodactyla, Toxodontia, Condylarthra, and Ambly-
poda. Pp. xvi., 186. 30 Woodcuts. [With Systematic
Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,
including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 4s.
Part IV. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder
Proboscidea. Pp. xxiv., 235. 32 Woodcuts. [With
Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera
and Species, including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 5s.
Part V. Containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders
Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata,
and Supplement. Pp. xxxv., 345, 55 Woodcuts.
[With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of
GeneraandSpecies,including Synonyms.] 1887,8vo.6s.
Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Natural
History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A. Pp. xxvii., 368.
75 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical
Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1891
8vo. lUs. 6(1.
^0
LIST OP PUBLICATIONS OF THE
Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British
Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A.,
F.G.S. :—
Fart I. Containingthe Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia,
Dinosauria, Squamata, RhynchoceiDhalia, and Pro-
terosauria. Pp. xxviii., 309. 69 Woodcuts. [With
Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera
and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888, 8vo. 7s. 6d.
Part II. Containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and
Sauropterygia. Pp. xxi., 307. 85 Woodcuts. [With
Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera
and Species, including Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 76'. &J,
Part III. Containing the Order Chelonia. Pp. xviii.,
239. 53 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and
Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including
Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.
Part IV. Containingthe Orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata,
Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia ; and Supplement.
Pp. xxiii., 295. 66 Woodcuts. [With Systematic
Index, Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,
including Synonyms, and Alphabetical Index of Genera
and Species to the entire work.] 1890, 8vo. 7s. 6d.
Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural
History). By Arthur Smith Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.,
F.G.S., &c. :~
Part I. Containing the Elasmobranchii. Pp. xlvii.,
474. 13 Woodcuts and 17 Plates. [With Alphabetical
Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species.]
1889, 8vo. 21s.
Part II. Containing the Elasmobranchii (Acanthodii),
Holocephali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi,
and Teleostomi (Crossopterygii and Chondrostean
Actinopterygii). Pp. xliv., 567. 58 Woodcuts and
16 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic
Index of Genera and Species.] 1891, 8vo. 21s.
Part III. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi
of the Orders Chondrostei (concluded), Protospondyli,
Aetheospondyli, and Isospondyli (in part). Pp. xlii.,
544. 45 Woodcuts and 18 Plates. [With Alphabetical
Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species.]
1895, 8vo. 2Js.
Part IV. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi of
the Suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi,
Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii,
and Anacanthini. Pp. xxxix., 636. 22 Woodcuts
and 19 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and
Systematic Index of Genera and Species.] 1901,
8vo. 21s.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 21
Systematic List of the Edwards Collection of British Oligocene
and Eocene Mollusca in the British Museum (Natural
History), with references to the type-specimens from
similar horizons contained in other collections belonging
to the Geological Department of the Museum. By Richard
Bullen Newlon, F.G.S. Pp. xxviii., 365. [With table of
Families and Genera, Bibliography, Correlation-table,
Appendix, and Alphabetical Index.] 1891, 8vo. 6s.
Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology,
British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Austra-
lasian Tertiary Mollusca. By George F. Harris, F.G.S., &c.
Pp. xxvi., 407. 8 Plates. [With Table of Families, Genera,
and Sub-Genera, and Index.] 1897, 8vo. 10s.
Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum
(Natural History) : —
Parti. Containing part of the Suborder Nautiloidea, con-
sisting of the families Orthoceratidae, Endoceratidae,
Actinoceratidse, Gomphoceratidae, Ascoceratidse,
Poterioceratidae, Cyrtoceratidae, and Supplement. By
Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp. xxxi., 311. 51 Woodcuts.
[With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of
Genera and Species, including Sjmonjmis.] 1888,
8vo. 10s. 6d.
Part II. Containing the remainder of the Suborder
Nautiloidea, consisting of the families Lituitidse,
Trochoceratidae, Nautilidae, and Supplement. By
Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp. xxviii., 407. 86 Wood-
cuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical
Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.]
1891, 8vo. 15s.
Part III. Containing the Bactritidae, and part of the
Suborder Amraonoidea, By Arthur H. Foord, Ph.D.,
F.G.S., and George Charles Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.S.
Pp. xxxiii., 303. 146 Woodcuts. [With Systematic
Index of Genera and Species, and Alphabetical Index.]
1897, 8vo. 12s. Gd.
List of theTypes and Figured Specimens of Fossil Cephalopoda
in the British Museum (Natural History). Bv G. C. Crick,
F.G.S. Pp. 103. [With Index.] 1898, 8vo. 2s. 6d
A Catalogue of British Fossil Crustacea, with their Synonyms
and the Range in Time of each Genus and Order. By
Henry Woodward, F.R.S. Pp. xii., 155. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1877, 8vo. 5s.
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Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of
Geology, British Museum (Natural History): —
The Jurassic Bryozoa. By J. W, Gregory, D.Sc, F.G.S.,
F.Z.S. Pp. [viii.,] 239 : 22 Woodcuts and 11 Plates.
[With liist of Species and Distribution, Bibliography,
Index, and Explanation of Plates.] 1896, 8vo. 10s.
The Cretaceous Bryozoa. Vol. I. By J. W. Gregory,
D.Sc, F.G.S., F.Z.S. Pp. xiv., 457 : 64 Woodcuts
and 17 Plates. [With Index and Explanation of
Plates.] 1899, 8vo. 16s.
Catalogue of the Blastoidea in the Geological Department of
the British Museum (Natural History), with an account of
the morphology and systematic position of the group, and
a revision of the genera and species. By Robert Etheridge,
jun., of the Department of Geology, British Museum
(Natural Historv), and P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc, F.R.S.,
F.L.S. (of Eton College). Pp. xv., 322. 20 Plates. [With
Preface by Dr. H. Woodward, Table of Contents, General
Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 18S6, 4to. 25s.
The Genera and Species of Blastoidea, with a List of the
Specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). By
F. A. Bather, M.A., F.G.S., of the Geological Department.
Pp. X., 70. 1 Woodcut. 1899, Svo. 3s.
Catalogue of the Palaeozoic Plants in the Department of
Geology and Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural
History). By Robert Kidston, F.G.S. Pp. viii., 288.
[With a list of works quoted, and an Index.] 1886,
8vo. 5s.
Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of
Geology, British Museum (Natural History). By
A. C. Seward, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., University Lecturer
in Botany and Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge : —
Part I. The Wealden Flora. Part I. Thallophyta—
Pteridophyta. Pp. xxxviii., 179. 17 Woodcuts and
11 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, Explanations
of the Plates, &c] 1894, 8vo. 10s.
Part II. The Wealden Flora. Part II. Gymnospermae.
Pp. viii., 259. 9 Woodcuts and 20 Plates. [With
Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c]
1895, 8vo. 15s.
Part III. The Jurassic Flora. Part I. The Yorkshire
Coast. Pp. xii., 341. 53 Woodcuts and 21 Plates.
[With Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates,
&c] 1900, 8vo. 20s.
Part IV. The Jurassic Flora. Part II. Liassic and
Oolitic Floras of England (excluding the Inferior
Oolite Plants of the Yorkshire Coast). Pp. xv., 192.
20 Woodcuts and 13 Plates. [With Alphabetical
Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1904, 8vo. 10s.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 23
GUIDE-BOOKS, Etc.
A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History),
Cromwell Road, London, S.W. With 58 Woodcuts, 2
Plans, 2 views of the building, and an illustrated cover.
Pp. 119. 190H, Svo. M.
Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia in the Department of
Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). 7th
Edition. Pp. 126. 65 Woodcuts and 4 Plans. Index.
1902, 8vo. 6rf.
Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes in the Depart-
ment of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History).
4th Edition. Pp. iv.,119. 101 Woodcuts. Index. 1898. 8vo.6d
(Out of print.)
Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Polyzoa,
Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms),
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History).
New Edition. Pp. iv., 130. 125 Woodcuts, Plan and
Indexes. 1901, 8vo. M.
Guide to the Coral Gallery (Protozoa, Porifera or Sponges,
Hydrozoa, and Anthozoa) in the Dei^artment of Zoology,
British Museum (Natural History). Pp. [iv.,] 73.
82 Illustrations, Plan, and Index. 1902, 8vo. Is.
A Guide to the Fossil Mammals and Birds in the Department
of Geology and Palaeontology in the British Museum
(Natural History). 7th Edition. [By Henry Woodward.]
Pp. xii., 103. 116 Woodcuts. [With List of Illustrations,
Table of Stratified Rocks, and Index.] 1896, 8vo. M.
{Out of print.)
A Guide to the Fossil Reptiles and Fishes in the Department
of Geology and Palaeontology in the British Museum
(Natural History). [By Henry Woodward.] Pp. xiv.,
129 : 165 Woodcuts. [With List of Illustrations, Table
of Stratified Rocks, and Index.] 1896, 8vo. M.
A Guide to the Fossil Invertebrates and Plants in the
Department of Geology and Palaeontology in the British
Museum (Natural History). [By Henry Woodward.]
Pp. xvi., 158. 182 Woodcuts. [With List of Illustrations,
Table of Stratified Rocks, Introduction, and Index.] 1897,
8vo. Is.
The same, in two parts : —
Part I. Mollusca to Bryozoa. Pp. xii., 64. 107 Wood-
cuts. [With List of Illustrations, Table of Stratified
Rocks, and Introduction.] 1897, 8vo. i\d.
Part II. Insecta to Plants, &c. Pp. ix., 64*-158.
Woodcuts 108-182. [With List of Illustrations and
Index to the two parts.] 1897, Svo. ^d.
24 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE
Guide to Sowerby's Models of British Fungi in the Depart-
ment of Rotanj', British Museum (Natural History). By
Worthington G. Smith, F.L.S. Pp. 82. 93 Woodcuts.
With Table of Diagnostic Characters, and Index.
[Second Edition.] 1898, 8vo. id.
Guide to the British Mycetozoa exhibited in the Department
of Botany, British Museum (Natural History). By Arthur
Lister, F.L.S. [Second Edition.] Pp. 42. 44 Woodcuts.
Index. 1903, 8vo. M.
A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum
(Natural History). [By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S.] Pp. 32.
Plan. 1903, 8vo. Id.
The Student's Index to the Collection of Minerals, British
Museum (Natural History). [By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S.]
Pp. 32. With a Plan of the Mineral Gallery. 1903,
8vo. 2d.
An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide to
the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum (Natural
History). By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. 123.
41 Woodcuts. With Plan of the Mineral Gallery and
Index. 1903, 8vo. 6d.
An Introduction to the Study of Rocks. By L. Fletcher, M.A.,
F.R.S. Pp. 118. [With plan of the Mineral Gallery, Table
of Contents, and Index.] 1898, 8vo. 6d.
An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the
Meteorites represented in the Collection on .January 1st, 1904.
By L Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Pp 109. [With a Plan of
the Mineral Gallery, and an Index to the Meteorites
represented in the Collection.] 1904, 8vo. 6d.
Handbook of Instructions for Collectors, issued by the
British Museum (Natural History). With Illustrations.
Second Edition. Pp. 138. Index. " 1904, 8vo. Is. 6d.
Hints on Removing and Preparing Skins of Mammals.
Pp. 11. Text illust. [2nd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. 4f/.
Instructions for the Preservation of Birds. Pp. 10.
5 figures in text. [3rd Edition.] 1904, 8vo. M.
Instructions for Collecting Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes.
Pp. 12. [2nd Edition.] 1903, Svo. Ad.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 25
Iiistriictions for Collecting Insects. Pp. 10. Text
illust. [3rd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. id.
How to Collect Diptera (Two-winged Flies), with Notes
on the Habits of the Perfect Insects and Larvae. Pp. 16.
Text illust. [2nd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. 4d
How to Collect Mosquitoes (Culicidae). Pp. 8. 1 Plate,
1 figure in text. [3rd Edition.] 1904, 8vo. M.
Instructions for Collecting Arachnida, Myriopoda, and
Peripatus. Pp. 3. 1900, 8vo. Ad.
Methods of Collecting and Preserving various Soft-
bodied Invertebrate Animals; with Hints for Collecting
and Preserving Shells of Molluscs. Pp. 15. [2nd
Edition.] 1902, 8vo. M.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Plants. Pp. 8.
2 figures in text. [3rd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. id.
Suggestions as to Collecting and Preserving Fossils and
Minerals. Pp. 9. [2nd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. id.
E. RAY LANKESTER,
British Museum Director.
(Natural History),
Cromwell Road,
London, S.W.
May 1st, 1904.
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LONDON:
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